CORPORATE OFFICERS AND STAFF

President and Executive Director
Audrey Gordon, ESQ.
Ms. Gordon is an attorney licensed to practice in Massachusetts since 1988 and Florida since 1990. She has extensive civil litigation experience in both states. She is a past Trustee of Temple Beth Shalom in Peabody, Massachusetts, a member of the Peabody Chamber of Commerce, and is active in many local community activities, including Peabody's International Festival and Kid's Day. Ms. Gordon is a graduate of Tufts University and Northeastern University School of Law.

Medical Director
Leslie B. Gordon, MD, PhD
Leslie B. Gordon, MD, PhD is the co-founder and Medical Director of The Progeria Research Foundation. She is also the mother of a child with Progeria. Dr. Gordon is Principal Investigator overseeing the PRF Diagnostics Testing Program, Cell & Tissue Bank and Medical & Research Database. Dr. Gordon is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, and co-Chair for the Progeria Clinical Drug Trial at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Gordon assembled the PRF Genetics Consortium and was among those members who discovered the gene defect in Progeria. She has been recognized for her extraordinary efforts in Progeria research by such prestigious institutions as the Gerontological Society of America, Harvard University, and The Genetic Alliance.

Clerk
Barbara F. Gordon, ESQ.
Barbara F. Gordon earned an Associate's Degree from Boston University School of Business in 1955. She married Burt in 1958 and they have four daughters and seven grandchildren. In 1979 she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston University and in 1981 a Master's Degree in Education from Salem State College. In 1995 she earned a Juris Doctor degree from Massachusetts School of Law, and currently has her own practice. She and her husband are long-standing members of Temple Beth Shalom in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Treasurer
Carl Alviti, CPA
Mr. Alviti is a partner at Matrix Financial LLP in Wellesley, Massachusetts. For ten years prior, from 1989 to October of 1999, he provided a variety of tax and accounting services at Kassler & Feuer, PC, a prestigious Boston law firm. From 1984 to 1989 he was the tax/audit supervisor at Lavanthol & Horwath in Boston. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Executive Assistant
Susan Rosenblatt
Susan is a graduate of Tufts University, having earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology in 1976. Susan comes to PRF with lots of non-profit experience, first working as a consultant with the Child Care Circuit, and most recently, as Chapter Administrator for the Southern Merrimack Valley Chapter of Hadassah. She has accrued valuable volunteer experience both in her community as well as her children's schools. Administrative Assistant and Clinical Trial Coordinator

Administrative Assistant and Clinical Trial Coordinator
Kyra Johnson
Kyra is a 2004 graduate of Endicott College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications. She started her career as Development Assistant at Pathways for Children, located in Gloucester, MA, handling the organization’s public relations efforts, and assisting with other development and fundraising duties. While in college, she interned at the North Shore United Way, as well as in the Marketing, Public Relations, and Membership offices of the Peabody Essex Museum. Kyra joined the PRF team in February 2007, and is thrilled to be here.