As the Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships, Vanessa works with a variety of stakeholders to build collaborative relationships and innovative initiatives that meaningfully benefit the amyloidosis community. Vanessa brings over 15 years of experience centering cross-sector collaboration in pursuit of health and social equity to her position at ARC. She currently is an appointed member of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Rare Diseases and prior to joining ARC was the inaugural Director of Research at the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).