Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience is a group of dedicated professionals representing a variety of backgrounds and expertise. The Board actively participates in the guidance of the Institute towards fulfilling its mission while maintaining the highest standards of accountability.

As a public not-for-profit institution, the Institute takes seriously its responsibilities to maintain public trust and to integrate sound business practices into its daily operations. The Board reviews the Institute’s activities and progress towards its fundamental goal of conducting basic research to stimulate novel approaches to understanding the structure, function, and development of neural circuits.

  • Dr. Asifa Akhtar

    Chair of the Board of Trustees

    Vice President of the Biology and Medicine Section in the Max Planck Society
    Director, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

  • Wendy Bingham Cox

    Private Investor and Philanthropist

  • Dr. Kleper de Almeida

    Physician

  • George Elmore

    Founder and President of Hardrives Paving, Inc.

  • Hon. David Fischer

    US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco (Ret.)
    Suburban Collection (Ret.)

  • Dr. David Fitzpatrick

    Scientific Director & CEO
    Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

  • Hon. Louis J. Freeh

    Founder and Chairman, Freeh Group International Solutions, LLC
    Former FBI Director

  • Kenneth F. Kahn

    President of LRP Media Group

  • Nasser J. Kazeminy

    Technology entrepreneur and innovator
    Founder of NJK Holding Corporation

  • Marti LaTour

    Director of Marketing, A.I.D Group

  • Michael V. Mitrione

    Shareholder Gunster Law Firm

  • Jane Panattoni

    Co-owner and Founder of Panattoni Development Co.

  • Markus Schleier

    Chief Legal Officer at Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science

  • Dr. James N. Weinstein

    Senior Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare
    Former CEO and President of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

  • Members Emeriti

    Dr. David C. Auth
    Chairman and CEO, CoAptus Medical Corporation
    Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering at University of Washington (Retired)

    Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss – Chairman Emeritus
    President, Max Planck Society for the Advancement
    of Science (2002-2014)

    Prof. Dr. Bill S. Hansson
    Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees
    Director, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology
    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology