Board of Directors
Autism Science Foundation Board of Directors
Alison Tepper Singer is Founder and President of the Autism Science Foundation. Singer was formerly Executive Vice President of Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism advocacy organization. In 2007, she was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve on the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) where she played a key role in developing the new federal strategic plan for autism research. She has appeared on Oprah, The Apprentice, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show and many other news programs discussing autism research and other autism-related issues. Prior to joining Autism Speaks, Ms. Singer spent 14 years as a producer at NBC and CNBC. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has a daughter and an older brother with autism. She serves on many boards of autism-related organizations.
Karen Margulis London is the Co-Founder of the Autism Science Foundation. London graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and received her J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She practiced law with Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City and McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, specializing in mergers and acquisitions in both law firms. London was the Co-founder and President of the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR), which merged with Autism Speaks in 2006. Together with her husband, NAAR Co-founder Dr. Eric London, she has been honored by many autism organizations, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Autism New Jersey (formerly COSAC) and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Autism Center. Ms. London has an adult son with autism.
Paul A. Offit, MD is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics bestowed by the University of Maryland Medical School and a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Offit has published more than 130 papers in medical and scientific journals. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, published by Columbia University Press in 2008.
Michael Lewis is an attorney, mediator, and experienced activist, serving on several non-profit boards in the fields of justice, education, and health. He currently serves as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Consultant at JAMS, where he has successfully mediated dozens of high profile disputes. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School and also teaches at Harvard Law School. Michael has a BA from Dartmouth and a JD from Georgetown Law School. His granddaughter is diagnosed with autism.