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Shannon Shryne
Vice President – Development
In her 16 years with MDA, Shryne’s track record of fundraising and relationship building has enabled her to steadily advance through the Association’s management to her role as its National Director of Business Development. Her expertise in cultivating and recruiting sponsors and donors, budgeting, special-event planning and program development makes her a central figure in maintaining many of the Association’s vital corporate relationships. Shryne played a vital role in creating MDA Augie’s Quest, a fundraising program focused on ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), and a resulting network of ALS special events that have generated substantial new income for MDA. She has also successfully recruited new corporate sponsorships and coordinated programs that have not only brought new income, but have steadily increased in income each year. She received her BS from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Jane Larkindale, Ph.D.
MVP Portfolio Director
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Dr. Larkindale has worked as the Research Program Coordinator for the MDA Translational Research Program since 2007. She completed her D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in the Department of Plant Sciences at Oxford University in the UK, which she attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. She brings a broad background in science to the MDA, having previously done research in areas as diverse as molecular biology, biochemistry, genomics, plant science, medical physics, marine biology and industrial chemistry. In the course of this research she has published numerous original research papers and review articles. Prior to starting at MDA, she worked as a research scientist in the University of Arizona’s biochemistry department. Throughout her scientific career, Dr. Larkindale has attended business development classes and workshops, and frequently acted as the “scientific expert” for discussion groups and debates on current topics in science. In her free time, Dr. Larkindale volunteers for Southern Arizona Rescue Association, taking part in about 50 search-and-rescue missions across Pima County each year. She enjoys adventure races and ultra-distance running. Along with her team, she recently completed the 10-day, 550-mile adventure race, Primal Quest. |
