Board of Directors

Jill Healy
President of TR Cares

Jill received her Bachelors degree from North Dakota State University.  After graduating, she worked at Schering-Plough and Hoffman-LaRoche as a monitor and lead CRA.  In 2001, Jill joined Eyetech Pharmaceuticals to manage the Macugen® phase III pivotal trial and played a key role in the FDA approval of the drug.  Her most recent role at Eyetech was Associate Director in the Clinical Department where she hired, trained, and mentored CRA staff members working on Macugen® clinical trials.  In 2006, she began working toward the launch of Trial Runners, LLC.

 

Yordak Salermo
Secretary of TR Cares

Yordak received his Bachelors in biological sciences from the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick. He was appointed to spearhead the Global Development Department at Trial Runners, LLC in September 2008. Prior to his role at Trial Runners, he directed clinical trial activities for a mid-sized pharmaceutical company’s pulmonary compound in Latin America. His overseas experience also includes consulting for several different ophthalmology/medical device companies to develop and execute trials in established and emerging countries. In Yordak’s decade of experience, he has worked in several therapeutic areas in clinical operations, trial design, management and execution.