About Us

The Stem Cell Action Coalition serves as an engine uniting the pro-cures community. We demand that our elected and appointed officials in all branches of government establish embryonic stem cell research as a national public health priority.  

Cell lines derived from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) serve as a means to understand developmental biology, important for dissecting the root causes of a broad spectrum of diseases.  These cell lines provide tools for drug discovery and development of cell therapies for curing a host of disabling and often deadly medical conditions, and for which current and continuing needs are unmet.  These include, among others, multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, blindness, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, birth defects and many more.

Strategic Advisory Board

 
Bernard Siegel
Executive Director, Genetics Policy Institute
Founder and Chair, Stem Cell Action Coalition
Palm Beach, Florida
 
Max G. Bronstein, MPP
Director of Science Policy, Research!America
Alexandria, Virginia
 
Alan Fernandez
Associate Director, Genetics Policy Institute
Palo Alto, California
 
Austin, Texas
 
Paul S. Knoepfler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy & UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California
 
Victoria Kohout
Executive Director, The Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
Omaha, Nebraska
 
Dena Ladd
Executive Director, Missouri Cures
St. Louis, Missouri
 
Don C. Reed
Sponsor, Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act
Founder and Co-Chair, Californians for Cures
Vice President of Public Policy, Americans for Cures Foundation
Palo Alto, California
 
Roman Reed
Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act
Executive Director of Community Affairs, Stanford Partnership for Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
Fremont, California 
 
Joe Riggs
Richmond, Virginia
 
Mary Schneider
Patient Advocacy and Legislative Advisor, Children’s Neurobiological Solutions Foundation
Santa Barbara, California