Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of Friends of Patients at the NIH since 2007, Heidi currently oversees and manages all operations at Friends including fundraising, event planning, financial oversight, HR, board governance, strategic planning, program development, community and donor relations, legal compliance and all matters related to successfully providing services to NIH patients and their families. […]

Christine Brake joined Friends part time as Development Manager. Previously Christine served as executive director of Friends starting in 2003 and departing in 2007, when she joined NIH as a contractor helping to coordinate NIH’s annual Combined Federal Campaign. During her ten year tenure there, the NIHCFC raised over $2 million annually and was recognized […]