Alfred Mann Foundation » Management

	David Hankin Chief Executive Officer Mr. Hankin came to AMF as General Counsel in 2003, and was named CEO of AMF in 2007. He had previously held the position of Vice President of Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment. Mr. Hankin earned a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University.
	Farah Boroomand Chief Financial Officer Ms. Boroomand is a UCLA graduate in Applied Math with twenty three years experience in the financial world, including more than sixteen years in the medical industry. She has previous experience with Advanced Bionics as an Accounting Manager & with the Alfred Mann Foundation as its Controller.
	Mark Chamberlain Chief Operating Officer Mr. Chamberlain has worked for several Alfred Mann companies over the last eighteen years, including Bioness, where he was the Senior Vice President of Operations, and Advanced Bionics, where he was the Vice President of Operations. A graduate of Cal State Dominguez Hills with a B.S. in accounting, Mr. Chamberlain previously worked in the aerospace and defense industry.
	John Petrovich Senior Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel Mr. Petrovich graduated from USC with a BS in Finance and received his JD from UCLA. He has over twenty years’ experience in private practice as a corporate finance lawyer and ten years of senior executive experience in biotech and biomedical companies, including serving as CEO of Calando Pharmaceuticals and Insert Therapeutics, both startups launched out of Caltech to develop cancer therapeutics.
	Dan Merrill, Ph.D. Vice President, Technical Affairs Dr. Merrill brings to AMF over a decade of experience in the medical industry, with expertise in electrical engineering, electrochemistry, device-tissue interface, physiology, and tissue engineering. He earned a B.S. and a Masters Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Biomedical Engineering. He also performed post-doctoral research at the University of Utah in tissue engineering.
	Mike Perrin Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs After 16 years at Litton Aero Products, where he created and implemented their first quality system based on ISO standards, Mr. Perrin joined AMF in 2001 as a quality inspector. Since then he has worked to develop AMF’s quality management system. He also spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a Navigation System Specialist, and earned a four-year degree from the Community College of the Air Force in Electrical Systems. In 2007, Mr. Perrin became an American Society for Quality Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.
	Guangqiang Jiang Ph.D. Director of Research and Development Dr. Guangqiang Jiang joined AMF in 2000 as a mechanical engineer and has completed his initial mission of creating hermetic packaging for long term implantable devices. He has more than a dozen US and European patents. Dr. Jiang is now heading AMF’s engineering development teams for implantable medical device systems. A native of China, Dr. Jiang has a mechanical engineering degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from USC.
	Karen Morris Director of Human Resources Ms. Morris began her career in the manufacturing industry and spent over 20 years in the Information Technology and Human Resources arena. She joined AMF in 2001 as the Human Resources Manager, added responsibilities in Facilities Management, and was promoted to Director in 2010, where she contributes to the company’s mission and leadership. She began her education in the field of Computer Science and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management. She also earned her California General Contractor’s License where she works with sub contractors and facilities management.