Donors

Thank you for your commitment to and support of the AES mission.





The American Epilepsy Society is deeply thankful to our generous donors, whose contributions have played a vital role in furthering the Society's mission. The support from these benefactors is instrumental in fulfilling our dedication to improving outcomes for people living with epilepsy through research, education, and advocacy efforts.

Financial Information

The American Epilepsy Society is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

We advance our mission through careful and thoughtful stewardship of all sources of revenue. Click here to view AES financial information.

Gifts received between November 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. Contributors are listed alphabetically by last name.

Legacy Circle

Reflects bequests and other planned giving intentions received by AES.

Anonymous
Vicki D. Anderson*
Nancy M. Andrews Estate*
Peter & Suzanne Berry Family Trust
Donna M. Brastine Irrevocable Trust*
Carol Lee Boukather*
Arthur John Carlson*
Lois M. Catano Trust*

Ellen Sue Clark*
Mary Winifred Dilbeck *
Fairbanks Revocable Living Trust*
Henry M. Fenton Trust*
Dr. Robert & Donna Fisher
Evangeline Amelia Fowler Estate*
Eugene H. Hussey Revocable Trust *
Barbara Johnson *
William Wayne Kizer Trust*
Charles Robert Morhauser *
Donald C. Parrott Trust *
Lorraine M. Parrott Trust *
Sarah Penry*
Drs. Michael D. Privitera & Marcia Kaplan
Anne Rubin Trust*
Anna L. Scovell*
Kira Sergievsky Trust*
Dennis A. Sokol
Dorothy R. Talbert Revocable Trust*

Richard L. Zambrano Irrevocable Trust

*Deceased


 

Innovators Circle

Gifts of $2,500 and above

Estate of Carol Lee Boukather
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Aaron L. Cardon, MD
Arthur Cukiert, MD, PhD

Robert B. Duckrow, MD & Elizabeth Duckrow, MS
Yssa D. DeWoody, PhD
Rosalyn & Irwin Engelman Philanthropic Fund
Howard P. Goodkin, MD, PhD, FAES
Robert E. Hogan, MD, FAES
Barbara C. Jobst, MD, PhD, FAES
Ilo E. Leppik, MD
Eli M. Mizrahi, MD, FAES
Eileen M. Murray, MM, CAE
Manisha N. Patel, PhD
Martin D. Penry
Serge Pierre-Louis, MD, MPH
Raman Sankar, MD, PhD, FAES
Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD, FAES & Ruth Shinnar, RN*
Elson L. So, MD, FAES & Judy So
Dennis D. Spencer, MD, FAES
John M. & Joan F. Thalheimer Family Charitable Foundation
William H. Theodore, MD, FAES
Azreena Thomas, MD, FAES
Andrew Zillgitt, DO, FAES

Discovery Circle

Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499

Taylor Abel, MD
AmazonSmile
Elinor Ben-Menachem, MD, PhD, FAES
Gregory K. Bergey, MD, FAES
Thomas P. Bleck, MD, FAES
Bob & Maureen Bonney
Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, FAES
Gordon F. Buchanan, MD, PhD
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Steve C. Danzer, PhD
Michael A. Frale, MAOL
Jacqueline A. French, MD, FAES
William D. Gaillard, MD, FAES
David A. Greene
John Huguenard, PhD
Lori L. Isom, PhD
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FAES
Jaideep Kapur, MD, PhD, FAES
Fred A. Lado, MD, PhD
Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD
Guy M. McKhann II, MD, FAES
Nationwide
Suzan Nadi, PhD
Jeffrey L. Noebels, MD, PhD
Edward J. Novotny, MD, FAES
Susan J. Oliver, MBA
Jack M. Parent, MD
Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH, FAES
Roger J. Porter, MD, FAES
Michael D. Privitera, MD, FAES
Mark Richardson, MD, PhD
Jonathan Ross, MD, FAES
Mona Sazgar, MD, FAES
Renee Shellhaas, MD, MS, FAES
Kenneth Sommerville, MD, FAES
Shawna L. Strickland, PhD & David D. Strickland
Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MD, PhD, FAES
Daniel J. Weber, DO, FAES
Samuel Wiebe, MD

 

Explorers Circle

Gifts of $500 - $999

Pegah Afra, MD
Edward Avila, DO
Gregory L. Barkley, MD
Sandor Beniczky, MD, PhD
Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD, FAES
Jeffrey Blount, MD
Leonardo Bonilha, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Boyce
David Burdette, MD
Kevin E. Chapman, MD, FAES
Jeanne Chin, PhD
Dave Clarke, MBBS, FAES
Erin Conrad, MD
Mark Cook, MD, MBBS
Marc A. Dichter, MD, PhD
Chris Dulla, PhD
John & Patricia Endicott
Evans Family Charitable Fund
Raquel Farias-Moeller, MD
Andres Fernandez, MD
David Friedman, MD
Frank G. Gilliam, MD, MPH
Alica Goldman, MD, PhD, FAES
Kevin D. Graber, MD
Anne Gramiak, MPH, MSLOC
L. John Greefield Jr., MD, PhD, FAES
Christina Gross, BSN, RN
Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD
Ryder Gwinn, MD
Hans Hartmann
Dora Hermes Miller, PhD
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAES
Linda Huh, MD
Nathalie Jette, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Emily Johnson, MD
Kenneth R. Kaufman, MD, MRCPsych
Sarah A. Kelley, MD
Kelly G. Knupp, MD
Esther Krook-Magnuson, PhD
Alison Kukla, MPH
David M. Labiner, MD, FAES
Alice D. Lam, MD, PhD, FAES
Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD
Kristen Lonergan
Joaquin N. Lugo, PhD, FAES
Jamie Maguire
Laurence Martineau
Jesus Martinez
Brendan McCrea
Heather McKee
Edward Merricks
Ismail Mohamed
Victoria Morgan
Lawrence D. Morton, MD
Heidi M. Munger Clary, MD, MPH
Network For Good
Aylin Reid, MD, PhD
Kristen Riley, MD
James J. Riviello, MD, FAES
Dragos Sabau, MD
Kinshuk Sahaya, MD, FAES
Jay A. Salpekar, MD, FAES
Catherine Schevon, MD, PhD
Sarah E. Schmitt, MD, FAES
Justin F. Searle
Olga Selioutski, DO
Rani Singh, MD
Cynthia Stack, MD
James Tao, MD, PhD
Melissa Tsuboyama, MD
Ignacio Valencia, MD
Sophia Varadkar, MBBCh, PhD
Jorge Vidaurre, MD, FAES
David G. Vossler, MD, FAES
Steve and Janet Walker
Peter Warnke, MD
James W. Wheless, MD
Karen Wilcox, PhD
Angus Wilfong, MD, FAES
Thomas Wychowksi, MD
Wenbo Zhang, MD, PhD

Builders Circle

Gifts up to $499

Anne E. Anderson, MD
May Bakir
Jean E. Cibula, MD, FAES
Steven Coker, MD
Alan Egler
Ian Flor
Ethan M. Goldberg, MD, PhD
Jeffrey H. Goodman, PhD
Anne Gramiak, MPH, MSLOC
Joy Keller, MS, MSLIS, RD
Lorna Myers, PhD, FAES
Alison M. Pack, MD, MPH, FAES
Lance Paine
Donald Phillips, MD, MPH, FAES
John Pollard, MD, FAES
Stephan Rueegg, MD, FAES
Georgette Smith, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, FAES
Societe Generale
Barbara Swartz, MD, PhD
Bill Tolley
Michael Vidal
Timothy E. Welty, PharmD, FAES