Who we are
Team & Advisory Board
Physicians, researchers, attorneys, and advocates leading the Foundation's work.
Leadership
Dr. Gary Kompothecras
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Medical-industry and real-estate entrepreneur and a decades-long advocate for autism awareness, causes, and prevention.
Beth Kompothecras
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Co-chair of the Foundation alongside her husband, Dr. Gary Kompothecras, and a voice for autism awareness and affected families.
William Collier Jr.
Board of Directors, Co-Founder, Digital Media & Marketing
Board member and co-founder leading the Foundation’s digital media and marketing through the Noetic Dharma Group.
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board (Chair)
Gastroenterologist and filmmaker whose 1998 research and the documentary “Vaxxed” placed vaccine safety at the center of the autism debate.
Dr. David J. Weldon
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board, Speakers Panel
Physician and former U.S. Congressman (R-FL), founding member of the Congressional Autism Caucus, nominated by President Trump as CDC director in 2024.
Mary Holland, J.D.
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board, Speakers Panel
Attorney and CEO / General Counsel of Children’s Health Defense, with two decades in health-freedom and vaccine-choice advocacy.
Dr. Anthony R. Mawson
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board
Epidemiologist whose Florida Medicaid-based research examines associations between vaccination schedules and autism.
J.B. Handley
Scientific & Medical Advisory Board
Advocate, author of “How to End the Autism Epidemic,” and co-producer of the documentary “Spellers.”
