 The organization was run directly by the Board of Directors from 1985 to 1998.In 1998, the board hired the first paid executive director, Susan Stryker, Ph.D. Stryker was succeeded in 2003 by an acting interim executive director, Daniel Bao, who served until the board hired Terence Kissack, Ph.D., in 2004.Kissack served until the end of 2006.