Jane Sheehan, Esq. — President, Chief Executive Officer
Jane Sheehan, FBR’s President/CEO began her career in state government in 1971 as Health Careers Coordinator for the Maine Department of Human Services (DHS). She later served as Director of the Bureau of Child and Family Services and in 1992 was appointed Commissioner by Governor John McKernan. DHS is Maine’s largest agency of state government and maintains both the state public health and environmental testing laboratories. Jane has a B.S. degree in education from the University of Maine, and Juris Doctor and Masters in Environmental Law degrees from Vermont Law School. She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company, and the Maine Biomedical Research Fund. She also is a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy of Maine and on the ASET and College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Committees at the University of Southern Maine. Jane is a former board member of the Maine Technology Institute and past president of the National Association of Independent Research Institutes.
David Groft, MS — Director of Clinical Support
The office of Clinical Support acts as liaison between FBR and the institutions and individuals it serves. This office is a clearinghouse for information about FBR services, policies, and its research interests. It plays an active role in the recruitment of physicians and their patients into the many clinical studies undertaken here. In this capacity, it forges a link between the FBR’s research endeavors and the physician communities that provide access to patient populations. The Clinical Support staff works with science and education staff to produce requisite physician, office staff and patient education materials. The establishment of this department formalizes the emphasis on personalized client relations that has always existed at FBR.