Our Team | SFARI

Marta Benedetti, Ph.D.

Marta Benedetti, who joined the Simons Foundation in 2007, contributes to the evaluation and management of the foundation’s research portfolio, as well as the planning of new research directions relevant to autism. Prior to joining the Simons Foundation, Benedetti worked for a…

Libby Brooks

Assistant Project Manager, Simons Simplex Collection

Libby Brooks joined the Simons Foundation in 2011 as assistant project manager for the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC). In 2015, she began supporting new research projects with Clinical Research Associates. Previously, Brooks was part of a multi-site SSC administrative team based at…

Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of Clinical Research

Wendy Chung serves as the principal investigator of the foundation’s Simons Variation in Individuals Project (Simons VIP), which characterizes behavior and brain structure and function in participants with genetic copy number variants such as those at 16p11.2, believed to play a role…

Amy Daniels, Ph.D.

Project Manager

Amy Daniels joined the Simons Foundation in 2015 after working as assistant director of public health research at Autism Speaks. At Autism Speaks, Daniels oversaw the Global Autism Public Health portfolio in Europe and the former Soviet Union, focusing on awareness, research…

Pamela Feliciano, Ph.D.

Scientific Director, SPARK, and Senior Scientist

Pamela Feliciano contributes to the development and management of several projects with a mission to build research cohorts of individuals with autism. She is also involved in SFARI’s efforts to develop objective and reliable outcome measures for autism clinical trials. Feliciano joined…

Calissia Franklyn

Grants Associate

Calissia Franklyn earned her undergraduate degree in health policy and administration from Pennsylvania State University. Previously, she worked as a school business manager for the New York City Department of Education, and as a grants administrator at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.…

Tammi Fumberi, B.A.

Executive Assistant

Tammi Fumberi joined the Simons Foundation in 2015, bringing with her extensive experience in healthcare administration and event management. Previously, Fumberi worked as an administrative assistant at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, coordinating the operations and personnel for the hospital’s Language and International…