Trustees
Research Committee Meetings
I own narrative and trustee communications for Boards of Trustees Research Committee meetings, serving as the voice of Mount Sinai research.
Credit: Yi Shi Laboratory, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Opportunity
The first meeting of 2026 was a chance to see a topic I'd long had in mind come into being: systemic connections, particularly those involving brain and body.
For the second meeting of 2026, I took initiative to reimagine engagement with invited speakers and trustees, rewriting all communications (previously in an institutional tone) and bringing forward the creativity that is innate to science communication.
The Process
The speakers, all more early-career scientists, were thrilled to speak in front of high net worth donors, because we presented it as such an opportunity. The Dean of ISMMS was happy with the more lyrical, approachable trio of memos, and one of our trustees—a scientist herself—reached out to compliment us on the third, a primer on some of the most important scientific concepts attendees would hear.
