The Big Board

Kindred Spirits

Recently, three of our own Packard Center board members have distinguished themselves yet again. This fall, MDA’s Wings Over Wall Street® presented longstanding board members Jean and Christopher Angell and Andrea Crikelair with the Spirit Award and Michael P. Beier Award, respectively.

ALS superstars, from top, Jean Angell, Chris Angell and Andrea Crikelair.

Long a person to help a cause, Jean Angell became committed to increasing ALS research funding after she was diagnosed with the disease seven years ago. A past board member of Project ALS, she now greatly helps the Packard Center as a fund-raiser and board member. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Jean practiced law in New York City for more than 30 years and is a partner at Bryan Cave LLP.

Her husband, Chris Angell, is president of the Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, which offers grants in the fields of medical research, ethics and public education. In 1999, he and his board members formed a partnership that eventually morphed into the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. Now vice chair—and a trustee of The Johns Hopkins University—he served as chairman of the board from 2000 to 2003. He is a senior partner in the New York City law firm Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP. The couple has three children.

Andrea Crikelair worked closely with Michael Beier in the equities division at Credit Suisse First Boston when he was diagnosed with ALS. Bearing witness to Beier’s courage and high energy, Crikelair was inspired. She became a Center board member and has co-chaired MDA’s Wings Over Wall Street® since 2001. The event has raised a total of $4 million for ALS research. Crikelair now works for UBS Securities in Greenwich, Conn.

Told of the awards, Center Director Jeffrey Rothstein was elated. “We’re proud and grateful.”