Veldon Sorensen, PhD, is the current Board of Directors Chair of the Bateman Horne Center and a dedicated research advocate. A retired crop scientist with a career at Bayer CropScience, he holds degrees from Utah State University and a PhD from Michigan State University. During his years of board service, Dr. Sorensen was instrumental in transitioning OFFER (Organization for Fatigue Fibromyalgia Education and Research) and Dr. Bateman’s Fatigue Consultation Clinic to the Bateman Horne Center. Today, he provides critical oversight for the organization’s strategic direction and financial sustainability.

Ted Kaly is a patient advocate and Vice Chair on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors and former electrical engineer, sales, and marketing management entrepreneur. He became the founding chair of the OFFER (Organization for Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Education and Research) board in 2001, the non-profit organization pre-dating Bateman Horne Center. Kaly was a leader in the merger of OFFER and Dr. Bateman’s private medical practice, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, into the non-profit 501(c)3 organization the Bateman Horne Center of Excellence in 2015 and oversees board member recruitment.

Sharon Hunter Donnelly, BS, MS, is a patient advocate and community educator on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors and former director of health information technology and senior vice president of strategy and development for Comagine (HealthInsight) Utah. She completed a BS and MS degree in statistics from the University of Tennessee. Donnelly specializes in clinical practice transformation, adoption of health information technology, and the application of data to improve patient care and payment and delivery systems.

Preston Pond has worked with global companies for over 40 years as a respected strategy, organization design, and leadership development consultant, helping clients develop High Performance Organizations. As Co-Founder of the Center for Organizational Design, he has led major redesign efforts with Procter and Gamble, Clark Equipment Company, Champion International, Rockwell International, Colgate, Ford Motor Company, Corning, Boeing, Utah Transit Authority, the U.S. Forest Service, Coach Leatherware, the LDS Church, and Hallmark Cards.

Peggy Rosati Allen, MS, CNM, WHNP, is a patient advocate and medical educator on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors and a retired assistant clinical professor and faculty practice nurse-midwife with the University of Utah College of Nursing.  She completed a BS degree in nursing from the University of Wyoming, an MS degree and certification as a women’s health nurse practitioner from UC San Francisco, and post-master’s certificate in nurse-midwifery from the University of Utah. Allen has led educational efforts and published articles and materials with a focus on the impact of ME/CFS on youth and women during childbearing years.

Susan Taylor-Brown, MPH, PhD, is a patient advocate and lived experience community member serving on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors. She is a social work academician, clinician and researcher with 36 years of experience. She secured her graduate training in social work and public health from Catholic University of America (MSW) and University of Pittsburgh (MPH, PhD). Dr. Taylor-Brown’s faculty appointments include University of Rochester Medical School, Syracuse University, Eastern Michigan University, and Georgetown Medical School.

Lily Chu, MD, MSHS,  is trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and health services research. Her career took an unexpected turn in 2006 when she became ill with ME/CFS. Since that time, she has collaborated with universities, nonprofit organizations, and federal agencies on a wide range of research and medical education initiatives. Notable contributions include helping to develop the United States’ ME/CFS diagnostic criteria (2014–2015) and Long COVID diagnostic criteria (2023–2024) through the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, as well as serving on the Community Advisory Board for the Stanford University ME/CFS Initiative from 2012 to 2021.

Robert S. Crausman, MD, MMS, is a graduate of The Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and completed internal medicine residency and chief residency at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Geriatrics fellowship at the Harvard Division on Aging and Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

He previously served as the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Memorial Hospital of RI/Brown University, Chief Administrative Officer of the RI Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, Chief Medical Officer of the Landmark Medical Center, and was a Founding partner of Ocean Healthcare. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine emeritus at the Alpert School of Medicine.

Luke Hansen, BS, Medical Student, is a patient and clinical care advocate on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors and a current medical student at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Hansen completed his BS in accounting at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He worked as an accountant for the fourth judicial district of El Paso county while attending school but shifted his interest towards medicine after dealing with real life emergency medical situations. After moving to Utah in 2018, Hansen volunteered with the Utah AIDS Foundation and working full time as a laboratory technician.

Deb Keye, MMSc, PA-C, brings her medical knowledge and passion for high quality patient care to the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors. She is a 1996 graduate of the Emory University PA Program and has 28 years of clinical experience in various fields of medicine as well as participating as a sub-investigator in NIH-funded clinical studies in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. She has enjoyed teaching and mentoring Emory PA students in the past as well as speaking at the national AAPA conference about pediatric asthma. Keye has publications in PA journals that include pediatric asthma and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Kyle Kitzmiller is an engineer, entrepreneur, and video producer for the YouTube channel Physics Girl. His wife, Dianna Cowern, contracted severe Long COVID and ME/CFS in 2022. He spent three years as a full-time caregiver until she became more moderate. He has sought to raise awareness for these diseases by hosting a fundraiser and livestream and has helped produce videos detailing Dianna’s journey. He worked with the NIH to develop a clinical trial for Long COVID and currently serves on the board of the Bateman Horne Center.

Jay Turner’s volunteer service with OFFER (Organization for Fatigue Fibromyalgia Education and Research)  and subsequently the Bateman Horne Center began in 2005 following his wife’s diagnosis with ME/CFS.  Together, they faced the challenges of a complicated medical system that often misunderstood the needs of ME/CFS patients.  These experiences contributed to Turner’s enduring commitment to simplifying processes and reducing complexity throughout his career.

Jessica Turner is a patient advocate on the Bateman Horne Center Board of Directors who dreamed of becoming a physical therapist, having a family, and living an active lifestyle when she began a grueling four-year search for answers while fighting debilitating headaches, fatigue, and PEM (post-exertional malaise) and was finally diagnosed with ME/CFS by Dr. Bateman in 2005. Turner is a tireless advocate for patient and family issues as well as better provider access to those with ME/CFS, Long COVID and fibromyalgia.