Board of Directors
President: Jill Fischer, MS, CGC
Term: January 2022 - January 2024
Ms. Fischer (she/her) is the Director of the Kean University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. In 1993, she earned her M.S. in Genetic Counseling from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Best known for developing the role of the genetic counselor in ART/PGT, Fischer started the NSGC ART & Infertility Special Interest Group and was a founding member of the ASRM Genetic Counseling Professional Group. She was a founding member of Reprogenetics and co-founder of Recombine. She has served national and international organizations including NSGC, ASRM and ESHRE.
President - Elect: Christina Botti, MS, CGC
Term: January 2022 - January 2024
Ms. Botti (she/her) received her undergraduate degree in biotechnology at Rochester Institute of Technology followed by her master's degree in genetic counseling at Arcadia University. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Instructor in the Department of OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences at Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She provides pediatric and adult genetic counseling services for a variety of complex indications. She also facilitates a support group for women who recently underwent pregnancy termination.
Past President: Alejandra Rodriguez, MS, CGC
Term: January 2022 - January 2024
Ms. Rodriguez is the Senior Genetic Counselor and Manager at the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Oncology Genetics Program. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from Arcadia University in 2012. She worked as a laboratory and prenatal genetic counselor with Bio-Reference Laboratories and then transitioned to work in the Pediatric Genetics program at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ. She is a member of the Rutgers Genetic Counseling Master’s Program Advisory Committee.
Secretary:Â Lauren Sferrazza, MS, CGC
Term:Â September 2021 - September 2023
Ms. Giannetti Sferrazzi (she/her) is a National Medical Science Liaison in Oncology at Myriad Genetics. She currently holds positions on the LIU Genetic Counseling Graduate Program's Advisory Board, NYMAC Regional Genetics Network, and is Co-Chair of the NSGC Laboratory and Industry Special Interest Group. Prior to her role at Myriad, Lauren served as the Interim Assistant Program director at the LIU Genetic Counseling Graduate Program and Manager/Senior Genetic Counselor at GeneScreen Counseling Services, LLC.
Treasurer: Sarah Nashed, MS, CGC
Term: September 2021Â - September 2023
Ms. Nashed is a Senior Payment Integrity Professional at Humana. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from Brandeis University in 2010. Ms. Nashed has served our region well working for Winthrop University Hospital and then the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
Member at Large: Laura Limone, MS, CGC
Term: January 2022 - January 2024
Ms. Limone (she/her) is the Associate Director of the Kean University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. She received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences and Italian from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, NJ. In 2001, she earned an M.S. in Human Genetics from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She is board certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and licensed by the State of New Jersey, Iowa, Indiana and Virginia.
Member at Large: Francesca Spinosi, MS, CGC
Term: January 2022 - January 2024
Ms. Spinosi (she/her) is a pediatric and oncology genetic counselor at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. In 2017, she received her undergraduate degree in Genetics with an Undergraduate Certificate in Genetic Counseling at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. In 2019, Francesca completed her M.S. in Genetic Counseling as part of the inaugural class at Rutgers University. Her thesis work was published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling and was awarded the 2022 Best Trainee Paper Award.