Senior Management
Douglas G. Franklin
President & CEO
DOUGLAS G. FRANKLIN, President & Chief Executive Officer, joined MSAA in 1999. Mr. Franklin is a former national trainer for the Peter Drucker Foundation (now the Leader to Leader Institute) and is an internationally published expert in the field of social marketing. Mr. Franklin is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and holds degrees from four universities. He currently serves on the national board of the Key Philanthropic Organizations Committee of the American Society of Association Executives and is a member of the Executive Committee of Health First — America's Charities Board in Washington, DC. Most recently he was elected president of the Multiple Sclerosis Coalition.
Robert Rapp
Vice President of Programs &Partnerships
ROBERT RAPP, Vice President for Programs & Partnerships, came to MSAA in August 1999 with an extensive background in organization management. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Illinois and has held numerous management positions in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. Mr. Rapp has a Bachelor’s Degree in education and social sciences from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) in New Jersey.
Gary Wallace, CPA
Vice President of Finance & Administration
GARY WALLACE, Vice President for Finance & Administration, is a Certified Public Accountant. He came to MSAA in April 1999 from Alliance Medical Management in Voorhees, New Jersey where he was controller. Prior to that, Mr. Wallace was Chief Financial Officer of Recovery Service of New Jersey in Mays Landing and Fiscal Officer for the Atlantic County Division of Welfare in Atlantic City.
Bruce Makous
Vice President of Development
BRUCE MAKOUS, Vice President for Development, joined MSAA in January 2007. Previously, Mr. Makous served as the Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer for the American Association for Cancer Research, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Makous is a speaker and published author on fundraising and arts management topics. He has a B.A. from Oberlin College, an M.A. in Arts Administration from New York University, and is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). Mr. Makous also serves as President of the Planned Giving Council of Greater Philadelphia.
Jack Burks, MD
Chief Medical Officer
JACK BURKS, MD, is a neurologist who specializes in MS. He is the chief medical officer for MSAA. Dr. Burks is also a clinical professor of medicine in neurology at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno, Nevada. He is also a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the National MS Society. Dr. Burks has edited two textbooks on MS, and in the 1970s, he established the Rocky Mountain MS Center in Colorado, one of the nation’s first comprehensive MS centers.
