Anahied rayzian davenport
Anahied Rayzian works in Electrical Design in the power distribution industry. Owner of Davenport Industries, a developing, women-owned engineering organization that provides rendering services to a wide range of production specific clientele. Having dealt with patient advocacy and outreach in the congenital cardiology world, she is a staunch advocate of research initiatives for this patient population. Her beloved husband, David Davenport, was born in 1988 with Hypoplastic-Left-Heart-Syndrome. Their goal was to establish the NSCCR, together. Although David is no longer here to benefit from the research objectives propagated by the NSCCR, their shared goal remains: to ensure that millions of others will.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PATRICIA RAVAL
Patricia (Patti) Raval has been in the medical field for over twenty years. She began a nursing career in 1998 and received her Masters in Medical Science from Emory University in 2006. In 2007 she was board-certified as a Physician Assistant (PA) and completed her Doctor of Medical Science Degree in 2019.
As a RN and as a Physician Assistant, Patti has cared for patients in Intensive Care Units, with specialties in Medical ICU, Surgical/Trauma ICU, and Neuro ICU. However, the bulk of her career has been in Cardiac Surgery ICU, working with patients on life support, mechanical support, and transplants.
Patti’s passion is caring for patients and their families and putting all the pieces of the healthcare puzzle together, in order to get the best outcome. She is a staunch and tenacious advocate for her patients - doing the right thing, even when sometimes it’s not the easiest thing.
Kate Ochwat
Kate brings seven years of not only microbiology, but management experience to the NSCCR. Kate received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Eureka College. During this time, she spent two years working with the USDA and was published in the Journal of Laboratory Automation (SLAS) in 2013. Kate’s overall passion extends past her work at the NSCCR. Her overall commitment for health brings the significant perspective of overall well-being- having been involved in equipment and production testing for infant based food products.
ERIN ANDERSON
Erin Anderson is a research engineer in aerospace structures and currently conducts research on carbon fiber composites at Langley Research Center. She received a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. She has worked extensively in data science and has a passion for problem-solving and collaboration. Erin hopes to provide guidance to NSCCR as it navigates the research and scientific communication processes. She also hopes to help build a team of experts and remain cognizant of when it’s best for the engineer to get out of the way.