Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Donations deductiblePalo Alto Veterans Institute for Research's network
14 people2 organisationsi14 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Leung Chair | Director / Audit Committee Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Odette Harris MD MPH Chair (also filed as Odette Harris, Odette Harris) | Director / Board Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jean Gurga | Statutory Va Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jennifer Lee (also filed as Jennifer Lee) | Statutory Va Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jon Fuller | Statutory Va Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Maheen Adamson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Meghan Kemnec | Statutory Non-Va Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Mike Kozal MD (also filed as Mike Kozal, Mike Kozal) | Statutory Va Director (Thru 10/2024) | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Ngan Huang | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Paul Heidenreich | Director / Secretary & Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Payam Massaband | Statutory Va Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Robert Sloss | Statutory Non-Va Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Vanessa Ridley | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Ware Kuschner | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
20 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Allison Malate | Director of Sponsored Research | since 2023 |
| Bonnie Oiking Liang | CFO/COO Until 06/30/19 | since 2018 |
| Calvert Lee | Sr. Clinical Research Manager | since 2023 |
| Cuiping Pan | Business Development Manager III | 2021 |
| Elaine Staats | Director of Sponsored Research | since 2018 |
| Jian LUO | Research Scientist III | 2025 |
| Junliang Pan | Research Scientist II | since 2018 |
| Jennifer J Crockett | Assoc Dir of Research Administration | 2022 |
| Jenny Nhu-Thuy Dao | Accounting Manager | 2023 |
| Kerstin Lynam | CEO Thru 11/14/17 | 2018 |
| Lily Ibragimov | Director of Finance & Accounting | since 2018 |
| Lisa Clark | HR Director | since 2020 |
| Maheen Adamson | Research Scientist II | since 2019 |
| Mary L Thornton | Director of Operations | since 2018 |
| Michael Anthony Hindery | CEO Until 9/1/21 | since 2018 |
| Nora Thomas | Human Resources Manager | 2025 |
| Stephanie L Hensey | Data Base Analyst II | since 2023 |
| Timothy Myles | Research Scientist III | 2025 |
| WEN Amy Tian | Research Scientist | since 2018 |
| Xinguo Jiang | Research Scientist II | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Staats | Chief Executive Officer | 40 | $283k | $63k | |
| Lisa Clark | Director of Human Resources | 40 | $197k | $18k | |
| Mary Thornton | Director of Operations | 40 | $194k | $32k | |
| Allison Malate | Director of Sponsored Research | 40 | $191k | $31k | |
| Timothy Myles | Research Scientist III | 40 | $186k | $42k | |
| Lily Ibragimov | Director of Finance & Accounting | 40 | $185k | $31k | |
| Xinguo Jiang | Research Scientist II | 40 | $161k | $41k | |
| Stephanie Hensey | Developer / Database Administrator | 40 | $159k | $26k | |
| Jian Luo | Research Scientist III | 40 | $159k | $15k | |
| Calvert Lee | Sr. Clinical Research Manager | 40 | $156k | $41k | |
| Nora Thomas | Human Resources Manager | 40 | $151k | $27k | |
| Odette Harris | Director / Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paul Heidenreich | Director / Secretary & Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Maheen Adamson | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jon Fuller | Statutory Va Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jean Gurga | Statutory Va Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ngan Huang | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Meghan Kemnec | Statutory Non-Va Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mike Kozal | Statutory Va Director (Thru 10/2024) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ware Kuschner | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Lee | Statutory Va Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Lawrence Leung | Director / Audit Committee Chair | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Payam Massaband | Statutory Va Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Vanessa Ridley | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Robert Sloss | Statutory Non-Va Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
- EIN
- 770207331
- Address
- 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1207
- State
- California
- Mission
- Pavir's mission is advancing veterans and public health through innovative research. Pavir works with more than 100 principal investigators and 200 research staff to support basic science, clinical and health services research to realize its mission. Pavir's diverse studies span the entire spectrum of health research from the investigation of diseases in the laboratory through testing new... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- H00E Medical research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Medical Research
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1988
- Principal officer
- Elaine Staats MPH (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1996
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsLawrence Leung
≥8years on the filingsOdette Harris MD MPH
≥8years on the filingsRobert Sloss
≥7years on the filingsJennifer Lee
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $19.1m
- Total liabilities
- $11.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $25.3m
- Program service revenue
- $10.1m
- Employees
- 203
- Volunteers
- 7