Mindy Lipson Aisen MD was named Director and CEO of the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation in September 2005. Dr. Aisen’s first job was designing toys for children receiving care at the Kennedy Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts; one of the toys is now on permanent exhibit at the MIT museum. Dr. Aisen graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS mechanical engineering) and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). She completed post doctoral clinical training in Neurology at The New York Hospital/Cornell University, and is Board Certified in Neurology. Dr. Aisen has a long record of clinical service and clinical research in neurology and neurological rehabilitation at the Burke Rehabilitation Center/Cornell University. Her research administration experience includes serving as Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Aisen is past President of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, an active member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Experimental Neural Therapeutics and the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology.