NHF’s Mission is to empower parents to have healthy children free of chronic health conditions
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is composed of distinguished individuals with a diverse set of expertise.
Neurological Health Foundation (NHF) was founded in 2010 and obtained 501 (c)(3) public charity status from the IRS effective March of 2011.
Dr. James Adams, Ph.D.
Professor Adams has authored over 150 scientific articles in peer-reviewed publications, including 30 on autism.
Dr. Adams will serve as the primary point of contact for the Foundation to craft a strategy to prevent neurological illness in children and to recruit talented doctors and researchers to join in our efforts.
Autism-Related Service and Awards:
- Director and Founder, Arizona State University Autism/Asperger’s Research Program, 2000-present
- President, Autism Society of Greater Phoenix, 2000- present
- President and founder, Autism Conferences of America, 2005 – present
- Evening of Champions Award (for research and service) from national Autism Society of America, 2007
- Autism Service Award, Greater Phoenix Chapter of the Autism Society of America, 2008
- Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award 2009 for teaching, research, and service to ASU
- Board of Directors, Autism Research Institute, 2007-2009
- Co-Leader, Science Advisory Committee, Autism Research Institute, 2008 – present
- Board of Directors, Autism Society of America, 2009-2010
- President’s Professor, Arizona State University, 2010 – present
Shazi Visram
Shazi Visram is an entrepreneur and mother committed to bettering the world through business that is socially, financially, and environmentally enlightened. She is the Founder of Happy Family Brands, which she led to become the #1 organic baby food company in the US market with disruptive innovations that have democratized organic food for new families, despite her very humble beginnings.
Shazi is also the Founder of Healthybaby.com, which is the culmination of a life’s work dedicated to protecting children’s neurological health. Healthybaby is a safe space for families to find the knowledge, community, and products to build connected minds and bodies during baby’s early years, a time when they are making one million neural connections every second. Healthybaby is the pioneer of the first ever diaper verified by the Environmental Working Group.
As an advocate of social entrepreneurship, Visram is actively engaged as an investor and advisor to companies innovating for a brighter future. Visram serves on the board of Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School and Columbia College, in addition to being a Founding Member of Columbia’s Alumnae Legacy Circle.
Chris Willhite
Chris Willhite is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated with honors from Baylor University in 1991 with a BBA in Accounting. He started his career in public accounting in Houston where he was a Tax Senior for Arthur Andersen as well as an auditor for Ernst & Young. Chris is involved with multiple business. After working as the Financial Controller of a publicly traded company, he joined Robert Half international back in March of 2000. He is currently a Senior Vice President of Staffing at Robert Half International (www.RobertHalf.com). He is also a Principal and Head of the Investment Committee for Titus Capital LLC, a real estate investment firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas (www.TitusCapital.com). Chris is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Neurological Health Foundation (NHF) and lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, Hailee, and their two children.