If you are reading this, you are probably a person who is familiar with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS. You know how devastating it is. You know how important it is to develop treatments that can slow, stop, and end ALS. 

As the CEO and Chief Scientific Officer at the ALS Therapy Development Institute, I work with an amazing team every day to discover, invent, and advance new treatments. We operate a discovery engine that not only generates potential treatments, but also generates hope rooted in honest science. That engine is fueled by support from an amazing grassroots community.

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Through ALS TDI's Tri-State Trek, we at ALS TDI come together with many of our supporters through a challenging, sometimes grueling, bike ride to raise money and awareness to support the drug discovery research that happens at ALS TDI. We've invented and advanced one drug of our own into human ALS clinical trials; and our science program has supported the advancement of multiple others as well. But this progress isn't enough. ALS is a complex disease and will require many treatment options to address all of the needs of people with ALS. 

This will be my 11th year riding in the Tri-State Trek. I hope you will consider sponsoring my 130-mile-ride this year. Thank you for being a part of our efforts to end ALS!