Bio

Rich Pezzillo is the Executive Director of the New England Hemophilia Association (NEHA). Prior to joining NEHA in 2016, Richard worked in Washington, DC as the press secretary for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and then as the Communications and Marketing Director for the Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA). Richard is the former co-chair of the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Youth Leadership Institute. He is the recipient of the Ryan White Meritorious Service Award, NHF Advocate of the Year Award, and a “40 under Forty” winner for the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and Providence Business News. Rich lives in Warwick, Rhode Island with his husband, Michael, and their son, Charlie.