Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.
Dan dougherty
Hello Jessica and Living Well with Epilepsy
I am a volunteer with EFEPA and a personal advocate for epilepsy. Allison McCartin and EFEPA has been great support for me as I live with uncontrolled epilepsy!! As an advocate and public speaker, I would live to help raise awareness with this organization!! ps: Great Website!!
Jessica
Dan,
Thanks for your comment. I’m thrilled to hear that the EFEPA has been there for you. It’s so important to hear how great the services are from people who are really utilizing them!
And hey, thanks for the positive feedback on the site.