Kerri A. Connolly

Executive Committee Member

Kerri Connolly began her journey as an advocate for the scleroderma community 30 years ago when her mother, Catherine, was diagnosed in 1993 with Limited Systemic Sclerosis. When her mother passed away in 2008 as a result of her illness, Kerri became determined to help fill a significant gap in available educational resources for scleroderma patients and their care partners. For two decades, she has worked closely with leading global scleroderma medical experts to develop comprehensive patient and physician education materials to help the community better understand and manage the disease. Currently, Kerri works as a patient advocate in the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology industry. Her goal is to incorporate patient insights early in the research and development process for the acceleration of better patient outcomes. Kerri is excited to join the Steffens Scleroderma Foundation to support its mission and help raise awareness of the power patients have in the medical community when they become educators. Kerri will be serving Steffens as an Executive Committee Member and the Communications Committee Chairperson.