Our Leadership

Cure JM is led by a passionate team of volunteers, staff, and medical experts in juvenile myositis research and care.

Aquila Elam, staff photo
Conference Planner

Aqeela Elam

Aqeela Elam joins Cure JM as a Conference Planner to provide leadership in planning the 2025 Cure JM National Family Conference.

Aqeela brings over 20 years of experience in planning conferences and meetings in the pharmaceutical industry. Aqeela specializes in organizing educational conferences in the US and abroad. She studied Communication and Business at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.

Aqeela is dedicated to her community and has been actively involved in raising awareness and planning fundraising events for various non-profit organizations.

Aqeela currently lives in Southern Utah, in a town known as the “Gateway to Zion,” close to Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah.

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