The MSA Coalition, the leading nonprofit funder of global MSA research and the nation's foremost charity totally dedicated to serving patients, caregivers and families affected by Multiple System Atrophy, announces the election of Steve Klisares, an experienced MSA caregiver and business professional, to its Board of Directors.

The Multiple System Atrophy Coalition was founded in 1989 as a Support Group offering a toll-free hotline and an annual patient/caregiver conference. The new name was chosen to better reflect the Coalition's focus on advocacy, education and research