Erica Barnes

Ms. Barnes has served on Notre Ecole's Board for 1 term. She is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council, an executive branch state agency. Erica graduated from the University of Minnesota with a master’s in communication disorders and was a speech-language pathologist for over 10 years. She has a passion for education and bilingual language acquisition. She serves on a number of governance boards in addition to Notre Ecole. She chairs the NIH funded Global Leukodystrophy Initiative Clinical Trials Network patient advocacy consortium, is a member of the Minnesota Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and and holds membership in the Center for Orphan Drug Research at the University of Minnesota. She lives with her husband and 2 children who are dual US-French citizens.