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Directors and Officers

of the Cryonics Institute

Directors and Officers


The twelve Directors of the Cryonics Institute Board are elected for three years in groups of four every September at the Annual General Meeting held at the Cryonics Institute facility. All Officers of the Cryonics Institute are Directors. The Officers are elected from amongst the Directors.


President T2026

Dennis Kowalski

President T2026

Dennis Kowalski is a Fire Fighter and a Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic (NREMT-P) for the city of Milwaukee. He is also certified in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), advanced pediatric life support (PALS), and as a CPR Instructor for the American Heart Association. As a Fire Fighter and Paramedic Dennis has had a lot of experience dealing with life and death. His training and skills have given him numerous opportunities to be a part of saving lives while helping others in great distress. *CI OFFICER*

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CI Secretary T2026

Andy Zawacki

CI Secretary T2026

CI Director Andy Zawacki is also the Chief Operations Officer and Secretary of the Cryonics Institute. Some of his responsibilities at CI are processing membership sign-ups, preparing documents for members, membership database entries, facility & patient maintenance, preparing cryostats for service and patient suspensions. Andy Zawacki has been working for the Cryonics Institute since 1985. * CI OFFICER*

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CI Vice President T2026

Steve Luyckx

CI Vice President T2026

Steve Luyckx was born in Detroit, Michigan, the fifth of six children. He graduated from Michigan State in 1986 with a BA in Logistics and a Masters degree in Finance a few years later. His professional career includes Kraft Foods, Chrysler/DaimlerChrysler Financial and in 2009 became the President of a joint venture between ADP and Reynolds. He first became interested in Cryonics when a neighbor friend who was an important influence in his life introduced the topic. He has been one of the longest serving board members dating back almost 20 years and has attended every annual meeting since 1988. *CI OFFICER*

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CI Director T2026

Stephan Beauregard

CI Director T2026

Stephan Beauregard was born at LaSalle (Quebec) Canada. He succeeded in increasing the number of fans & made our CI FB pages more attractive & dynamic with articles & daily discussions.
Stephan has also served to promote Cryonics Institute’s communications initiative, media awareness, public education & convince people to opt for Cryonics & CI. Stephan is known for his frankness, his spoken franc & his great determination. He lived in Canada & in USA but he has also live in Europe for a few years now. He’s bilingual French & English & he has traveled in 99 countries + territories.

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CI Director T2025

Don Kleinsek, Ph.D.

CI Director T2025

Dr. Kleinsek is a businessman, inventor, author, educator, researcher and biotech pioneer.
His stated goal in science is to increase human longevity, noted as lifespan, while maintaining an optimal healthspan.  This goal implies the reversal of systemic aging.

Accompanying this endeavor is his interest in cryonics, both from a science challenge and as a practical means of preserving one’s identity.
To achieve this goal Dr. Kleinsek delved into many areas of medical science to incorporate.  This includes enzymology, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular genetics, cell biology, hormone action and diseases in gerontology.

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CI Director T2025

Debbie Fleming

CI Director T2025

Debbie Fleming is 46 and currently lives in Palm Bay Florida with her two hairy children; Morgan (dog) and Peaches (cat). She started working at a local semiconductor company 20 years ago in an entry level position and has worked her way to her current position as an Engineering Tech. Her most recent accomplishment was obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management. Her father, John Bull, was involved in Cryonics since the very first days back in the 60s and was the long-time editor of Long Life magazine.

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CI Director T2025

Kevin Doyle

CI Director T2025

Kevin Doyle holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University and a M.E.Sc from the University of Western Ontario. He also holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Toronto. Kevin has worked in Nuclear Power Generation for many years and also has experience with optimization projects in the health care and equipment maintenance fields as well as the area of organizational behavior. In addition, he has run a large-scale beef farm all his life, providing hands-on experience of ground-level work and organization. He presently operates his own consulting organization.

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CI Director T2025

Nicholas Vandermuelen

CI Director T2025

Nicholas Vandermeulen, born in 1994, has been a funded member of the Cryonics Institute and contracted with Suspended Animation since 2014. In the year of 2017, Nicholas acquired an Associate in Arts degree of Biotechnology and married his wife Nicole Rodriguez who is also a funded member of CI. As an experienced photographer, cinematographer, and graphic designer, Nicholas is working to continue enhancing the image of CI and achieve the vision of its membership. Ultimately, Nicholas aims to significantly influence the developing science and technology of cryonic preservation to ensure the patients are revived in the future.

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CI Contract officer T2024

Constance Ettinger

CI Contract officer T2024

Constance M. Ettinger, J.D. (Doctor of Jurisprudence), is a native of Michigan, and a resident of that state. She currently resides in Franklin, Michigan with her husband, David Ettinger, who is himself an attorney with a large Detroit law firm and the son of Robert Ettinger. Connie and David met at the University of Michigan as law students, and Connie is a long-time legal professional as well, having received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan. She has been a licensed attorney for 19 years, previously specializing in personnel and employment law. *CI OFFICER*

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CI Treasurer T2024

Pat Heller

CI Treasurer T2024

Pat Heller is a Certified Public Accountant, though for the most part he deals in Rare Coins and Precious Metals. He is the owner and chief executive officer of Liberty Coin Service, of Lansing, Michigan. He became Treasurer of CI in 1980, and has also served as Vice President of CI. He took office as Vice President in late 1995, following Andrea Foote, and stepped down in 2001, though he continues as Director and Treasurer. *CI OFFICER*

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CI Asst Secretary T2024

Joseph Kowalksy

CI Asst Secretary T2024

Joseph Kowalsky was born and raised in the Detroit area in an Orthodox Jewish home. Both his parents are teachers, a fact he feels encouraged his own lifelong love of learning. He recalls that he first became aware of cryonics when a seventh grade science teacher brought some cryonics material to class. Joe was hooked: for the next fifteen years Joe kept abreast of the movement, eventually becoming an Associate member of the Immortalist Society. *CI OFFICER*

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CI Director T2024

Paul Hagen

CI Director T2024

Paul Hagen is a native of Michigan who has been living in Waupaca, Wisconsin for the past twenty years. He graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelors in Finance in 1986. For several years he worked in the banking industry doing customer service and lending. His most recent position in banking was as a Personal Banker at a regional Wisconsin institution, Associated Bank. Currently Paul works for the State of Wisconsin as a Financial Specialist assisting Veterans with financial counseling, Medicaid claims, and funeral trusts.

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