Brad Edwards

Brad Edwards assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of NFL Alumni in October of 2022 and was recently appointed to the NFL Player Care Foundation board of directors. Edwards enjoyed a nine-year NFL career (1988-1996) as a free safety, including a Super Bowl Championship with the then Washington Redskins where he was voted by NFL.com (2016) as recording the #36 best individual performance in Super Bowl history. He was also a first-team USA Today All-Pro selection and a UPI first-team All-NFC selection. Additionally, Edwards was voted as the 1992 South Carolina (Statewide) Male Professional Athlete of the Year, the 1992 Sons of Washington D.C. Downtown Athletic Club Outstanding Redskin of the Year and is a member of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining NFL Alumni, Edwards spent the previous 20 plus years in collegiate sports administration, including the past 11 years as an NCAA Division One Athletic Director.

NFLAH Leadership Team

Player Advisory Committee

NFLAH Medical Advisory Committee

Jaime R. Garza, MD, DDS, FACS

Professor Emeritus of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Professor of Otolaryngology, Director of Human Regenerative Cell Trials, Tulane University School of Medicine
Former NFL player and member-NFL Alumni Association.

Holly Geyer, MD, FASAM

Dr. Holly Geyer is a physician with Mayo Clinic. She is dual board certified in Addiction Medicine and Hospital Internal Medicine and oversees both the Mayo Clinic Arizona Opioid Stewardship Program and Occupational Health Services.

She has authored more than 200 journal articles, book chapters, educational pieces and abstracts and is also the author of the book, “Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use.” She is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of opioids and addiction and is active in state and national opioid policy development.

Lee Rice, DO

Dr. Lee Rice is an internationally known authority in sports medicine, wellness and preventive medicine. In 1980 he founded the San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center, one of the first privately owned truly comprehensive sports medicine centers in the country, and originated one of the first fellowship training programs in primary care sports medicine.

Robin Smith, MD

Robin L. Smith, M.D., MBA, is the founder, president and chairman Cura Foundation and Stem for Life, vice president and director of the Science and Faith (STOQ) Foundation at the Vatican, member of executive board of trustees of Sanford Health, the board of overseers of the New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, and a board member of the Alliance for Cell Therapy Now and OPA Health, co-author “Cells Are the New Cure” (2017) and “The Healing Cell: How the Greatest Revolution in Medical History Is Changing Your Life” (2013), clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School on boards of directors of Celularity Inc , Western Acquisition Ventures Corp., Spiritus Therapeutics and Vcinity Inc.

Adam Tenforde, MD

Adam Tenforde, MD is a sports medicine physician with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, which is part of Mass General Brigham, and is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. He serves as director of Running and Shockwave Medicine and is a research investigator at the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University. A former professional runner and All-American at Stanford University, Dr. Tenforde brings deep expertise in athlete health, injury prevention, and performance. His research focuses on understanding musculoskeletal conditions including arthritis and tendon disease and his goals are to develop long-term strategies to optimize health in current and former athletes, with publications in leading sports medicine journals.