I'm not sure who is chairing the meeting, but the organizing committee is:
The Organizing Committee
Charles Boucher, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
John Coffin, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
Stewart Le Grice, NIH, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
Robert Silverman, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
Jonathan Stoye, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Dr. Vernon is chairing one of the sessions, not the meeting as a whole. Her degree is in virology.