NeoStem, Inc. Appoints Vice President of Sales and Marketing Oct 5 2009

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS), which is pioneering the pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today it has appointed Teresa Lepore, as the Company's Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Teresa Lepore began serving as the Company's Vice President, Sales and Marketing on October 1, 2009. Since March 2005, she served as a Senior Vice President for PinnacleCare, a company engaged in Health Advisory Services. Teresa was responsible for establishing PinnacleCare's Northeast offices in early 2005. Teresa initiated member services, network development, business development as well as staff recruitment and development. Teresa has a diverse background in medical advisory services, disease management program development, community development, fundraising, marketing and non-profit administration. Prior to joining PinnacleCare, from March 2002 through June 2004 she was a Health Education Specialist for WellPoint Health Networks, a company engaged in Health Benefits where she designed disease management programs.

Teresa spent fifteen years in Non-Profit administration before moving into Health Information and Advisory Services. Her non profit background began in crisis intervention programs helping to establish shelters and programs advocating for victims of domestic violence, including Child and Elder abuse. Her responsibilities included the training and supervision of staff grant writing and general fundraising. In addition to direct client service organizations Teresa served as a Resource and Capitalization Coordinator for Common Wealth, Inc., where she was responsible for resource development activities, grant writing, fundraising, and marketing. She provided training and consulting services to community and grassroots groups in community organizing, grant writing, marketing, project planning and resource development. Teresa received a Bachelor of Science from Youngstown State University in 1997.

Robin Smith, M.D., MBA, NeoStem's Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are extremely pleased to add Ms. Lepore to our management team at NeoStem. Her extensive experience and success in the high end concierge medical services industry will be critical for the roll out of our collection, processing and storage business in the US. Additionally, her not for profit background will allow us to focus more on assisting the Stem-for-Life Foundation grow to support autologous stem cell research and assist first responders in having their own stem cells collected."