Jonah Zimiles
Board Member
Jonah Zimiles is an attorney and MBA who co-founded [words], an independent bookstore in Maplewood, New Jersey, and serves as Chair of the Autism Science Foundation. His background spans law, business, and nonprofit leadership, with a particular focus on supporting research that advances understanding of autism across the full spectrum. Jonah brings to the NCSA board a commitment to evidence-based science and the organizational experience to translate research priorities into meaningful action — at a time when the science of severe autism is underfunded, contested, and urgently needed.