Allyson Berent is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST). A veterinarian by training, Allyson has been instrumental in the progress that has been made towards the developments of treatments for Angelman Syndrome. In this wide-ranging conversation, she shares with us the keys to the success of FAST, as well as the ways in which she is trying to help other disease foundations by sharing her experience.