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Breast Cancer Coalition Staff

Executive Director

Christina Thompson

Executive Director
Finance Coordinator

Amal Aweis

Finance Coordinator
Bilingual Programs and Outreach Coordinator

Arelis Aponte

Bilingual Programs and Outreach Coordinator
Director of Communications

Deb Bishop

Director of Communications
Major Gifts Officer

Jennifer Buonomo

Major Gifts Officer
Research Administrator

Silvia Gambacorta-Hoffman

Research Administrator
Special Events Coordinator

Lisa Martin

Special Events Coordinator
Program Administrator

Yvonne Paul

Program Administrator
Program Assistant

Andrea Reynolds

Program Assistant
Office Coordinator

Taneisha Rodgers

Office Coordinator
Public Relations Coordinator

Helana Shumway

Public Relations Coordinator
Program Manager

Rachel Rosen Simpson

Program Manager
Grants and Community Liaison 

Tori Toliver Powers

Grants and Community Liaison 
Director of Special Events

Meredith Utman

Director of Special Events

Board of Directors 

Umbereen Mustafa Chairperson

Umbereen Mustafa Chairperson

Past Chair

Melinda Goldberg

Past Chair
Treasurer

Anna Mulcahy

Treasurer
Secretary

Dawn LaPietra

Secretary
Mary Eileen (Mel) Callan

Mary Eileen (Mel) Callan

Jody Dietz

Jody Dietz

Maria Dominguez

Maria Dominguez

Shawn Futch

Shawn Futch

Charles S. Kamen

Charles S. Kamen

Candice Lucas

Candice Lucas

Colleen Molina

Colleen Molina

Anthony Selvaggio

Anthony Selvaggio

Catherine Thomas

Catherine Thomas

Chair Emeritus

Patricia Cataldi

Chair Emeritus
Chair Emeritus

Phyllis Connelly

Chair Emeritus

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council of the Breast Cancer Coalition is a group of experts from diverse fields who assist our organization in fulfilling its mission in the broadest possible way. Serving as independent, unbiased professional advisors to Coalition staff and members of the Board of Directors, they assist with specific questions, concerns, and issues related to their individual fields of expertise throughout the year. Once a year, members of our Advisory Council gather at the Coalition, along with our staff and survivors of breast or gynecologic cancer, to share experiences and expertise while reminding each other of the truth that it takes a community to serve a community. We at the Coalition are grateful to our Advisory Council for their vital role in our community and their commitment to our mission.

Melinda Goldberg, Chair

Susan Aiello

Ashley Amalfi, MD

Cynthia Angel, MD

Melisande Bianchi

Gunhilde Buchsbaum, MD

Christopher Caldwell, MD

Sue Callan-Harris, PT

Marti Casper

Sheema Chawla, MD

Rachel David, MD

Deanna Dewberry

Carla Falkson, MD

Rachel Farkas, MD

Katie Flynn

Nancy Gadziala, MD

Jeannie Gainsburg, MS

Chi-Chen Hong, PhD

Alissa Huston, MD

Farhan Imran, MD

Lesley James, MD

Kim Johnson-Riccio

Tina Knapp

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD

Pebble Kranz, MD

Kelly Krupa, MD

Marilyn Ling, MD

Katherine Macbeth-Evra

Kelley Madden, PhD

Hilary Miller

Sandy Monahan

Shahzad Mustafa, MD

Ruth O’Regan, MD

Luke Peppone, PhD, MPH

William Prentice II, AWMA, CFP, CIMA

Elizabeth Ruder, PhD, MPH, RDN

Ginny Ryan

Jessica Salamone, Scm, CGC

Posy Seifert, DO

Kristin Skinner, MD

Mary Jo Tobin, DDS

Rachael Turner, MD, PhD

Stephen Vega, MD

Anna Weiss, MD

Research Advisory Board

Erin Bowman Park

Beverly Canin

Michele Chantra

Sarah Covell

Rebecca Crahen

Gokul Das, PhD

Anushka Dongre, PhD

Stacy Forrett

Silvia Gambacorta-Hoffman

Scott A. Gerber, PhD

Zhihong Gong, PhD

Jill Gress

Wendy Gottorff

Chi-Chen Hong, PhD

Liz Hoyler

Daromell Jackson

Nancy Johnson

Julie Kueppers

Blanca Lapizco-Encinas

Kelley Madden, PhD

Katherine Morton, PhD

Renee Nearpass

Julie Overbeck

Bob Riter

Saeed Sheikh, MD, PhD

Judith Stewart

Alexis Stein

Christina Thompson

Bradley Monroe Turner, MD, MPH, MHA

Rachael Turner, MD, PhD

Jeanne Verhulst

Robert Weiss, PhD