Staff

Office of CEO
Kisa Heyer – Chief Executive Officer

Programs
Barbara Schoch – Vice President of Programs
Elizabeth Patterson & Isabelle Stapf – Flower Empower Coordinators
Trish Cantillon – Part-time Special Projects Manager
Sonia Salazar – Data Entry Manager
Rebecca Steiger – Senior Dream Coordinator
Avery Dasher – Dream Coordinator

Marketing & Communications
Amber Wallace – Marketing & Digital Media Consultant
Dani Cordaro – PR Consultant
Jeff Harasimowicz – Head of Video Production
Tracey Middleton – Marketing & Communications Consultant

Development
Rita Barton – Development Manager
Stefani Canin Mullen – Part-time Events & Project Director

Finance & Administration
Cindy Hellriegel – Director of Finance & Human Resources
Yadira Ramirez – Receptionist

Board of Directors

Officers
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Chair
Chapel Hill, NC
Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mario Muredda, Past Chair
New York, NY
Global CEO, Ogilvy Health

Kenny Slaught, Treasurer
Santa Barbara, CA
Founding Principal & President, Investec, Real Estate Companies

Nancy Perry Graham, Secretary
Ashburn, VA
Senior Editorial Director, Stand Together (Investor Relations)

Troy Cox
Miami Beach, FL
Independent Board Member, High Growth Healthcare Companies

Rupa Dainer, MD
Washington, D.C.
AbbVie
U.S. Navy

Michael Flowers
Ojai, CA
Celltrion USA
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)

Chris Freeman
Santa Claus, IN
CCO, Guardant Health
Former Captain, U.S. Army

Nathan Rogers
Santa Barbara, CA
Attorney, Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, LLP

Melissa Stewart
New York, NY

Scott St. Germain
South San Francisco, CA
Vice President, Genentech

Lifetime Honorary Director

Kenny Slaught
Santa Barbara, CA
Founding Principal & President, Investec, Real Estate Companies

Volunteer Advisors

Honorary Medical Chair

Dr. BJ Miller, MD
San Francisco, CA
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician, Founder of Mettle Health

Ambassadors

Priscilla Presley
Board of Directors, CKX Corporation, which oversees Graceland

Rob Lowe
Actor, producer, director

New York Advisory Council

Lindsay Ornstein, Council Co-Chair
New York, NY
Co-Founder, OPEN Impact Real Estate

Peter Siegel, Council Co-Chair
New York, NY
Principal & Founder, Reussi Capital

Jacqueline Indelicato, Vice Chair, Events
New York, NY

Jason Kra
Sarasota, FL
President, FRC

Daryl Nanes
New York, NY
General Partner & Co-Founder, Nanes Balkany Partners

Susan Teichman
Investor, CEO, RE.Flex Solutions
Brooklyn, NY

Medical Advisory Council

James Berenson, MD
West Hollywood, CA
Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research and President of Oncotherapeutics

David T. Feinberg, MD
Los Altos, CA
Cerner Computer Systems

Sam Ho, MD
Cypress, CA
UnitedHealthcare

Stephen Hosea, MD
Santa Barbara, CA
Cottage Health

Frederic Kass, MD
Santa Barbara, CA
UCLA Health

Tamara Stockero, RN
Santa Barbara, CA
Ridley-Tree Cancer Center

Owen Stormo, MD
Santa Barbara, CA
Cottage Health

Tianna Swede-Laskin, MSW
Santa Barbara, CA
Hospice of Santa Barbara

Michael A. Tome, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Medical Center

Veterans Advisory Council

Chris Freeman, Chair
Indiana
CCO, Guardant Health
U.S. Army

Chad Blomgren
In Memoriam

Howard Crawford
Pennsylvania
President, Patriotic Solutions
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

Rupa Dainer, MD
Washington, D.C.
AbbVie
U.S. Navy

Mike Edmondson
Maryland
Commercial VP, Amgen
U.S. Marine Corps

Michael Flowers
California
Celltrion USA
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)

Dan McCormick
North Carolina
Chief Commercial Officer, Promaxo
U.S. Marine Corps

Scott O’Neal
Virginia
Deloitte
U.S. Army (Ret.)

Corey Padovano
California
Revance
U.S. Army

Scott St. Germain
California
VP, Managed Care, Genentech
U.S. Army

Chase Williams, PharmD, MBA
Illinois
Gilead Sciences
U.S. Army