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 – 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
Board of Directors
Officers
Mario Muredda, Chair
New York, NY
President of Marketing, Avalere Health
Kenny Slaught, Vice-Chair
Santa Barbara, CA
Founding Principal & President, Investec, Real Estate Companies
Wells Hughes, Treasurer
Santa Barbara, CA
Partner, Arlington Financial Advisors
Troy Cox
Miami Beach, FL
Independent Board Member, High Growth Healthcare Companies
Rupa Dainer, MD
Washington, D.C.
Global Patient Safety Immuno-Oncology, AstraZeneca
U.S. Navy Veteran
Chris Freeman
Santa Claus, IN
CCO, Guardant Health
Former Captain, U.S. Army Veteran
Nancy Perry Graham
Ashburn, VA
Senior Editorial Director, Stand Together (Investor Relations)
David Nygren, PhD
Santa Barbara, CA
Nygren Consulting
Landon Pollack
Redondo Beach, CA
Managing Director, Ignite Venture Partners
Elizabeth Farnan Rodrigues, CPA
Santa Barbara, CA
Business Owner
Melissa Stewart
New York, NY
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD
Chapel Hill, NC
Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
Santa Claus, IN
CCO, Guardant Health
U.S. Army Veteran
Chad Blomgren
Roanoke, TX
Managed Markets, Gilead Sciences
U.S. Army Veteran
Dan McCormick
North Carolina
Chief Commercial Officer, Promaxo
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
Scott O’Neal
Virginia
Deloitte
U.S. Army Veteran (R)
Corey Padovano
California
VP Sales, Arcutus
U.S. Army Veteran
Scott St. Germain
California
VP, Managed Care, Genentech
U.S. Army Veteran