Staff
Office of CEO
Kisa Heyer – Chief Executive Officer
Programs
Barbara Schoch – Vice President of Programs
Valerie Banks – Flower Empower Coordinator
Trish Cantillon – Part-time Special Projects Manager
Sonia Salazar – Data Entry Manager
Rebecca Steiger – Dream Coordinator
Janelle Ramirez – Dream Coordinator
Erin Smith – Dream Coordinator
Marketing & Communications
Amber Wallace – Marketing & Digital Media Consultant
Dani Cordaro – PR Consultant
Tracey Middleton – Marketing & Communications Consultant
Development & Corporate Partnerships
Susie Willett – Director of Development
Angie West – Assistant Development Manager
Lore Coudert – Outreach Manager
Stefani Canin Mullen – Part-time Events & Project Director
Finance & Administration
Cindy Hellriegel – Director of Finance & Human Resources
Adriana Miranda – Receptionist
Board of Directors
Officers
Kenny Slaught, Chair
Santa Barbara, CA
Founding Principal & President, Investec, Real Estate Companies
Wells Hughes, Treasurer
Santa Barbara, CA
Partner, Arlington Financial Advisors
Daryl Stegall, Secretary
Santa Barbara, CA
Principal, Stegall Studios
Alexandria Cherry
Edgewater, NJ
VP, Emerging Markets Group Lead, Rare Diseases, Pfizer
Troy Cox
Miami Beach, FL
Independent Board Member, High Growth Healthcare Companies
Chris Freeman
Indiana
CCO, Guardant Health, Redwood City, CA
Former Captain, U.S. Army
Marissa Freeman
New York, New York
Chief Marketing Officer, Union Square Hospitality Group
Nancy Perry Graham
Ashburn, VA
Senior Editorial Director, Stand Together (Investor Relations)
Mario Muredda
New York, NY
CEO, Harrison and Star
David Nygren, PhD
Santa Barbara, CA
Nygren Consulting
Landon Pollack
Redondo Beach, CA
Managing Director, Ignite Venture Partners
Eva Rhodes
Santa Barbara, CA
Senior Banker, JP Morgan Private Bank
Elizabeth Farnan Rodrigues, CPA
Santa Barbara, CA
Business Owner
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD
Chapel Hill, NC
Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
Brad Daugherty – Ambassador of Sports
JTG Daugherty Racing, NBA All-Star, NBC Sports Analyst
New York Advisory Council
Mario Muredda, Council Co-Chair
New York, NY
CEO, Harrison and Star
Peter Siegel, Council Co-Chair
New York, NY
Principal & Founder, Reussi Capital
Jacqueline Indelicato, Vice Chair, Events
New York, NY
Lindsay Ornstein, Vice Chair, Business Development
New York, NY
Partner, Transwestern
Christine R. Coyne
King of Prussia, PA
Vice President, Marketing, Paratek Pharmaceuticals
Jason Kra
New York, NY
President, FRC
Daryl Nanes
New York, NY
General Partner & Co-Founder, Nanes Balkany Partners
Len Paolillo
Bedminster, NJ
Chief Commercial Officer, Impel NeuroPharma
Jennifer Razor
Marketing Consultant
Lisa Samara
President & COO, Domus, Inc.
Kari Siegel
New York, NY
Former Senior Director of Distinguished Events for the Eastern Division of the American Cancer Society
Lindy Snider
Bryn Mawr, PA
Founder & CEO, Lindi Skin LLC
Blair C. Stearns
New York, NY
Senior Office Services Manager, US Region, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
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, Indiana
CCO, Guardant Health
U.S. Army (R)
Chad Blomgren
Texas
Managed Markets, Gilead
U.S. Army (R)
Josh Goldstein
California
Special Projects, Apple
U.S. Navy (R)
COL Scott O’Neal
Virginia
U.S. Army
Corey Padovano
California
VP Sales, Arcutus
U.S. Army (R)
Scott St. Germain
California
VP, Managed Care, Genentech
U.S. Army (R)