About Us
Community Advisory Board
Name | Organization | Counties Represented | Position |
Aminah Abdulah | Academy For Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) | Cook IL, Lake IL | Senior Director, Community Relations |
Stephanie Alonso | UCM Supportive Oncology | All | Social Worker II |
Shamaiah Byrd | Cancer Support Center | Cook IL, Will IL, DuPage IL | Program Manager: Kick it Cancer (prostate and breast cancer) |
DonElla Bradford | Ingalls Hospital | Cook, Will IL, Lake IN | Manager, Community Benefit & Relations |
Beulah Brent | SWIO Breast Cancer Advocacy | Cook IL, Lake IN | Chief Executive Officer |
Angela O’Connor | University Of Chicago Medicine CHNA Team | Cook IL, Will IL | Senior Communications Specialist |
Ivy Elkins | EGFR Resisters Lung Cancer Patient Group | All | Co-Founder & Lung Cancer Survivor |
Marcus Evans | ILLINOIS STATE REPRESENTATIVE 33rd DISTRICT | Cook IL | State Legislator /AYA Lymphoma Survivor |
Tiffany Holmes | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. | All | Grassroots Manager, Illinois |
Candace Henley | Blue Hat Foundation Colorectal Cancer Advocacy | All | Chief Surviving Officer & Chair of Illinois Colorectal Cancer Roundtable |
Linda Kasebier | Illinois Department of Public Health | All | Interim Manager, Community Public Health Outreach |
Loraine Moreno | Chicago Family FQHC | Cook IL, Lake IN | Sr. Director of Clinical Affairs & Women’s Health & Breast Cancer Survivor |
Nasima Mannan | University of Illinois Cancer Center | Cook, IL | Senior Research Specialist at the Office of Community Engagement and Health Equity |
Tarneka Manning | Lurie (Northwestern) Comprehensive Cancer Center | Cook IL, Lake IL, DuPage IL | Community Outreach Manager |
Trisha Mondal* *(Minor/< 18 y/o) |
Screen To Succeed | Cook, Lake IL, DuPage | Founder and AYA Cancer Patient Advocate |
Lauren Wall | University of Chicago CTSO | All | Director, Cancer Clinical Research Support Unit |
Melvin Thompson | Endeleo Institute (Trinity United Church of Christ) | Cook, Will, Lake IN | Deacon, Community Advocate |
Raquel Nuñez | American Cancer Society | All | Manager, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion |
Michael Collin | Run from Prostate Cancer 5k / Community Advocate | Cook, IL | Founder & Prostate Cancer Survivor |
Mary Kate Wagner | University of Chicago Medicine/Urban Health Initiative | Cook, IL | Liaisons in Care (LinC) Supervisor, Community Health Worker Manager |
Nicole Bullock | Nicole Cares Foundation | Cook IL, Will IL | Founder, Lymphoma Survivor and Advocate |
Yman Vien | Chicago Chinese Benevolent Association | Cook IL | President |