Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Consultant
Mary Bird, Secretary: Journalist
Hugh Carroll, Founding Board: Insurance Associates, Inc.
Judy Deason: King & Spalding
Robert Fleshner, Founding Board: Xtend Fitness LLC
Yohannes Gebreysus: TWC-DC Participant
Mark Gilley: Wellness Connections President
Jill Greaney: Attorney-at-Law
Nancy Huber: Henderson Legal Services
Shelley C. Jenning, Treasurer: Retired, Washington Gas
Bernie Kogod, Founding Board Chair: Michele Susan Kogod Memorial Fund
Mark Lobato, Founding Board: Chevy Chase Bank
Liza Marshall, Founding Board: Attorney-at-Law
Scott Ogden, Chair: S.C. Herman & Associates, Inc.
Patricia Payne, Vice Chair: Payne & Associates
Bernie Robinson: The Livingston Group
Paula B. Rothenberg, President & CEO: The Wellness Community
Kelly F. Tate: Accenture
Deborah L. Thompson, SPHR: Human Resource Consultant
Ellen J. Toups, CMP, Founding Board: Outsources, Inc.
Solanges Vivens: VMT Long Term Care Mgmt

Professional Advisory Board

Michael Feuerstein, PhD, MPH, ABPP

Director, Clinical Psychology Program
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Kashif Firozvi, MD: Capital Oncology and Hematology Associates
Nancy Harazduk, M.Ed., MSW: Director, Mind Body Medicine Program
Georgetown University
Stephen P. Hersh, MD, FAPA: Executive and Medical Director
Medical Illness Counseling Center
Jeffrey Y. Lin, MD: Director, Gynecologic Oncology & Gynecologic Surgery
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Jean M. Lynn, RN, MPH, OCN: Program Director
Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
Office of the Director
National Cancer Institute
Judith Macon, RN, MA: Manager, Cancer Outreach & Education
Suburban Hospital Cancer Care Program
John L. Marshall, MD: Director, Developmental Therapeutics and GI Oncology
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Georgetown University Hospital's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lynda McIntyre R.D., L.D.: Clinical Dietitian Specialist
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center & Johns Hopkins Hospital
Nutrition Consultant, Sibley Hospital Center for Breast Health
Steven R. Patierno, PhD: Executive Director
The GW Cancer Institute
The George Washington University Medical Center
Lillian Shockney, R.N., MAS: Administrative Director
The Avon Foundation Breast Center at Johns Hopkins
Frederick P. Smith, MD: Medical Oncologist
Sandra M. Swain, MD: Medical Director
Washington Cancer Institute
Washington Hospital Center
Janet Sobel, P.T.: Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist
Caryn Steakley, RN: Deputy Clinical Director
NIH/NCI
Jacqueline A. Watson, D.O., MBA: Founder, President & CEO
Health Concepts International, LLC
Carla D. Williams, PhD: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Howard University Cancer Center

Staff

Paula Rothenberg

President & CEO
Katherine (Katie) Mansfield Houle, Psy.D., LICSW, LCSW-C, LMFT: Program Director
Luisa Carniero: Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator

Clinical Staff

Nonie Akman, LCPC

Clinical Facilitator & Outreach Coordinator
Melissa Crown, LCSW-C: Clinical Facilitator

Lois Sumser, LCSW-C: Clinical Facilitator

Mind/Body Instructors

Marsha E. Bisker: Reiki Share
Kristine Crane, MA: Creative Writing Instructor
Joan Carr-Voigt, MS: Visionary Healing Meditation
Caroline Grabner: Evening Yoga & Knitting
Ann Hallman: Pink Ribbon Pilates
Susan Joseph: Wellness Snapdragons Co-Captain & Walking Wednesdays Group Co-Leader
Susan Kilborn: Reiki Share
Amsal Laskar: Yoga Nidra
Janet Lebrun: Walking Wednesdays Group Co-Leader
Linda Lazarus: Qigong Meditation & Bioenergy
Adam Miramon: Healing Workshop
Duane McDevitt: Reiki Share
Lynda McIntrye, RD, LD: Guided Nutrition Tour

Kymberly Sevilla, RYT, AHFS: Gentle Yoga
Lynne Shaner: Emotional Freedom Techniques
Jill Studley: Pink Ribbon Pilates