Board of Directors
Deborah M. La Due – Founder/ President
Carmela Richeson – Vice President
Joan Heritage – Secretary
Kim Broga – Treasurer
General Advisory/Event Planning Committee
Brendan O’Shea – Attorney at Law
Michael Bates – Loan Officer/Financial Advisor
Jack Alvey – Elementary Principal
Mandy Smith -Retail Manager
Kim Broga – Pharmacist
Michelle & Gerry Raymond
Mark and Natalie Phoenix
Rena Peter – Business Owner
Dawn Kristiansen- Preschool Director
Alice Wiley – Retired NYS employee
Brett and Nicole Heritage
Craig Forth
Betty Bedell
Trish Smith – Tech Support
Chicago Chapter Committee
Stacey Skarp
Christine Loeffler
Jessica Crottrell
Legal Advisor
Michael C. Conway,esq @ Harris, Conway & Donovan PLLC
Medical Advisory Committee
Dr. Edward Smith – Pediatric Neurosurgeon @ Children’s Hospital Boston – Boston MA
Dr. Jason Mouzakes – Chief – Pediatric Otolaryngology @ Albany Medical Center – Albany N.Y.
Dr. John Gavin – Pediatric Otolaryngology @ Albany Medical Center – Albany N.Y.
Dr. Matthew Adamo- Pediatric Neurosurgeon @ Neurosciences Institute @ Albany Medical Center – Albany N.Y.
Dr. Tanadori Tomita – Yeager Professor and Chairman, Division of Pedatric Neurosurgery @ Childrens’s Memorial Hospital – Chicago, IL
Medical Research Committee
Chandra Shekhar K. Mayanil. , PhD – Director of Developmental neurobiology research at Children’s Memorial Research Center @ Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL
