Board Members

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
  

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