Our Board
Breast Cancer Solutions is organized as a 501c3 non-profit organization under the laws of the State of California. Our volunteer Board members donate hundreds of hours each year to help us accomplish our goals.
OFFICERS
Kommah McDowell, Board Chair
Community Advocate and Author
Grizelda Cicneros, Secretary
Dispatcher, Santa Ana Police Department
Susan Bloomgren, Treasurer
Senior Accounting Manager, ICU Medical
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Laura Hemann
Senior Security Analyst, Providence St. Joseph Healthcare System
Mitzi McKay
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Western University of Health Sciences
Jane Sussman
Community Advocate
Former Executive Director of Pink Ribbon Club Foundation
Retired, IBM
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
Heather Gilbert
Founding Board Member
Retired, Software Program Development Manager
Breast Cancer Advocate, Hospitals and Treatment Centers in Orange County
Becky Ryan
Independent Development Consultant and Grant Manager
MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sara Cooper, NP, RN
MemorialCare Cancer Institute at Breastlink
Diana Lithgow, PhD, DNP, FNP, RN-BC
Professor of Nursing, Director FNP Program, Director Ambulatory Care Programs
Assistant Dean of Distance Operations, College of Graduate Nursing
Western University of Health Science
Edward L. Nelson, MD, FACP
Chief Hematology/Oncology Division
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine