Patient Advocate Steering Committee Roster
The Patient Advocate Steering Committee (PASC) works to ensure that advocates who are members of the scientific steering committees (SSCs) and their task forces (TFs) are effectively and consistently integrated with the development and evaluation of clinical trials within those groups. PASC membership comprises patient advocate members of the SSCs and TFs.
Co-chairs
Josh Mailman
Gastrointestinal Steering Committee
Oakland, CA
Patricia Spears, B.S.
Investigational Drug Steering Committee
Raleigh, NC
Steering Committee Members
Jack Aiello, M.S.
Symptom Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Steering Committee
San Jose, CA
Gregory J. Aune, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Steering Committee
San Antonio, TX
Richard Bangs, M.B.A., PMP
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
Pittsford, NY
Upal Basu Roy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee
Bethesda, MD
Dena Battle
Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee
Alexandria, VA
Lisa Beckendorf
Leukemia Steering Committee
Minneapolis, MN
Jameisha Brown, M.S.
Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Steering Committee
Atlanta, GA
Graham Burnette
Head and Neck Steering Committee
Atherton, CA
Cynthia Chmielewski, B.A.
Myeloma Steering Committee
Lawrenceville, NJ
David Cranmer
Leukemia Steering Committee
Ocala, FL
Anthony Crispino
Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee
Las Vegas, NV
Anjelica Q. Davis
Gastrointestinal Steering Committee
Springfield, MO
Katherine Donahue, M.S., RN, CPNP, CPHON
Pediatric and Adolescent Solid Tumor Steering Committee
Washington, DC
Eileen Fuentes, M.A.
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
New York, NY
Megan Gutierrez, B.A.
Lymphoma Steering Committee
New York, NY
Amanda Haddock
Brain Malignancies Steering Committee
Kechi, KS
Leila Hamroun
Cancer Prevention Steering Committee
Newark, DE
Lisa R. Hayes, J.D.
Breast Cancer Steering Committee
Indianapolis, IN
Tricia Hernandez, M.S.
Lymphoma Steering Committee
New York, NY
Judith M. Johnson, M.B.A.
Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee
St. Louis, MO
Danielle Leach, M.P.A.
Pediatric and Adolescent Solid Tumor Steering Committee
Washington, DC
Susan Lim, M.S., RN
Head and Neck Steering Committee
Kirkland, WA
Mary P. Lovely, Ph.D., RN, CNRN
Brain Malignancies Steering Committee
San Francisco, CA
Kathleen Maxian, B.S.W
Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee
Lockport, NY
Teresa Miceli, B.S.N., RN, OCN
Myeloma Steering Committee
Rochester, MN
Jane Perlmutter, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Clinical Imaging Steering Committee
Ann Arbor, MI
Laurel Pracht
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
Sun City, AZ
Sharon Rivera-Sanchez
Cancer Prevention Steering Committee
Glenn Allen, VA
Linda Ryan
Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee
DeLand, FL
Nancy Sauers
Clinical Imaging Steering Committee
Holland, PA
Mary Lou Smith, J.D., M.B.A.
Breast Cancer Steering Committee
Plano, TX
Carla Strom, M.L.A.
Symptom Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Steering Committee
Winston-Salem, NC
Task Force Members
Lisa Barr
Uterine Task Force (GCSC)
Brooklyn, NY
Kenneth W. Brothers, J.D.
Bladder Task Force (GUSC)
Great Falls, VA
Thelma Brown
Breast Immuno-Oncology Task Force (BCSC)
Birmingham, AL
Marty Chakoian
Prostate Task Force (GUSC)
Alexandria, VA
Julie Saliba Clauer, M.B.A.
Colon Task Force (GISC)
Burbank, CA
Stephanie Cooper Greenberg
Bladder Task Force (GUSC)
Reisterstown, MD
Dana Deighton
Esophagogastric Task Force (GISC)
Alexandria, VA
William Dieterich
Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Disease (HNSC)
Funkstown, MD
Ellen Dolinar
Uterine Task Force (GCSC)
Indianapolis, IN
Rebecca Esparza, M.B.A.
Ovarian Task Force (GCSC)
Corpus Christi, TX
Sandra Finestone, Psy.D.
Breast Oncology Local Disease Task Force (BCSC)
Irvine, CA
Phuong Gallagher
Colon Task Force (GISC)
Pasadena, CA
Manju George, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Rectal Anal Task Force (GISC)
Omaha, NE
Kathryn Gilbert-Craig, B.B.A.
Pancreas Task Force (GISC)
Arlington, TN
Kay Kays
Pancreas Task Force (GISC)
Sun City, AZ
Alexander Kirk
Metastatic and Recurrent Disease Task Force (HNSC)
San Francisco, CA
Lillian Renee Kreppel, B.S.
Rectal Anal Task Force (GISC)
New York, NY
Brian L. Lewis, J.D.
Renal Task Force (GUSC)
Philadelphia, PA
Stewart Lyman, Ph.D.
Metastatic and Recurrent Task Force (HNSC)
Nashville, TN
Aisha McClellan
Cervical Task Force (GCSC)
Chapel Hill, NC
Anne Meyn, M.Ed.
Breast Oncology Local Disease Task Force (BCSC)
Houston, TX
Cassadie Moravek, B.S.
Pancreas Task Force (GISC)
Manhattan Beach, CA
Jennifer Myers
Cervical Task Force (GCSC)
Mingoville, PA
David Neu
Metastatic and Recurrent Disease Task Force (HNSC)
Philadelphia, PA
Susan Poteat
Renal Task Force (GUSC)
Dayton, OH
Susan Rafte
Breast Immuno-Oncology Task Force (BCSC)
Houston, TX
Willard Richardson
Rare Tumors Task Force (HNSC)
Lourdes Rocha-Nussbaum
Hepatobiliary Cancer Task Force (GISC)
Golden, CO
Sarah Schiltz, B.S.
Hepatobiliary Cancer Task Force (GISC)
Los Gatos, CA
David B. Schrimmer, M.D.
Neuroendocrine Task Force (GISC)
Sacramento, CA
Katherine Singley
Rare Tumors Task Force (HNSC)
Decatur, GA
Dorinda Sparacio, M.S.
Ovarian Task Force (GCSC)
Hightstown, NJ
Elizabeth Wiens
Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Task Force (HNSC)
Atlanta, GA
James E. Williams, Jr., M.S., SPHR, Col (Ret.)
Prostate Task Force (GUSC)
Camp Hill, PA
Mary Mitchell Zoeller, M.S.W.
Neuroendocrine Task Force (GISC)
Indianapolis, IN
NCI CCCT Program Director
Elena Schwartz, Ph.D.
elena.schwartz@nih.gov