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Committees (2020-2021)

Advocacy Council

Chair: Emily Mackler
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Gayle Blouin
Nicholas Chow
Sarah Cimino
James Connelly
Mark Hamm
Jennifer Powers
Kathryn Schultz
Amy Seung
Susanne Liewer

Annual Conference–Abstract Review Subcommittee

Chair: Colleen Westendorf-Overley
Vice Chair: Bryna Delman
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Anne McDonnell
Chris Selby
Danielle Schlafer
Jared Borlagdan
Justin Tossey
Adam Dipippo
Osama Abdelghany
Sara Kim
Hansen Ho
Tim Peterson
Mark Zangardi

Annual Conference Committee

Chair: Kristin Held Wheatley
Vice Chair: Danielle Roman
Board Liaison: LeAnne Kennedy
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Ikaterina Kachur
Cynthia Herrera
Tristan Maiers
Maribel Pereiras
Eve Segal
Jennifer LaFollette
Brooke Adams
Morgan Gwynn
Mary Young
Kate Jeffers
Hillary Prescott

Annual Conference Session Proposal Subcommittee

Chair: Justina Frimpong
Vice Chair: Amber Cipriani
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Rachel Gerstein
Mya Merrow
Young Bae
Catherine Wallace
Jade Kutzke
Andrea Levoir
Alyssa Heiden
Latha Radhakrishnan

Basics and Translational Sciences

Chair: Judith Smith
Vice Chair: Joseph Bubalo
Board Liaison: Patrick Medina
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Val Adams
Timothy Brenner
Emily Hennes
Jai Patel
Farah Raheem
Ethan Sebring
Jodi Taraba
Meghana Trivedi

BCOP Conference Programming Subcommittee

Chair: Katie Gatwood
Vice Chair: Kayleigh Marx
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Staff Liaison:

Samantha Reiss
Diana Kostoff
Megan Hinkley
Nicole Watts
Teresa Thakrar
Katharine Kinsman
Steven Gilmore
Sarah Hoffman
Jared Freml
Richard Fong

BCOP Item Writing Subcommittee

Chair: Jennifer Kwon
Vice Chair: Mohamed Sadek
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Robert Cade
Hetal Patel
Christy Harris
Emily Kathol
Ling Yin

BCOP Oversight Committee

Chair: Jason Bergsbaken
Vice Chair: Nikki Ogle
Board Liaisons: LeAnne Kennedy, Jeremy Whalen
Staff Liaison:

Katherine Saunders
Jeanne N McCarthy-Kaiser
Deborah McCue
Shawna Kraft
Kelly Hawks
Anna Brown
Jill Comeau
Cory Bivona
Jennifer Kwon
Jennifer Piccolo
Kayleigh Marx
Amanda Seddon
Katie Gatwood
Mohamed Sadek

BCOP Self–Study & Webinar Courses Committee

Chair: Kelly Hawks
Vice Chair: Matthew Arango
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Staff Liaison:

Carly Kesler
Aseala Abousaud
Binni Kunvarjee
Debra Chibroski
Melvin Rivera
Sarah Hopps Schmidt
Angela German
Amber Clemmons
Jennifer Zadlo
Brandi Anders
Allison Butts
Laura Henshaw
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Nathaniel Rosko
Sarah Timaeus/li>
Rebecca Juhl
Tyler Dickerson

BCOP Updates Course Subcommittee

Chair: Shawna Kraft
Vice Chair: Jennifer Piccolo
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Erin Kelley
Jennifer Swank
Nicole Kaiser
Bonnie Boster
Courtney Samuels
Laura Bobolts
Lauren McGinty
Samantha Luk

Education Council

Chair: LeAnne Kennedy
Board Liaison: Jeremy Whalen
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Corbin Bennett
Jason Bergsbaken
Heather Jones
Joseph Kalis
Shraddha Kansagra
May Mably
Kristen McCullough
Nikki Ogle
Danielle Roman
Kristin Wheatley

Education Development Committee

Chair:Shraddha Kansagra
Vice Chair: Mary Mably
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Dennis Marjoncu
Amber Rexwinkle
Ashley Barlow
Kelly Gaertner
Ryan Beechinor
Sarah Wheeler

External/Professional Affairs Committee

Chair: Sarah Cimino
Vice Chair: Nicholas Kar-Wei Chow
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Amanda Brahim
Rose Cheng
Kelley Carlstrom
Cameron Czech

Finance Committee

Chair: Patrick Medina
Vice Chair: David DeRemer
Board Liaison: Larry Buie, David DeRemer, Patrick Medina
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Val Adams
James Hoffman

Governance Committee

Chair: Lisa Holle
Vice Chair: Ryan Bookout
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George Carro
Laura Michaud
John Orr-Skirvin
Daniel Zlott

Grant Reviewers Committee

Chair: Alan Myers
Vice Chair: Kristine Crews
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Staff Liaison:

Jeannine McCune
Michael Buege
Cyrine Haidar
Mark Kirstein
Ginah Nightingale
Matthew Lei
Ronald Fleming
Shanada Monestime
Melanie Lam
Katherine Robinson

HOPA News Publications Subcommittee

Chair: Jennifer Powers
Vice Chair: James Connelly
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Chelsea Gustafson
Laura Cannon
Marin Abousaud

Industry Relations Council Committee

Chair: Sandra Cuellar
Vice Chair: Scott Soefje
Board Liaison: Larry Buie
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Leadership Development Subcommittee

Chair: Andrew Orr-Skirvin
Vice Chair: Alex Shillingburg
Board Liaison: David DeRemer
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Jane Pruemer
Cindy O'Bryant
Jocelyn Mohs
Raj Duggal
Megan Dillaman
Julianne Darling
Ashley Arcara

Membership Committee

Chair: Mallika Patel
Vice Chair: Alexis Kuhn
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Laura Nice
Heather Honor
Leslie Ward
Margaret Taylor
Jonathan Aguilar Roa
April Nunnally
Mollie Beck
Starla Swaim
Monica Macik

Membership Spotlight Subcommittee

Chair: Mallika Patel
Vice Chair: Alexis Kuhn
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Jonathan Aguilar
Monica Mack

Needs Assessment Committee

Chair: Joseph Kalis
Vice Chair: Kristen McCullough
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Andrew Kowalski

Nominations Subcommittee

Chair: Dan Zlott
Vice Chair: Jolynn Sessions
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Nelly Adel
LeAnn Norris
Pamala Pawloski
Ila Saunders
Christopher Campen

PanCAN Webinar Subcommittee

Chair: Jennifer Powers
Vice Chair: James Connelly
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Angela Wood
Chelsea Gustafson
Megan May
Stephen Lirette

Patient Advisory Panel Subcommittee

Chair: Jennifer Powers
Vice Chair: James Connelly
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Angela Wood
Jordan Hill
Kathy Edwards
Laura Cannon
Marin Abousaud

Patient Advocacy Town Hall Subcommittee

Chair: Jennifer Powers
Vice Chair: James Connelly
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Kathy Edwards
Kellie Weddle
Jordan Hill
Stephanie Sutphin

Patient Outreach Committee

Chair: Jennifer Powers
Vice Chair: James Connelly
Board Liaison: Susanne Liewer
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Lauren Shinn
Stephanie Sutphin
Chelsea Gustafson
Jordan Hill
Kathy Edwards
Kellie Weddle
Laura Cannon
Megan May
Stephen Lirette
Angela Wood
Marin Abousaud

Practice Management Program Committee

Chair: Heather Jones
Vice Chair: Corbin Bennett
Board Liaison: Jeremy Whalen
Staff Liaison:

Megan Mullalley
Kimberly Haverstick
Michelle Rockey
Brandy Snyder
Jennifer Reddy
Andrea Ledford
Jeff Lombardo
Abby Kim
Alicia Gesenhues
Jeffrey Reichard
Nicholas Baker

Professional Practice Council

Board Liaison: Sally Barbour
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Sol Atienza
Lisa Cordes
Barry Goldspiel
Jerline Hsin
Alexis Kuhn
Renee McAlister
Lauren McBride
Rachel McDevitt
Mallika Patel
Marisela Tan
Christan Thomas

Public Policy Committee

Chair: Mark Hamm
Vice Chair: Kathryn Schultz
President: David DeRemer
Past-President: Susan Liewer
President Elect:Larry W. Buie

Megan Hartranft
Helen Marshall
Ali McBride
Sarah Hudson-DiSalle
Jeffrey Pilz
Taylor Monson

Publications Committee

Editor: Christan Thomas
Associate Editor: Lisa Cordes
Associate Editor: Renee McAlister
Board Liaison: Sally Yowell Barbour
Staff Liaison:

Jennifer Zhao
Ashley Glode
Sidney Keisner
Chung-Shien Lee
Andrea Clarke
Diana Tamer
Jeff Engle
Heather Moore
Gregory Sneed

Quality Oversight Committee

Chair: Amy Seung
Vice Chair: Gayle Blouin
Board Liaison: Emily Mackler
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Julianne Darling
Evelyn Handel
Shahrier Hossain
Ann Schwemm
Amber Lawson
Wendy Heck
Heidi Finnes
Michelle Azar
Robin Lockhorst
Amelia Chan
Elyse Panjic
Gina Hoefs
George Carro

Recognition Committee

Chair: Lauren McBride
Vice Chair: Barry Goldspiel
Staff Liaison:

Meredith Moorman
John Bossaer
Lindsay Stansfield
Kirollos Hanna
Becky Fahrenbruch
Marley Watson

Research-Basic & Translational Sciences Committee

Chair: Judith Smith
Vice Chair: Joe Bubalo
Board Liaison: Patrick Medina

Emily Hennes
Meghana Trivedi
Timothy Brenner
Val Adams
Jai Patel
Jodi Taraba
Ethan Sebring
Farah Raheem

Research–Practice Outcomes & Professional Benchmarking Cmt

Chair: Shannon Hough
Vice Chair: Stephen Harnicar
Board Liaison: Lisa Davis
Staff Liaison:

Benjamin Andrick
Alicia Gesenhues
Angela Urmanski
Grazyna Riebandt
Robert Mancini
Zahra Mahmoudjafari
Maurice Alexander
Stephanie Willenbring
Anand Khandoobhai
Sarah Stump
Ryan Naseman
Paul Cockrum
Mahta Mahmoudieh

Standards Committee

Chair: Sol Atienza
Vice Chair: Marisela Tan
Board Liaison: Sally Yowell Barbour

Julianna Roddy
Eric Chow
Bernadette Heron
Lisa Grate

Tools & Resources Committee

Chair: Rachel McDevitt
Vice Chair: Jerline Hsin
Board Liaison: Sally Yowell Barbour
Staff Liaison:

Seema Ganatra
Jasmin Eugene
Kejal Amin
Joanna Huang
Devon Greer
Brandon Shank
Andrea Iannucci
Rachel Elsey

Task Forces

IVE Patient Education

Chair: Eve Segal
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Natalie Greisl
Abby Miske
Angela Wood
Erin Yeung
Melika Fini

Mentorship Publications Task Force

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Andrew Orr-Skivin
Alex Shillingburg
Cindy O’Bryant
David Henry
Raj Duggal
Rebecca Fahrenbruch

Oral Chemotherapy Patient Education Handout Task Force

Chair:
Vice Chair: Eve Segal
Board Liaison: David DeRemer
Staff Liaison:

Evelyn Handel
Amy Indorf
Kat Jeffers
Andrew Li
Carolyn Oxencis
Kayla Randle

POPBC Staffing Model

Chair: Chris Allen
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Anne McDonnell
Leanne Sakamoto
Mark Hamm
Andrew Wechter
Emily Zimdars

Time To Talk Immuno-Oncology Task Force

Chair: Heidi Finnes
Vice Chair: Amber Proctor
Board Liaison: Susanne Liewer
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