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Interim Governing Board

Dileep G. Bal, MD, MS, MPH
Chair
Hawaii Department of Health
District Health Officer, Kauai District Health Office
3040 Umi Street
Lihue, Kauai, HI 96766
Phone: 808.241.3614
Fax: 808-241-3511
Cell: 808.645.0622
dileep.g.bal@doh.hawaii.gov
jackie.teves@doh.hawaii.gov

COL (Ret.) James E. Williams, Jr., MS, SPHR
ICC Immediate Past Chair

Principal, Jim Williams and Associates
Chair, Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer Coalition (PPCC)
Member, Board of Directors Alliance for Prostate Cancer Prevention (APCaP)
Vice President, Intercultural Cancer Council Caucus (ICCC)
Member, Patient Advocacy Committee, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG)
1089 Country Club Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011-1046
Phone: 717.612.0255
Fax: 717.612.0255
Cell: 717.576.5669
jimpc2@comcast.net

Barbara Sapp Davis, MSN, RN, CNOR
Secretary

Member, National Board of Directors
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
P.O. Box 35571
Houston, Texas 77235
Phone: 713.794.7605
Fax: 713.794.7038
Barbara.Davis3@va.gov
BDavis2058@comcast.net

Lovell A. Jones, PhD
Co-Founder and Past Co-Chair

Professor and Director, Center for Research on Minority Health
Health Disparities Research Department
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
2450 Holcombe Blvd. Suite 1.3300
Houston, TX 77021
Phone: 713.563.2764, 713.563.2749 (assistant)
Pager: 1.800.429.3135
icc501c3@aol.com
imestudi@mdanderson.org

Armin D. Weinberg, PhD
Co-Founder and Past Chair

Professor of Medicine
Director, Chronic Disease Prevention & Control Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
1709 Dryden, Suite 10.25
Houston TX 77030
Phone: 713.798.4614
Fax: 713.798.3990
Cell: 713.398.2627
arminw@bcm.edu

Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum, MD, FAAFP
Associate Professor and Dept. Vice Chair
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii
95-390 Kuahelani Avenue
Mililani, HI 96789
Cell: 808-426-3379
lbuencon@hawaii.edu

Jennie R. Cook
President, ICC Caucus
Ex-officio

Past Chairman, National Board of Directors
American Cancer Society
170 Piedmont Court
Larkspur, CA 94939
Phone: 415.924.5649; 415.264.7907
Fax: 415.924.3915
jenniec@prodigy.net

Bobbi de Córdova-Hanks
Member-at-Large

Founder, Bosom Buddies
Co-Founder, Speakers for Life
1335 Woodward Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: 904.398.5379, 904.868.7610
Fax: 904.398.2293
bdechks@ix.netcom.com

Evaon C. Wong-Kim, LCSW, MPH, PhD
Member-at-Large

Chair and Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, East Bay
Postal: 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Courier/Express:
411 Balra Drive
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Phone: 510.885.2148, 510.332.2902
Fax: 510.885.7580
evaon@csueastbay.edu

Westley Sholes, MPA
ICC Treasurer

Vice President of Health Programs
National Association of Black County Officials
6509 Via Baron
Rancho Palos Verde, CA 90275
Phone: 310.541.0441, 310.344.6043
Fax: 310.541.6012
wsholes@yahoo.com

Frank Talamantes, PhD
Member-at-Large

University of California at Santa Cruz
Emeritus Professor
83 Sierra Crest Drive
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915-727-9516
Fax: 915.533.1105
lactogen@mouseplacenta.com

Regional Network Leadership - Interim Board Representation

North East
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

Linda Fleisher, MPH, PhD
Assistant Vice President
Health Communications and Health Disparities
Fox Chase Cancer Center
510 Township Line Road
Cheltenham, PA 19012
Phone: 215.728.3690
Fax: 215.379.1369
Linda.Fleisher@fccc.edu
Susan.echtermeyer@fccc.edu

Mid-Atlantic
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia

Sharon Barrett, Ms
10534 Green Mountain Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
Phone: 410.992.1819
semily1@msn.com
semily1@gmail.com
semily1@comcast.net

Mid-West
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Carlos Gallego
110114 Friendship Ln
Chaska MN 55318
Phone: 952-361-0586
carloschaska@gmail.com

Pacific Islands
Common Wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Republic of Belau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (State of Pohnpei Stat, State of Kosrae, State of Chuuk, State of Yap)

Neal A. Palafox, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Practice and Community Health
Johns A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii
95.390 Kuahelani Avenue
Mililani, HI 96789
Phone: 808.627.3230
Fax: 808.627.3265
npalafox@hawaii.edu
ernel@hawaii.edu


ICC Council of Advisors

Carolyn R. Aldigé (Bo)
President and Founder
Prevent Cancer Foundation
1600 Duke Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703.836.4412
Fax: 703.836.4413
carolyn.aldigé@preventcancer.org

John E. Arradondo, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Treasurer, Volunteer State Medical Association
President, RF Boyd Medical Society
P.O. Box 766
Hermitage, TN 37076
Courier/Express:
128 Dekewood Drive
Old Hickory, TN 37138-2163
Phone: 615.847.1766, 615.594.2586
Fax: 615.847.1154
jeamd@comcast.net

Ermilo Barrera, Jr., MD
Surgical Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
American Cancer Society, National Board of Directors
Head, Division of Surgery, Glenbrook Hospital
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
6 Heathway
South Barrington, IL 60010
Phone: 847.657.1934
Fax: 847.657.1937
ebarrera@northshore.org
nnelson@enh.org

Robert A. Beltran, MD, MBA
Vice Chair, Governing Board
Gold Coast Health Plan
Interim CMO
2200 E. Gonzales Rd. Ste. 200
Oxnard, CA 93036
Phone: 805.981.5315
medicalquality@msn.com
lmpi_3@msn.com

Pamela Bennett, RN, BSN
Executive Director
Healthcare Alliance Development
Purdue Pharma L.P.
One Stamford Forum
Stamford, CT 06901
Phone: 203.588.8348
Fax: 203.588.6033
Cell: 203.912.4846
pamela.bennett@pharma.com
helen.swalina@pharma.com

Mary Bennett, MFA
Mobilization Director
American Pain Foundation
425 Clemons Ave.
Madison, WI 53704
Cell: 410.897.2135
Fax: 608.663.2485
mbennett@painfoundation.org

Carolynn A. Bond, MBA
11988 E Lake Circle
Greenwood Village, Co 80111
Phone: 303.796-9017, 303.882.8890
cbraggbond@comcast.net

COL (Ret.) Doris Browne, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
Browne and Associates, Inc.
6900 33rd Street NW
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 202.362.6964
Fax: 202.362.0485
dbee720@comcast.net

Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES
Executive Director, Native American Cancer Research
3022 South Nova Road
Pine, CO 80470-7830
Phone: 303.838.9359
Phone: 800.537.8295 Native Survivors' Network
Fax: 303.838.7629
LindaB@NatAmCancer.net

Celeste Clark, MS
Vice President, Nutrition
Kellogg Company
1 Kellogg Square
P.O. Box 3599
Battle Creek, MI 49016
Phone: 269.961.2831
Fax: 269.961.3242
celeste.clark@kellogg.com

Deborah Collyar
President, Patient Advocates In Research (PAIR)
3677 Silver Oak Place
Danville, CA 94506
Phone: 925.736.8155
Fax: 925.736.2836
collyar@att.net


Nereida Correa, MD, MPH
Education Core Director
Bronx Center to Reduce Disparities
Associate Clinical Professor
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave Muzur 100
Bronx NY, 10461
Phone: 718.430.2753
Fax: 718.430.3729
Home: 914.576.7372
correanereida@aol.com

Nancy Davenport-Ennis
President & CEO
National Patient Advocate Foundation
700 Thimble Sholes Blvd., Suite 200
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: 757.873.4813
Fax: 757.873.1082
nde@patientadvocate.org

Lloyd K. Everson, MD
Vice Chairman
US Oncology, Inc.
16825 Northchase Drive
Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77060
Phone: 832.601.6102
Fax: 832.601.6602
lloyd.everson@usoncology.com

Ivis Febus-Sampayo
Latina Director, SHARE
1501 Broadway, Suite 1720
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.719.0364
Fax: 212.869.3431
gisstudios@comcast.net

Gilbert H. Friedell, MD
Director Emeritus
Markey Cancer Center
University of Kentucky
2365 Harrodsburg Road, Suite A.230
Lexington, KY 40504
Phone: 859.219.0772, ext. 237
Fax: 859.219.0548
gilfriedell@insightbb.com
gil@kcp.uky.edu

Harry R. Gibbs, MD
Vice President, Institutional Diversity
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, HMB.240
Box 404
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713.563-5367
Fax: 713.745.4278
hgibbs@mdanderson.org

Venus Ginés, MA
CEO/Founder, Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
14 Sunny Vale Lane
Manvel, TX 77578
Phone: 404.449.1222
Fax: 713.798.3990
gines@bcm.edu
venusgines@gmail.com

Suzanne A. Gronemeyer, PhD
Director, Pediatric Oncology Education Program
Associate Director, Academic Programs
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Phone: 901.595.2488
Fax: 901.595.3292
suzanne.gronemeyer@stjude.org

Jeffrey J. Guidry, PhD
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Department of Health and Kinesiology
159 Read Bldg./MS4243
College Station, Texas 77843-4243
Phone: 979.862.1182
Fax: 281. 441.5185
j-guidry@hlkn.tamu.edu

Reginald C. S. Ho, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii
888 S. King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808.522.4313, 808.779.0407
Fax: 808.522.4314
regcho@gmail.com
regcsho@aol.com

Thomas B. Horvath, MD, FRACP
Chief of Staff, Houston VA Medical Center
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Chief of Staff Office 580/11
2002 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713.794.7011
Fax: 713.794.7038
thomas.horvath@med.va.gov

Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH
CEO & Medical Director
Cooper Green Hospital
1515 Sixth Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: 205.930.3600
Cell: 205.454.4541
Fax: 205/930-3497
hulletts@jccal.org
clevelands@jccal.org

Stephen P. Jiang, ACSW
ICC Past Chair
American Cancer Society, California Division
Director, Mission Delivery
1710 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510.893.7900, ext. 227; 510.464.8227; 510.292.6008
Fax: 510.874.7161
stephen.jiang@cancer.org

Nicholas K. Iammarino, PhD, CHES
Professor & Director of Health Sciences
Chair, Dept. of Kinesiology, MS-545
Rice University
6100 South Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005
Phone: 713.348.5768
Fax: 713.348.8808
nki@rice.edu

Alexine Clement Jackson, MA
Past Chair ICC
11815 Piney Glen Lane
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301.299.5828
Fax: 240-238-2982
alexinej@aol.com

Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, PhD, MA, MN, RN
Professor. UCLA School of Public Health and
Asian American Studies Department
Box 951772/ 650 Charles Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Phone: 310.825.9481, 310.365.5246
Fax: 310.794.1805
mkagawa@ucla.edu
avaldez@ph.ucla.edu

Judith Salmon Kaur, MD
Associate Professor of Oncology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Director, Native American Programs
Charlton 6
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: 507.266.5365, 877.372.1617
Fax: 507.538.0504, 507.284.1803
kaur.judith@mayo.edu
nativecircle@mayo.edu

Patti M. Lee-Robinson, MEd, MS, CNS
Associate Professor of Biology
Chaminade University of Honolulu
3140 Waialae Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
Phone: 808.735.4804
plrobins@chaminade.edu

LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., MD, FACS
Chair, President’s Cancer Panel
Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery
Howard University Hospital
2041 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20060
Phone: 202.865.6237
Fax: 202.865.6433
lleffall@fac.howard.edu

Ngina Lythcott, RN, MSW, DrPH
Cancer Liaison, Black Women’s Health Imperative
Associate Dean for Students
Boston University, School of Public Health
715 Albany St., Talbot C202A
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 508.487.3233
nlythcott@me.com

Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD
Associate Vice President
Faculty Affairs and Development
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Meharry Medical College
Postal: 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
Courier/Express: LRC Library 2nd Floor, #308
Phone: 615.327.6718
Fax: 615.327.6653
pmatthews-juarez@mmc.edu
pmjuarez@comcast.net
lbuckley@mmc.edu

Helen C. McCarthy, RN, MPA, CTR
Northeast Region Leader
Consultant, Cancer Communications
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Cancer Communications Department
9601 Shore Road #1F
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: 718.680.7566, 917.589.7239
Danmac9259@aol.com
hem9009@nyp.org

Andy Miller, MHSE, CHES
Livestrong Foundation
Executive Vice President|Mission
2201 E. 6th Street
Austin, TX 78702
p 512.279.8360
c 512.422.6030
f 512.236.8482
http://www.livestrong.org
P.O Box 161150
Austin, TX 78716
andy.miller@livestrong.org

Ana M. Navarro, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Family and Preventive Medicine
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0622
Phone: 858.534.8946
Fax: 858.534.4642
anavarro@ucsd.edu

Lynne Nguyen, MPH
Director
Minority & Women Clinical Trials Recruitment Resource
Department of Health Disparities Research
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 125
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713.745.1284
Fax: 713.792.1152
Lhnguyen@mdanderson.org

Elizabeth A. Patterson, MD, FACR
14216 26th Ct., SE
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Phone: 425.337.4973
Cell: 425.269.3151
patterson@thetasoft.com

Neal A. Palafox, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Practice and
Community Health
Johns A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii
95.390 Kuahelani Avenue
Mililani, HI 96789
Phone: 808.627.3230
Fax: 808.627.3265
npalafox@hawaii.edu

Guadalupe Palos, RN, LSMW, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Internal Medicine
Department of Symptom Research
UT MD Anderson
1515 Holcombe, Unit 221
Houston, Texas 77030
Voice: 713.745.3592
Fax: 713.745.3475
gpalos@mdanderson.org

Jody Pelusi, FNP, AOCN, PhD
Oncology Nurse Practitioner
Northern Arizona Hematology and Oncology
US Oncology
P.O. Box 6330
6601 W. Cortez
Glendale, AZ 85312
Courier/Express:
6601 W. Cortez
Glendale, AZ 85304
Phone: 602.799.1889, 928.775.9430
Fax: 623.979.6731, 928.775.9431
jody.pelusi@usoncology.com
jpelusi@hotmail.com

James L. Phillips, MD
Senior Associate Dean
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza M108
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713.798.6598, 713.798.8646
Fax: 713.798.8449
phillips@bcm.tmc.edu

Eddie Reed, MD
Abraham Mitchell Distinguished Investigator
Senior Staff Physician, and
Professor of Oncologic Sciences
Mitchell Cancer Institute
University of South Alabama
307 N University Blvd; MSB 2015
Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002
Phone: 251 460 6993
Fax: 251 460 6994
eddiereed@usouthal.edu

Susan Matsuko Shinagawa
Past Chair ICC
Survivor/Advocate
9158 Camino Lago Vista
Spring Valley, CA 91977-6425
Phone: 619.267.2805, 619.920.1907
Fax: 206.212.2805
smsadvocacy.cancer@gmail.com

Monnie Singleton, MD
Individual Contractor
729 Dickinson Street
Bamberg, South Carolina 29003
Phone: 803.535.3600
Fax: 803.534.6300
msingle@bellsouth.net

Kurt P. Snipes, MS, PhD
Chief, Cancer Surveillance & Research Branch
California Department of Public Health
Cancer Surveillance & Research Branch
1700 Tribute Rd., Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95815-4402
Phone: 916.779.0300, 916.834.2056
Fax: 916.779.0264
ksnipes@dhs.ca.gov
mcabral@ccr.ca.gov

C. June Strickland, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Psychosocial and Community Health
University of Washington School of Nursing
626 167th NE
Bellevue, WA 98008
Phone: 206.685.0862
Fax: 206.685.9551
Home: 425.747.7268
jstrickl@u.washington.edu

JoAnn U. Tsark, MPH
Research Director, Papa Ola Lōkahi and
Project Director
`Imi Hale - Native Hawaiian Cancer Network
Papa Ola Lōkahi
894 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808.597.6558
Fax: 808.597.6552
jtsark@papaolalokahi.org
doshiro@papaolalokahi.org

DIRECTOR EMERITUS

James Hampton, MD, FACP
Past Chair ICC
Medical Director and Clinical Professor of Medicine
Troy and Dollie Smith Cancer Center
University of Oklahoma
11100 Hefner Pointe Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Phone: 405.749.0415
Fax: 405.749.6843
james.hampton@cancercareokla.com
karen.smith@cancercareokla.com


  

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