DBCC welcomes seven new board members

The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Inc. (DBCC) is pleased to announce that seven new members have joined its Board of Trustees.  These new members are serving their first three-year term that began in June 2011 and will continue until June 2014.  DBCC’s Board of Trustees consists of 26 members, 4 Trustees Emeritus, and 8 Advisory Board members.

Joining the DBCC Board of Trustees are: Gary Custis, Operations and Project Executive for AstraZeneca; Clara Higgins, DO, General Surgeon in private practice associated with Beebe Medical Center; Amy Norgate, General Manager of Tanger Factory Outlets in Rehoboth; Shalini Sawhney, Community Volunteer in the Dover area; W. Laird Stabler III, Esq., lawyer and President of Laird Stabler & Associates LLC; Jon Strasser, MD, Attending Physician at Christiana Care Health System and Radiation Oncologists PA; and Joseph L. Yacyshyn, Manager of Community Affairs at M&T Bank.

The DBCC Executive Committee would like to welcome those who have started their first term in leadership roles: Linda Powell, Director of Special Projects at the E.I. DuPont Company, as Board President; Patricia Key, CEO of Harrington Raceway, as Board 1st Vice President; and Nancy Froome, Vice President of SSD Technology Partners, Inc., as Board Treasurer. They join Executive Committee members Stacey Bacchieri, Greenville Giving Group, Board 2nd Vice President; and Chen Wang, Esq., Corporate Counsel & IP Leader at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Board Secretary.

The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Board of Trustees meets quarterly to provide the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition with fiscal and operational guidance.

Photos of New Board Members

New Board Members: (top row left to right) Gary Custis; Clara Higgins, DO; Amy Norgate; Shalini Sawhney.  (Bottom row left to right) W. Laird Stabler III, Esq.; John Strasser, MD; Joseph L. Yacyshyn.

 

List of all DBCC Board Members 

Officers: Linda Powell, President; Patricia Key, 1st Vice President; Stacey Bacchieri, 2nd Vice President; Nancy Froome, Treasurer; and Chen Wang, Esq., Secretary. 

Board Members: Nancy F. Blumberg, CPA/PFS, CFP; Susan Chinnici; Kathrina Chua, MD; Gary Custis; John E.B. du Pont; Tina Hayward; Clara Higgins, DO; Nanci Mayer-Mihalski; Jeanne Mell; Jacqueline Napoletano, MD; Wendy Newell, MD, FACS; Amy Norgate; Ciro Poppiti III, Esq.; Shalini Sawhney; Lisbeth L. Selsor; Maureen Sierocinski; W. Laird Stabler III, Esq.; John Strasser, MD; Okemah Strickland; Dennis R. Witmer, MD, FACS; and Joseph L. Yachyshyn. 

Trustee Emeritae: Marsha Barnett; Rena Howard; Maureen Lauterbach; and Wilma Yu, RN, BSN, MS, CEN.  

Advisory Board Members: The Hon. Patricia Blevins; Martha S. Carper; The Hon. Catherine Cloutier; Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD, FACS; The Hon. Bethany Hall-Long; The Hon. Margaret Rose Henry; Jonathan Saunders, MD; and The Hon. Liane Sorenson.

For more information about Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, its Board of Trustees, and programs, call (302) 778-1102 or visit debreastcancer.org.