Board Leadership—ICAN’s Boards and Councils
Board of Trustees
- Sherry Weinstein, Chair
- Marcia K. Horn, JD, President and CEO
- Robert H. Tamis, MD, Vice President and Chair, Information Technology Initiatives
- Cathy Dalzell, Chair, ICAN Leadership Council
- Carey Gregory, Recording Secretary and Chair, Board Governance
- Cheryl J. Hintzen-Gaines, Honorary Chair, Board of Trustees
- Scott M. Khan, PhD, Advisor
- Sidney M. Rosen, Esq., Founding Chairman
- Joan Weil, Chair, Special Advisor
Texas Board of Advisors
- Chuck Clayton, Chairman
Advisors to Boards and Councils
- Linda Boatwright
- Scott Kent Knauer
Honorary International Chairman
- Marc Mondavi
International Corporate Council
- Robert T. Hanlon, PhD, Honorary Co-Chair
Founding Chairman
- Sidney M. Rosen, Esq.
Founding Trustees
- Nancy Williams Bonnett, Esq.
- William F. Buck, IV**
- I. Douglas Dunipace, Esq.
- Kim J. Giese, CPA
- Carol Ginsberg
- Gary Peter Klahr, J.D.**
- Fred** and Gertrude Rosen**
- Steve Shluker
- William J. Timmons
- Earl E. Weeks, Esq.**
- Floyd Williams, Jr.**
** Of Cherished Memory
Honorary Trustees
- Cheryl J. Hintzen-Gaines, Chair
- Ellen and William Goldstandt
- Bunnie Marks
- Marlene and Eugene Shapiro
- Suzie and Johnny Williams
Trustees Emeriti
- Don W. DeMichele, PhD**
- John Blasko
- Carolyn Sechler, CPA
Chairmen Emeriti
- Sidney M. Rosen, Esq.
- Jewell McFarland Lewis, PhD**
- Jay G. Alderson, Jr.
ICAN Leadership Council
- Cathy Dalzell, Chair
- Joan Weil, Past Chair, National Board of Governors
- Annie Achee
- Mitchell D. Achee, MD
- Raymond C. Adler, III
- Ronni Anderson
- Richard G, Anderson
- Diana Andree, Advisor, Speical Events
- Heather Anton
- Valerie August
- Shari Baker
- Michael Beacham, Special Events Chair (Exon 20 Group)
- Kim Beller
- Linda Bergthold
- Timothy Blake
- Martell and Katina Bland
- Andrew J. Brown, Jr., Chairman, Diversity Issues, Underserved Patient Populations and Clinical Trials Enrollment
- Rene Boze
- Diana Cameron
- Chuck Clayton, Chair, Texas Board of Advisors
- Gail M. Curry
- Darlene DeFranze
- Paul Engler
- Susan Fielder
- Bob Fisher
- Mary Lou Hamilton, Special Advisor, Golf Invitationals
- Brion Hartwig
- Jeff Haymes
- Ada and Ronald Jacobowitz, PhD
- Allison Johnson
- Wendy Look
- Amy Magaziner
- Rob Maver
- Robert Masyczek, Past Chairman, Northern California Golf Invitational
- Akiko Mitsui
- Renate Mousseux
- Jeff Nelson
- Margery Nelson
- Sally Ann O'Connor
- Linda Propper
- Lisa Rinaldi-Palestrini
- Frank Ramirez
- Mary-Elizabeth Reeve
- Barbara Reimer, Robert W. Reimer Biomarkers Center Project at ICAN
- Barbara Rigdon, Co-Chair, Northern California Golf Invitational and Wine Fundraisers
- Shirley Rodriguez
- Nikki Serafin
- Patricia Sklar, Inaugural Chair, Northern California Golf Invitational
- Patrick Strong
- Paul Thompson
- Kim Emerson Thorsteinson and Tim Thorsteinson
- Mary Kay Turner, Liaison to the Life Sciences Council
- Jen Tyson
- Johnny and Suzie Williams, Honorary Trustees
- Jeff Veness, Immediate Past Chairman, Northern California Golf Invitational
- John Youngberg, Advisor
Exon 20 Group Board of Advisors
- Robert T. Hanlon, PhD, Chairs
- Michael G. Beacham
- Carey Gold
- Colleen Hanlon
- Denise Hanlon
- Martha Hanlon
- Tom Hanlon
- Marcia Horn
- Margaret and Rich Ingraham
- Christy Roberson
- Tracy Stauffer
- Colleen Zogby, RN
ICAN Ambassadors for International Patient Services
- Popo Danes (Indonesia)
- Fernando Ferrer, Chairman, Hispanic and Ibero-American Communities Council
- Bruria Harel (Israel)
- Vikram Jakhar (India)
- Nathan Nagel (UK)
- Amanda Quarshie, MD (Africa)
- Anak Agung Gede Rai (Indonesia)
- Barbara Reimer (Canada)
- Rui Wang, MD (China)
Biomarkers Council
- Scott M. Kahn, PhD Chairman
- Eric J. Thompson, PhD Vice Chairman; Director, Molecular Profiling
- Roger D. Klein, MD, JD Vice Chairman, Senior Advisor, Molecular Pathology, Legal Issues
- Viktor Adalsteinsson, PhD Senior Advisor, Sequencing and Circulating Tumor Cells
- Carl Barrett, PhD Senior Advisor, Oncology
- Shelly Blam, PhD Senior Advisor, Cancer Biology
- Chirantan Bose, PhD Senior Advisor, Tumor Profiling
- Neil Butters, PhD Director, Biomarkers Literature Collation
- Anton Buzdin, PhD Senior Advisor, Genomics and Cellular Networks
- Olli Carpen, MD, PhD Senior Advisor, Pathology and Diagnostics
- Berwyn Clarke, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor, Genomics and Biomarkers
- Barbara Clendenen, BSc, MSc Senior Advisor, Institutional Review Board Issues
- Margery Connelly, PhD, MBA Senior Advisor, Biochemical Biomarkers
- Dmitry N. Derkach MD, PhD Senior Advisor, Genomic Screening
- Charles DiComo, PhD Senior Advisor, Prostate Cancer
- Fernando Ferrer, MBA International Pharmaceutical Outreach and Special Advisor,
- ICAN-Latin America Patient Engagement Issues
- Maria Fe Paz, MD Senior Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics
- Jessica Geahlen, PhD Senior Advisor, Genomics and Gastrointestinal Cancer Issues
- Laura Housman, MPH, MBA Senior Advisor, Regulatory Issues
- Jason (Gang) Jin, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor, Genomics and Biomarkers
- Minji Jo, PhD Senior Advisor, Patient Advocacy
- Ronald Jubin, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor, Immunology and Cancer Virology
- Boaz Kurtis, MD Senior Advisor, Cancer Diagnostics
- Zhongwu Lai, PhD Senior Advisor, Targeted Therapies and Biomarkers
- Han Liang, PhD Senior Advisor, Personalized Medicine
- Raja Luthra, PhD Senior Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics
- Kamala Kalyani Maddali, DVM, PhD Senior Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics
- Nupur Mehrotra, MBBS, PGD Senior Advisor, Drug Development
- Joshua Miller, PhD Senior Advisor, Lung Cancer
- LaVerne Mooney, DrPH Senior Advisor, Epidemiology and Publications
- Sethu Narayanan, PhD Senior Advisor, Rare Malignancies
- Stephen Naylor, PhD Senior Advisor, Personalized Medicine
- Takashi Niwa, MD Senior Advisor, Lung Cancer, Japan
- Oscar Puig, PhD Senior Scientific Advisor, Translational Clinical Research
- Richa Rajwanshi, MD Senior Advisor, Patient Safety
- Vivek Rajwanshi, PhD Senior Advisor, Medicinal Chemistry
- David Richardson, BSE, PSM Senior Advisor, Molecular profiling
- Mathias Schulz, MD, MBA Senior Advisor, Hematology
- David Shames, PhD Senior Advisor, Novel Therapeutics
- Yu Shi, PhD Senior Advisor, Tumor Microenvironment
- Eve Shinbrot, PhD Senior Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics
- Linda Strause, PhD Director, Biotechnology
- Mike Thompson, MD, PhD Senior Advisor, Rare Malignancies
- Chip Van Sant, PhD Senior Advisor, Predictive Biomarkers
- Nic Waddell, PhD Senior Advisor, Precision Analytics
- Lei Wang, PhD Senior Advisor, ImmunoOncology
- Hans Winkler, PhD Senior Advisor, Oncology Biomarkers
- Shannon Winski, PhD Senior Advisor, Translational Medicine
International Physicians Advisory Council
Surgical Oncology Council
- Björn Brücher, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS, Chairman
- Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, Surgical Oncology
- Richard J. Gray, MD, Surgical Oncology
- Barbara A. Pockaj, MD, Surgical Oncology
- Serife Simsek MD, Surgical Oncology
- Rui Wang, MD, General Surgery

Medical Oncology Council
- John S. Link, MD, Breast Oncology
- Larry L. Bans, MD, Urology
- Linda Benaderet, DO, Medical Oncology
- Mitesh Borad, MD, Medical Oncology
- Matthew Borst, MD, Gynecologic Oncology
- Andrew J. Buresh, MD, Medical Oncology
- Wishwdeep Dhillon, MD, Medical Oncology
- Michael S. Gordon, MD, Medical Oncology
- Jeffrey D. Isaacs, MD, Hematology/Oncology
- Shumei Kato, MD, Medical Oncology
- Han-Ting Lin, MD, Medical Oncology, Special Advisor, Asia
- Robert A. Nagourney, MD, Medical Oncology
- Sandip Patel, MD, Medical Oncology
- Michael S. Roberts, MD, Medical Oncology
- Ashish Sangal, MD, Medical Oncology
- Abby B. Siegel, MD, Medical Oncology
- Shiva Singhal, MD Medical Oncology
Radiation Oncology Council
- Nicholes E. Flores, MD
- Jerry Lucas, MD
- Coral Quiet, MD
Radiology Council
- Mitchell Achee, MD and Greg Goldstein, MD, Co-Chairmen
- Gulab Shah, MD
- John Simon, MD
- Michele West, MD
Interventional Radiology Council
- Charlie O. Nutting, DO, Chairman
- Fabio Komlos, MD, Interventional Radiology
Anatomic Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics Council
- Anthony M. Magliocco, MD, Chairman
- Arthur Sitelman, MD, Special Advisor, Anatomic Pathology Issues
- E. Robert Wassman, MD, FAAP, FACMG, Senior Advisor, Genomics
- Qingmei Xie, MD, Special Advisor, Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine
Special Advisors to the ICAN Professional Councils
- Joseph Brenner, MD, Special Advisor, Novel Therapies, Israel
- Maryam Hasan, MD, Internal Medicine
- Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, Neurology
- Edward J. Perrin, MD, Geriatric Issues
- Amanda Quarshie, MD, Special Advisor, Africa
- Daniel Remen, MD, Special Advisor, Pain Management and Rehabilitative Medicine
- Svetlana R. Rubakovic, MD, FACP, Special Advisor, Melanoma
- Daniel Rubin, ND, Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Integrative Oncology
- Valerie Sorkin-Wells, MD, Gynecology
- Lisa Jo Stearns, MD, Anesthesiology and Supportive Care Issues
Scientific Advisory Council
- G. Robert Pettit, Ph.D., Chairman
- Kevin G. Pinney, Ph.D., Vice Chairman
- Vivek Rajwanshi, PhD Biomarkers Council, Senior Advisor, Medicinal Chemistry
Attorneys' Council
- Mark H. Kolman, Esq., Chairman
- Kirk T. Hartley, Esq., Co-Chairman
Hispanic and Ibero-American Communities Council
- Fernando Ferrer, Chairman
ICAN Golf Invitational Tournament Committee 2020-2021
- Wendy Look and Cathy Dalzell, Tournament Chairs
- Linda Propper, Auction Chair
- Len Landsbaum, Sponsorships Committee
- Rob Maver, Advisor and Past Tournament Chair
- Gene Shapiro, Advisor and Past Tournament Chair
- Steven Sykes, Immediate Past Chair and Advisor
- Bonnie O’Day, RN, Registration Chair
- Robert McClellan, Raffle and Welcome CommitteeChair
- Tracy Hail, Grayhawk Golf Club, Tournament Operations
- Joan Golden, Auction Interface and Collateral Materials
- Brenda J. Berliner, Special Projects
- Marilyn Larson, Registration Committee
- Colleen DiSanto, Registration Committee
- Scott Biller, Auction Gifts
- Jeff Haymes, Photography
- Lisa Rinaldi-Palestrini, Favors Committee
Immediate Past Chairs
Liberty Mutual Invitational
- Wendy Look, Cathy Dalzell, and Michael Friedman 2018
- Steven Sykes, 2016-2017
- Jason Gard, 2014-2015
- Gail M. Curry, 2013
- Rob Maver and Robert Schlosser, 2012
- Eugene B. Shapiro, 2011
- Jim Grant, 2010
Speakers’ Bureau
- Cynthia Adam
- Shari Baker
- Shelley Blam, PhD
- Martell and Katina Bland
- Andrew J. Brown, Jr.
- Diana Cameron
- Maeve Carr
- Chuck Clayton
- Fernando Ferrer
- Robert T. Hanlon, PhD
- Kristen Leniz
- Katie McLaughlin
- Lisa Rinaldi Palestrini
- Sidney M. Rosen, Esq.
- Robert H. Tamis, MD
Photography
- Sherry Weinstein
Independent Certified Public Accountants and Bookkeeping Services
- Duane Eckelberg, CPA, Eckelberg & Weinshienk PC
- Carolyn Sechler, CPA, Sechler CPA PLC, Special Advisor
- Brigitte Serrano, Buy the Hour Bookkeeping
Virtual Office/Foundation Advisor
- Carolyn S. Sechler, CPA, Sechler CPA PLC (virtual office and technology issues)
Leadership Development, Strategic Planning Resources, and ICAN Mentoring Program Advisors
- Chuck Clayton, Problem-Solving-Techniques.com
- Lois Zachary, Leadership Services LLC
If you would like to get involved with ICAN, please contact Councils@askican.org and we will match your interests to our numerous initiatives. Thank you!