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Our Team
Joyce Williams
Founder/ Executive Director
- Founder of Keepers of the Flame Foundation
- Survivor/Advocate
- Peer Counselor
- Interviewed professionals for KotF podcast
- Created and taught the free, research-based digital Resilience Curriculum (click on YouTube Icon above to hear more from Joyce)
- Partnered with Dr Elisabeth Counselman Carpenter to conduct a formal study on breast cancer patient preferences on physician driven referrals to therapy. Visit our research section to learn more about where their research has been published.
Ashley Moore
Director & President
- LMFT and owner of Building Blocks Family Counseling
- Initiated development of Making Lemonade Breast Cancer Group/Curriculum
- Worked with numerous clients who've experienced the medical trauma of breast cancer
- Participated in KotF podcast interviews: one on Emotional Wounds and Healing, and the other on Trauma, PTSD, and Breast Cancer. (Click on the podcast icons above to hear more from Ashley).
- Founding Board Member, since 2022
- Served as Treasurer 2022-2023
Jenny Woodward
Director & Vice President
- Survivor
- Homeschool Mom
- Has firsthand knowledge/experience with the physical and emotional elements of diagnosis and treatments.
- Peer-counseled other survivors.
- Participated in our first annual Shine the Light Disco Night.
- Participated in KotF podcast interview. (Click on the podcast icon above to hear more from Jenny).
- Joined the KotF Board of Directors in 2023
Carrie Mott
Director & Treasurer
- Survivor
- Pharmacist
- Has firsthand knowledge/experience with the physical and emotional elements of diagnosis and treatments.
- Peer-counseled other survivors;
- Participated in KotF podcast interview. (Click on the podcast icon above to hear more from Carrie).
- Founding Board Member, since 2022
- Served as VP 2022-2023
Jen Davis
Director & Secretary
- Worked as Women's Health NP and Survivorship coordinator at local hospital
- Developed high-risk clinic at local hospital
- Worked closely with genetic counselor, breast surgeon, and others at hospital
- Knows the physical/medical side to treatment, but is also a huge advocate for mental health support too
- Participated in KotF podcast (Click on the podcast icon above to hear more from Jen)
- Founding Board Member, since 2022
- Served as Secretary 2022-present
Vanessa Brink
Director
- NP in medical oncology
- Knows the physical/medical side to treatment (especially with chemotherapy)
- Huge supporter of the mental health aspect of treatment too
- Investigated the potential benefits of Qui Chong for cancer patients
- Participated in KotF podcast (Click on the podcast icon above to hear more from Vanessa).
- Founding Board Member, since 2022
Sherry Smith
Director
- Survivor
- Care Experience Director at HCA Memorial Hospital
- Has firsthand knowledge/experience with the physical and emotional elements of diagnosis and treatments from a patient's perspective.
- Also has knowledge and expertise from the hospital's perspective.
- Participated in our first annual KotF Shine the Light Disco Night.
- Joined the KotF Board of Directors in 2023
Aileen Gabbey
Director
- Owner of Productive Nonprofits
- Has led nonprofits for over 25 years including serving as Executive Director of The Maryland SPCA and Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia.
- Has served on Boards of Directors in leadership roles
- Volunteers for SCORE and United Way of the Coastal Empire here in Savannah
- Offers consulting through Productive Nonprofits.
- She currently advises nonprofits in the areas of Board governance and organizational strategies
- Joined the KotF Board of Directors in 2024
Laura Dow
Director
- Survivor
- Retired Chief Financial Officer of Memorial Health
- Participated in our second annual KotF Shine the Light Disco Night
- Has firsthand knowledge/experience with the physical and emotional elements of diagnosis and treatments from a patient's perspective.
- Also has knowledge and expertise from the hospital's perspective.
- Joined KotF Board of Directors in 2024
- Loves true crime podcasts and loves to travel
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