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Our Team

Joyce Williams

Founder/President
  • Survivor/Advocate/Founder
  • Peer Counseled other survivors
  • 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. One article accepted for publication - expected spring 2023; and two articles currently under peer-review.
  • Two oral publications with Dr Elisabeth Counselman Carpenter (CSWE, APM, Anaheim, CA Nov 2022; Society on Social Work Education 27th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2023)

Carrie Mott

Director & Vice President
  • 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).

Ashley Moore

Director & Treasurer
  • 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).

Jennifer 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)

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).

Vivian Palefsky

Director
  • Oncology Nurse
  • Worked directly with breast cancer patients and those who serve them (including the High-Risk Clinic coordinator, social workers, and medical providers)
  • Helped support breast cancer patients while working at the Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial.
  • Knows the emotional implications and the caregiver perspective.
 

Jenny Woodward

Director
  • 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).

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.