KSIBCF Team Biographies
Our Board of Directors and executive staff are among the most talented in the industry. It is our pleasure to put our extensive experience to work for our community.###
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Kommah Seray McDowell, MSLM
Founder/Executive Director
Kommah McDowell is a survivor of Inflammatory Breast Cancer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Kommah Seray Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation. She received her Bachelor of Art for the University of California, Davis in English and a Master of Science in Leadership and Management from the University of La Verne. As a survivor, she helps provide resources and financial assistance to active cancer patients through KSIBCF and partnering organizations. She is a member of several community organizations in hopes to help provide better access to care and resources for those in need. She is truly passionate about her mission in life and strives to do what she can, while she can.
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Vanci Fuller-Grays, Esq.
Chair of the Board
Vanci Fuller is the resident partner in McCurdy & Fuller LLP's Southern California office. She has extensive experience in insurance coverage matters. Vanci obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of Redlands with a double major in religious studies and political science. She received her J.D. from Pepperdine University in 1994.
Vanci is a member of the State Bar of California.
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Eleanor Monroe, PT, MPA
Co-Chairperson of the Board
Eleanor M. Monroe is a Licensed Physical Therapist with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Pepperdine University. She is currently the Director of Rehab Services for Kaiser Permanente in Orange County, Director of the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Regional PT/OT/SP, Director of the Southern California Hand Therapy Fellowship Program, credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association, Administrative Director for the Orange County Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Fellowship program, Administrative liaison for the Regional Home Health Rehab Coordinators, Board member of the Orange County ROP sports medicine division, Sunday School teacher for Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, Member of the Faith Ministry, Board member for the Council of African American Parents and Historian, Member of the Parent Advisory Committee at Diamond Bar High School, and Legacy member of Jack and Jill, Inc., Pomona Chapter.
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Angela C. UrrutiaTreasurer of the Board
Angela graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a Bachelor’s of Arts in science. She then began a career in the insurance industry as a Technical Assistant. After 21 years of working as an Underwriter, in 1999 she founded SIU, LLC of which she is currently the Executive Vice President. She is also the Director of the Young Adult Sunday School Department at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church.
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Charles McDowell
Secretary of the Board
Charles McDowell is the CFO of the Kommah Seray Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation. He has received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Redlands in Business and Management. As the husband of a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer, he lends his financial expertise to KSIBCF as a way of helping others battling cancer. In addition to volunteering his time to help establish the foundation, he is also a Training Manager at AT&T.###
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Tayja MashackBoard Member
Tayja Mashack is an active member of the board. As the CEO of Mashack & Pauley, Inc., she lends her leadership and administrative skills to help develop the infrastructure of the foundation. Tayja also has eight years of experience working in the banking and financial sector that she is able to lend to the foundation.
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Susan Nyanzi, DrPH, CHES
Board Member
Dr. Nyanzi, a Chronic Disease Specialist provides integrated lifestyle counseling in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, stress, addictive behaviors for the prevention & treatment of chronic degenerative diseases. She has counseled patients developed, implemented & evaluated interventions on lifestyle modification at: a Diabetes Treatment Center, a veterans preventive medicine department & a private practice rheumatology clinic. She has developed & implemented curriculums on preconception care for March of Dimes Inland Empire chapter; a speaker’s bureau on women’s health issues, was the lead on a web-based heart health risk assessment for women in LA county & a childhood obesity program for Pediatricians in private practice which was presented at the LA Childhood Obesity Conference 2007
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Larry S FonvilleBoard Member
Larry S. Fonville is a United States Marine Corp. veteran and a retired firefighter from the Compton City Fire Department. He has an Associate of Arts Degree in Fire Science from Compton College. As a husband who has recently lost his wife to breast cancer, he is willing to share my personal experience and challenges of battling cancer and adjusting as a widower in hope to make a difference for others.
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Deborah Barber, M. Ed
Board Member
Deborah Barber manages, directs and educates 24 children every day in the public school arena in San Bernardino County. She has matriculated at the following institutions: Cal Poly Pomona, UC San Diego, and UC Riverside. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Organizations Behavior from the University of La Verne located in the city of La Verne, and two Educational Master’s degree from Cambridge College, Cambridge Massachusetts. Deborah is trained musician / vocalist that sing back up for gospel artists. At current, she serves as the Resource informant for the Bereavement ministry, lead singer in her choir and praise team, and attends Sunday school at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church.###
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La Nita OdomBoard Member
La Nita Odom received her Bachelors of Science from DeVry University in Telecommunications Management and is a Corporate Trainer for Southern California Edison. She is a wife and mother and has a passion for helping others achieve life goals, including survivorship. She was greatly impacted by the loss of her mother-in-law to pancreatic cancer in 2010 and the battle Kommah McDowell endured with IBC.
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Advisory Board
Dr. George Somlo, M.D., F.A.C.P.
City of Hope– Oncologist &Director of Breast Oncology and High-Dose Therapeutics
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Jennifer Wendell
Wendell, Jennifer K - Attorney at Law
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Zenna Morris, CMF
Sheer Pleasures – Owner
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Kimlin Ashing-Giwa, Ph.D.
City of Hope - Professor and Director of the Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education
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Cathy Cole, R.N.C., N.P., M.P.H.,
CJFC Health Care Consultants - Owner
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Belinda Torrez, OTR/L, CLT
City of Hope – Rehabilitation Department
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