Leadership

Meet the Team

Women's Health Advocates Founding Leaders

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Linda Goler Blount, MPH

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Dionne Boyd, MBA, MSHR

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Leslie Cohen,
MPPM

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Bayo Curry-Winchell, MD

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Jocelyn Fitzgerald, MD

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Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH

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Nada Hanafi, MSc, MPH

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Mitzi Krockover,
MD

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Liz Powell, Esq., MPH – Founder

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Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP

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Vanessa Walker, MA, MPH Candidate

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BREAST CANCER EARLY DETECTION COALITION LEADERS

Our BCEDC team includes national leaders in defeating breast cancer in healthcare, investment, businesses, nonprofits and patient advocacy:

 

CO-FOUNDERS:

Smita Asrani

Sheila Ann Mikhail, JD, MBA

Liz Powell, Esq., MPH

Vanessa Joy Walker

Sally Wolf

 

CORE LEADERS:

Linda Goler Blount, MPH

Kaitlin Christine

Matthew Covington, MD

Clare Dowling Dougherty

Peter Reist Eby, MD

Marissa Fayer

Natasha Giordano

Maimah Karmo

Akifa Khattak, Esq.

Neda Razavi

Meredith Singer

Reginald Swift, PhD

Leslie Ferris Yerger, MBA

Rebecca Weber

Andrea Wolf, Esq.

 

BCEDC is a vital part of Women's Health Advocates.

BCEDC Capitol Hill Day with 50 advocates conducting Congressional meetings to advocate for the Find It Early Act, July 2025.
BCEDC Capitol Hill Day with 50 advocates conducting Congressional meetings to advocate for the Find It Early Act, July 2025.
BCEDC advocates meeting up to strategize for our Capitol Hill Day.
BCEDC advocates meeting up to strategize for our Capitol Hill Day.
Smita Asrani wearing our BCEDC advocacy shirt.
Smita Asrani wearing our BCEDC advocacy shirt.

Leaders within Women’s Health Advocates have launched issue-specific initiatives. Explore our Priorities page for details.

Priorities