MBTN, Inc
"Power of the CollectivE"
"Addressing Women's Health"
"Bridging the HeALthcarE DividE"
KEY PEOPLE
Chair, Shenell L Tolson, DrPH
Environmental Scientist/Regulatory Action Leader
Science Review
US Environmental Protection Agency Washington, District of Columbia
Co-Founder/Vice Chair, James A Stewart, EdD
Vice President of Programs Just 4Kids, Inc
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Secretary-Treasurer, Tomi M Leeper, CPA
Manager and Program Analyst, Lead Auditing Accountant
Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Rockville, Maryland
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ryan Bodin, BSBA, CKA, AAMS
Wealth Management Specialist-Financial Advisor
Raymond James Financial Services
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CEO, Total Benefits Solution, Inc
Wayzata, Minnesota
Ekokobe Fonkem, DO
System Chief of Neuro-Oncology
Neurologist/Neuro-Oncologist
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Baylor Scott and White Health Systems
Dallas, Texas
Maniza Aziz Johnson, PhD
Professor of Civil and Electrical Engineering Technology (Retired)
Portland Community College Meningioma Brain Tumor Survivor/Thriver MBTN Inc - Mentor Portland, Oregon
Lisa M Kanning, PT, MPT, CSCS, cert-DN
Physical and Physiotherapist
Evolutions Sports Physiotherapy, Inc
Cockeysville, Maryland
Catherine Martin-Dunlop, PhD
Professor, Environmental Science (Retired)
Morgan State University
CEO, Improve Teaching First
Bellingham, Washington
Chris Odionu, MBA, PhD
Director of Distance Education Programs
Professor of Project Management
Texas A&M University School of Law
Forth Worth, Texas
Brandon Oluyede, MSHA
Senior Project Manager, Clinical Operations Department of Orthopaedics Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Host, The Healthcare Hustle Podcast
Health Equity Advocate
St Louis, Missouri
Romney M Phillips, JD, ESQ
Managing Partner
Phillips Law Office Atlanta, Georgia
Ricardo D Wrice, MBA
CEO and Editor-in-Chief The Leadership Blend Media Company Atlanta, Georgia
KEY PEOPLE
MEET THE FOUNDER
JO-ANNE EVANS COLEMAN, PhD, EdD, CNP
BIO
Akima Burns, BBA Executive Assistant to the Founder & CEO
Chief Executive Assistant
Audit and Assurance
CohnReznick, LLP Of The Americas-Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Dionne David Felix, PhD, CBMHC Executive Committee, Board Officers Liason
Associate Vice President for Academic Administration,
Dean of Student Success and Retention
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee
Contributors to the Board of Directors
Amir H Zamanipoor Najafabadi, MD, PhD
Epidemiologist, Ophthalmology Resident
Meningioma Brain Tumor Researcher Department of Neurosurgery
Leiden University Medical Center Leiden University Leiden, South Holland,The Netherlands
Quintin U Love, PhD
Senior Psychometrician, Psychometrics and Research New Meridian Corporation Austin, Texas
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Mario Jackson, EdD
Chief Executive Officer
Jackson Educational Consulting Group, LLC
Locations:
Washington, District of Columbia
San Juan Puerto, Rico
Tina Deguire McDonald, MEEL
District Principal, Early Learning and Childcare
Coast Mountains Board of Education
School Division #82
Terrance, British Columbia, Canada
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Jo-Anne 'EC' Evans Coleman PhD, EdD, CNP, Founder, Meningioma Brain Tumor Network, Inc (MBTN), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, is a survivor/thriver of a Right-Wing Spheno-orbital Meningioma
(with cavernous sinus involvement) brain tumor. The establishment of MBTN harbors on Dr. EC’s vision for
the usage of interprofessional collaborative services, that directly address the numerous diminished quality of life psycho-social aspects of living with/surviving a brain tumor, that are encountered by meningioma patients, survivors/thrivers, and the effects on care partners, and families.
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Founder, Dr. EC, is superiorly qualified to lead this organization. She has over 30 years of leadership,
administrative, and management experience, working within institutions of higher education, and entrepreneurship
in both non-profit and private sectors, as a healthcare practitioner, and as an independent contractor for various business, industry, and government agencies. In 2015, nine (9) months post her craniotomy and cranioplasty, she became a Minnesota State Advocacy Leader for the National Brain Tumor Society, where she annually testifies on Capitol Hill for congressional funding that continuously supports brain tumor treatment and research.
Highlighting her interest in advocacy is the drive garnered from her challenges when she was afflicted with a
Grade 1 spheno-orbital meningioma and is now a brain tumor pioneering staunch voice for the "lived experienced" survivor/thriver. Through her work at MBTN, she is building a platform for improved pre and post-operative assessments, treatments, and services to better determine meningioma brain tumor survivor/thriver quality of life outcomes.