MBTN, Inc
"Power of the CollectivE"
"ADDRESSING Women's Health"
"Bridging the HeALthcarE DividE"
KEY PEOPLE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Chair, Ryan Bodin, BSBA, CKA, AAMS
Financial Wealth Manager
Vanderbilt Securities, LLC
New York, NY
CEO, Total Benefits Solution, Inc
Wayzata, Minnesota
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
Ekokobe Fonkem, DO
Professor and Chair of Neurology
Neurologist/Neuro-Oncologist
Froedtert Health System
and
The Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Maniza Aziz Johnson, PhD
Professor, Civil and Electrical Engineering Technology (Retired)
Portland Community College Meningioma Brain Tumor Survivor/Thriver MBTN Inc - Mentor Portland, Oregon
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
Clinic Manager
Department of Anesthesiology
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
Shenell L Tolson, DrPH
Environmental Scientist/Regulatory Action Leader
Science Review
US Environmental Protection Agency Washington, District of Columbia
Ricardo D Wrice, MBA
CEO and Editor-in-Chief The Leadership Blend Media Company Atlanta, Georgia
MEET THE FOUNDER
JO-ANNE EVANS COLEMAN, PhD, EdD, CNP
BIO
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.
Akima Burns, BBA Executive Assistant to the Founder & CEO
Chief Executive Assistant
Audit and Assurance
CohnReznick, LLP Of The Americas-Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Avareena E Schools-Cropper, DrPh, MPH
Executive Leadership Committee, Board Officers Liason
Special Assistant to Director, Office of Minority Health
US Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Rockville, Maryland
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Board of Directors Collaborators
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
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
Claudette H Williams, EdD
Vice President (Retired)
Quality Assurance, Institutional Effectiveness, & Accreditation
American University of Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates
Meningioma Brain Tumor Survivor/Thriver MBTN Inc - Mentor
Atlanta, Georgia
Claudette H Williams, EdD
Lisa M Kanning, PT, MPT, CSCS, cert-DN