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ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board meets every third Thursday of every other month. For a
complete schedule, please visit Advisory Board Calendar


ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS: Advisory Board Bios

Laurrana Leigon, D. Div., C. Cht. - Nevada Cancer Institute, Integrative Therapies
Shelly K. Huston, LSW - St. Rose Dominican Hospital
Ruth Politi, RN - NCEHP, UNR
Linda S. Lane, MSW, LSW - Family Home Hospice
Phyllis E. Militello, MPA - NGEC, UNSOM
Maria Azzarelli - Southern Nevada Health District
Rey Bouknight, M.P.H. - Nevada Cancer Institute
Mark Simmons - Exploring Life Transitions
Terri Guervich, LPN - Nathan Adelson Hospice
Kelvin Satcher - Nevada Donor Network
Paula Sennes/Betsy Abreo - Comprehensive Cancer Ctrs

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Education Committee - Terri Gurevich tgurevich@nah.org
Ethics Committee - Ruth Politi ruthp05@cox.net
Hospice Committee - Cassandra Cotton ccotton@nah.org
American Indian Committee (Reno) - Dina Romero fromero@doe.nv.gov
American Indian Committee Spokesperson/Facilitator (Las Vegas) - Julius Jessup/Dena Paddy
CAM Committee - Laurrana Leigon Lleigon@nvcancer.org
Latino Committee Spokespersons/Facilitators - Paul Quiroz and Maite Salazar, Betsy Abreo, Elisabet Romero romeroe@unce.unr.edu
Filipino Committee - Nadia Jurani njurani@cox.net
Long Term Care Committee - Mark Simmons eltransitions@aol.com


EXECUTIVE BOARD: Executive Board Bios

Elisabet Romero - Co-Founder, coalition administrative manager/historian
Cassandra Cotton - Co-Founder, outreach, treasurer
Ruth Politi - Touro University and alternate for Ms. Romero;
Terri Gurevich - Nathan Adelson Hospice and alternate for Ms. Cotton.

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Last Updated: 06.15.09

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