Board of Directors
Our board of directors is comprised of outstanding business individuals who have a deep compassion for the plight of PwNEIDs (Persons with Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders) and volunteer their time to sit on our board. Our sincere gratitude to them for their energy, effort and perseverance in assisting P.A.N.D.O.R.A. with their expertise.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Stephen R. Silverman, President, Founding Member
Mr. Silverman is Vice-President, at Coastal Contruction Group - (Coastal Construction Condominium), a successful construction company headquartered in Miami, Florida. The condominium divsion specialty is in the area of commercial, retai, luxury condominiums, and community projects. Coastal Construction Group is one of the strongest local corporations that support our Green fundraising project "Don't Dump, Donate to P.A.N.D.O.R.A." Mr. Silverman's commitment to P.A.N.D.O.R.A. is demonstrated by his generosity towards our educational and community programs.
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George Viña, Treasurer, Founding Member. George heads his
own successful accounting firm Viña+ Company located in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Kenneth Friedman, Ph.D, Vice President-Senior Advisor, Director Public Policy Committee
Dr. Friedman is a distinguished professor at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department Pharmacology and Physiology. Dr. Friedman's career as a medical school professor is demonstrated by the many awards he has received and for his dedication to his medical students. Click here to read his bio.
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Visit Dr. Friedman's page : From the Desk of Dr. Friedman |
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Beth Gilbert, Vice-President, Scientific Research & Business Development
Ms. Gilbert
works as a Medical Health Analyst. She is well versed and has written in such areas as immunology, cardiology, dermatology, rheumatology, and oncology. For the last nine years, she has been involved in researching and analyzing cutting edge medical devices and emerging pharmaceutical approaches. She writes frequent medical reports and consults with numerous thought-leading physicians. She also writes for a colunm - Miami Women's Health for the Miami Examiner.com
Beth familys restaurant Gilbert's 17th Street Grill hosted a fund raising dinner for P.A.N.D.O.R.A. in June, 2009
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Karen D. Sacks, M.S., L.C.P.C., L.M.H.C., Secretary, Public Policy Committee
View Karen's web page: Lean On Me - How To Cope
Email Karen Sacks, Director at The Center for Individual & Group Counseling with any questions. |
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
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Rosa Albert
Hispanic Community Outreach
Mrs. Rosa Albert is an Sales Senio Associate. Mrs. Berrocal in 2007 was interviewed by Telemundo on her personal challenges with CFS-FM.
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David T. Adonailo, Esquire |
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Dr. Bernard Burton, D.C, Founding Member
Click here for Dr. Burton's web site, "Better Backs". He specializes in chronic pain and prevention.
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Lori Curtis, Community Ourtreach, Murphy, North Carolina. Mrs. Curtis is a real state agent for David Hilton Realty, in Murphy, North Carolina.
Email Lori Curtis
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Dr. Lina Garcia -
Lina Garcia, M.D. is a young physician who will be practicing medicine in the United States as soon as her medical license is approved. She is smart, dedicated and extremely diligent in her contacts with the public. Dr. Garcia has a great interest in specializing in Neuroendocrineimmune disorders like CFS, FM, Gulf War syndrome and related illnesses.
P.A.N.D.O.R.A. has embraced Dr. Garcia as part of our mentoring and educating young physicians so our community will have access to new talent, caring, knowledgeable, compassionate and dedicated physicians.
You can communicate with Dr. Garcia r through her column "Ask PANDORA's DOC |
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Sabrina D. Johnson, African-American Community Diversity Outreach
Sabrina was the founder of F.A.C.E.S, a non-profit organization advocating for Fibromyalgia, in Chicago, Illinois. She is now dedicated to working on issues affecting the African-American Community and other minorities in the issues of Fibromyalgia and other neuroendocrineimmune disorders.
Click here to view Sabrina's web sites:
FibroCop and WordPress: Putting Faces on Fibromyalgia |
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Sandi Lanford, President & Founder of the Lanford Foundation-Lifelyme, Inc.
Click here to email Sandi questions about Lyme Disease. |
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Daniel Moricoli, Internet Community & Social Development
Former Internet Search Marketing Executive, Dan is the brains behind ME-CFScommunity.com & CFSKnowledgecenter.com. These two web site are strategical partners of P.A.N.D.O.R..A. |
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Yvette Taylor, Editor
Click here for Yvette's Humor Corner
Yvette is a Senior Editor for the American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD).
Click below to read Yvette articles written exclusively for P.A.N.D.O.R.A
Flu Shot...or Not?
What's In A Name
Who? Me? Walk? |
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Bonnie Thornber, Community Outreach
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Jennifer Torres, Business Affairs, Chairperson
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Public Policy and Community Advisors
Staff
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Sugar Smookler Howar, Administrative Assistant
Email Sugar about support groups, meetings or questions.
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Medical Advisory Panel
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
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Connie Borschel |
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Pam Klein |
IN MEMORIAM
Alan Ruback, Founding Board Member
Stephen Croft, MD, Medical Advisory Board
Read Yvette Taylor's Article "Making Lemonade from Lemons" in honor of Dr. Croft
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