THE NATIONAL MIXED HERITAGE STEM CELL FOUNDATION

LEADERSHIP SUMMARY

	Lawrence Quarles, PhD, MA, MACP - Board Chairman, Executive Director Dr. Quarles is a person of mixed heritage and a father of mixed heritage children. He's taken on the responsibility of developing and leading this organization because he identifies with the importance of its mission in the lives of families like those of his and his wife, Cheryl. This, along with his doctoral degree in Bioethics with a focus in underserved healthcare issues and lifelong work in the nonprofit and social services field, makes him tailor-made to build us into the future. Larry has served as a leader for many organizations, including as the Director of Operations for Catholic Charities Legal Services, Director of Social Services for His House Children’s Home, Director of Florida Baptist Children’s Home and Lead Protective Investigator Supervisor for Drug Exposed Infants, State of Florida Department of Families and Services. Dr. Quarles is also an advisor to the Department of Energy, a member of the National Institute of Health and a member of the National Science Foundation.
	Lori Collins, MS, PA-C - Board Member Ms. Collins is the aunt of our foundation's namesake, and gives us an idea of what Natasha would do if she was able to direct the organization she helped create. Lori began her initial career as a Division 1 assistant basketball coach while obtaining a Masters of Science degree in Anatomy. Committed to obtaining a career in healthcare, she earned a Masters in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Physician Assistant studies from the Medical College of OH in 2001. Lori became the first African American female to be inducted into Wright State University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 - her rebounding record remains unbroken. She presently works as a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital in Ann Arbor, is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and performs volunteer work at the Hope Medical Center clinic for the underinsured community of Washtenaw County.
	Norma Quarles - Board Member Ms. Quarles worked her way up through the ranks at NBC and CNN to become a respected journalist, but not until she'd tried careers as a boutique retail buyer and real estate broker. Once she made the jump to broadcasting, as a 36-year-old divorced mother of two, there was no looking back. After 21 years with NBC News and its affiliates, where she covered such nationally significant stories as the Bernhard Goetz shootings and the Baby M case, Norma was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Black Journalists. She then became a correspondent for CNN. Throughout her career, she's remained true to her multiracial roots, challenging stereotypes in the media and being respected for it.
	Paul Harrigan - Board Member Mr. Harrigan has set up companies that handle the clean up, treatment and disposal of hazardous and contaminated soils for over 40 years, and is one of the most respected people in the development of conventional treatment and disposal facilities. His is now focused on innovative technologies intended to decrease, if not end, pollution. One such technology is the ZEROS System - a closed loop, no emissions, thermal unit that meets both the Kyoto environmental standards for thermal plants and the new "Green" development standards for thermal plants. ZEROS, which stands for zero emissions, recycling, oxidation system, can be used to burn any type of fuel or any kind of waste to produce 20 MGD of clean water and a 150 Megawatts of electricity at full capacity. It also allows the user to collect the thermal and water generation byproducts as reagents for standard chemical processes. Paul will soon have units operational in Africa, India and China, places where pollutantion is known to increase the incidence of leukemia and lymphoma.
	Kimberly Madvin, MBA - Board Member Ms. Madvin is the definition of what it means to be an average American in the 21st Century, being the child of black and white birth parents and adopted at the age of 22 months by a Jewish family. She is the youngest of five children and the mother of one son, Jared. Kim knows more about cancer than most people having grown up with a father whose an oncologist and spending 17 years in the pharmaceutical industry with the last seven as a sales rep for Infectious Diseases and Oncology drugs. She has also served as a bone marrow donor for a leukemia patient and was one of the first people to actively support both Natasha's search for a donor and the growth of this organization’s mission. Ms. Madvin holds a BS in Biology from Clark Atlanta University, an MBA in marketing from Pepperdine and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.