Patricia Kearns – President

Member since:  September 2010
Professional profile: Independent Filmmaker
Expertise:  Founding board member of Studio XX, media technology advisor and expertise as a non-profit organiser.

Nancy Guberman – Vice-President

Member since:  February 1998
Professional profile: Professional professor of Social Work with continued research and training activities.
Expertise: Community organizer, gender issues.

Terrye Perlman  – Treasurer

Member since:  September 2000
Professional profile: M. Ed. - Psycho-social research with cancer patients, leading support groups and teaching relaxation to breast cancer patients.
Expertise:  Finance and patient care/concerns.

Avis Antel – Secretary

Member since:  September 2003
Professional profile: MLIS, Retired Librarian
Expertise:  Research and information access.

Deborah Ostrovsky – Director

Member since:  September 2011
Professional profile: Honours BA and MA in Social History, Certificat en français langue seconde, freelance writer and editor
Expertise: Gender and women's health issues, patient advocacy and the history of medicine.

Christine Kupka – Director

Member since:  September 2001
Professional profile: Clinical Social Worker and Research Assistant (has worked in psychosocial breast cancer studies and other medical studies)
Expertise:  Chair of the Newsletter committee, research and writing
 
Carol Secter – Director

Member since:  October 2002
Professional profile: Holds a B.A and a M.Ed. and is a retired teacher and union activist
Expertise: Knowledge of Canadian cosmetics regulations, of Health Canada’s Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist, Safe Cosmetics Campaign Chair, and past-President

Deena Dlusy-Apel – Director

Member since:  the inception of the organisation in 1994
Professional profile: Holds a M.Ed. and is currently a part-time professor at Concordia University, and a practicing artist.
Expertise:  Breast cancer survivor, knowledge and expertise as non-profit organiser, media spokesperson.

Lannie Mayo - Director

Member since: October 2005
Professional profile: A retired educator with  a BA specializing in Education and Special Education
Expertise: Organizational and problem-solving skills as well as expertise with regards to education.
 

Honorary Board Members

Janine O’Leary-Cobb

Member since:  2000
Professional profile: B.A (Honours Sociology), M.Sc., ex-college professor, founder and editor of an international newsletter for women in menopause (1986-1998).
Expertise: Breast cancer survivor, experience in office administration, translation of medical terms into lay language, writing and editing.

Michele Landsberg

Member since:  February 2008
Professional profile: Journalist and author, social activist, feminist and breast cancer survivor; experienced in governance as past chair of the Board of Women's College Hospital.
Expertise:  Campaign endorser, feminist perspective, and promotion/publicity.

Francine Pelletier

Member since:  2008
Professional profile: Award winning journalist and filmmaker.
Expertise:  Campaign endorser, feminist perspective, promotion/publicity.