Executive Committee Officers

President
Marcia W DeSonier, MSW, LCSW, ACSW
Baptist Cancer Institute
Pensacola, FL
Phone: (850) 469-2224
Email: Mdesonier@bhcpns.org
(Term: January 1, 2008 -
December 31, 2008)

President-Elect
Les Gallo-Silver, ACSW, LCSW-R
New York, NY
Phone: (215) 599-6093
Email: jillino@aol.com
(Term: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008)

Treasurer
Roeliena L. Van Zanten, MSW, ACSW, OSW-C
Private Practice
Bainbridge Island, WA
Phone: (206) 842-1476
Email: rvzstern@aol.com
(Term: January 1, 2008 -
December 31, 2009)

Secretary
Joyce Hendershott, MSW, LISW, ACSW
JamesCare for Life
The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital
Columbus, OH
Phone: (614) 293-6903
Email: joyce.hendershott@osumc.edu
(Term: January 1, 2008 -
December 31, 2010)

Directors

Advocacy Director

Membership Director

Tammy Weitzman, LCSW
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham Women's Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 632-4353
Email: tammy_weitzman@dfci.harvard.edu
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2009)

Pam Murph, LCSW
Private Practice
Strawberry Plains, TN
Phone: (865) 216-6693
Email: p.murph@att.net
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2008)

Communications Director
 

SWORG Director
(Social Work Oncology Research Group)

Kevin Francis, MSSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Scott & White Hospital and Clinic
Temple, TX
Phone: (254) 724-5918
Email: kdfrancis@swmail.sw.org
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2009)

Brad Zebrack, PhD, MSW, MPH
USC School of Social Work
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: (213) 821-3111
Email: zebrack@usc.edu
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2008)

Education Director

Director-at-Large

Leora Lowenthal, LCSW, OSW-C
NYU Cancer Institute
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 731-5141
Email: leora.lowenthal@nyumc.org
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2009)

Alison Mayer Sachs, MSW, OSW-C
Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center
Rancho Mirage, CA 
Phone: (760) 674-3612
Email: asachs@emc.org
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2008)

Director-at-Large

Director-at-Large

Kerry Irish, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
Central ME Comprehensive Center
Lewiston, ME
Phone: (207) 795-7118
Email: irishke@cmhc.org
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2010)
 

Tony A. Cheung, MSW, Dip. HCA, OSW-C, RSW
Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Phone: (416) 340 4800 ext. 8733
Email: tacheung@rogers.com
(Term: 1/1/2008-12/31/2009)