The purpose of the Community Cancer Action Board (CCAB) is to build and foster partnerships between cancer researchers and community outreach staff and New Jersey communities. The CCAB provides input from community thought leaders and patient advocates to ensure community outreach and engagement, and research activities are informed, promote health equity and strengthen local capacity, and are responsive to community needs.
Equally, the reciprocal flow of information between researchers and outreach staff and the community build trust and mutual understanding between communities and researchers, and help ensure that values, and cultural differences among persons and communities are respected. The CCAB is a vital part of the effort to reduce the cancer burden in New Jersey communities by Rutgers CINJ and the Center for Cancer Health Equity. If you would like to be a member of the CCAB, please contact tl720@cinj.rutgers.edu.

Dorothy Reed
Chair, Community Cancer Action Board; Co-Founder/President, Sister2Sister Network

Alka Agrawal
COO, EBC Radio

Damian Catera
Media Specialist/Adjunct Instructor
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts

Cynthia Chmielewski
Community Member

Sherri Cirignano, MS, RD, LDN
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (Warren County)

Sherlyn Cognetti
Senior Program Director, Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA

Natasha Coleman, MPH
Senior Director, State & Primary Care Systems, American Cancer Society

Iris Cooney

Errol Cooper
Reverend, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens Community

Michellene Davis, Esq.
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, RWJ Barnanbas Health

Harry Garcia
Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University; E-Board Member, Jazz for Prostate Cancer Awareness; Tech Director NY Mets

Katherine Guo, PhD
Research Scientist, Nokia Bell Labs

Leeba Lederer
Patient Care Coordinator, Bikur Cholim of Lakewood

Danette Manzi
President, CIS Management, Inc.

Tim Marshall, PhD, MS, ACSM-CET
Community Member

Rose Maruca, RN, BSN, MBA
Senior Market Development Manager, Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Amanda Medina-Forrester, MA, MPH
Executive Director, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, NJ Dept of Health

Frances Munet-Vilaró
Professor Emerita, Rutgers University

Vanessa Nazario
Director of Diversity, RWJ University Hospital New Brunswick

Peter Oates, RN, NP-C
Director of Health Care Services (RUTGERS), Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Cancer Center

Ray Petit
Community Member, Cancer Survivor

Christopher Proano
Community Member, Young Adult Pediatric Cancer Survivor

Norma Roberts MD, FACOG
Medical Director/Director of Women's Health, Newark Dept. of Health & Community Wellness

Jeanne Marie Ryan
Community Member, New Jersey Library Association

Aleya Salam, MD
Community Member, Sisters of Salaam Shalom

Katherine Schaible
Program Director, Outreach & Family Program, Cancer Support Community

Dorinda "Dee" Sparacio
Community Member, Cancer Survivor

Jimmie Staton
Community Parent Advocate,
Ex-Officio PTO President Lincoln Annex

Ralph Stowe
Founder/CEO,
Advocate/Pianist,
Jazz For Prostate Cancer Awareness

Amy Sutton
Cancer Support Community

Elizabeth Talmont, MSN, ANP-BC
VP of Research Development, Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central & Southern New Jersey

Carolyn Thompson, MA
Executive Director, New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services, Community Health and Wellness Unit

Teresa Vivar
Executive Director, Lazos America Unida

Su Wang MD, MPH, FACP
Medical Director, Center for Asian Health Viral Hepatitis Programs, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Ronnie Weyl
Community Member, Cancer Survivor, (Retired) Executive Director, Raritan Valley Community College Foundation