Kimberly Samuels, Executive Director
Kimberly has been a visionary and pace setter in the Breast Health & Awareness Industry for 28 years. Her most cherished accomplishment is the conceptualization, design and build of the Hoag Sue and Bill Gross Women’s Pavilion and Breast Center in Newport Beach, California. Kimberly collaborated with the Hoag Foundation and was instrumental in raising the 90 million dollars utilized in building the Women’s Pavilion. The Pavilion and Hoag Breast Care Center are amongst the finest in the country.
She has 28 years’ experience as a top-level Administrator and Director. With the tenacity to be the best, Kimberly has transformed under-performing companies and departments into thriving, financially successful entities. This was accomplished utilizing “out of the box” thinking while embracing new ideas and methods.
Kimberly has served as the Executive Director for the National Consortium of Breast Centers for 11 years. This is a board driving organizations. Using her skills to give back to our industry impacting both the professional side of breast care as well as patient care around the world. The goal and mission at NCBC are to assure all patients have the same chance of surviving breast cancer, through access to care, education, and networking with top professionals around the world in the field of breast cancer treatment and diagnosis. If you have any ideas and/or information you wish to share with Kimberly, she can be reached at Kimberly@breastcare.org
Wendy Anderson, Membership Manager (Membership Manager, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing)
Wendy started at NCBC as a temporary conference employee in 2007. She transitioned into a full time employee in 2010. Wendy is a stalwart believer in the organization’s mission, enjoys being part of NCBC’s accomplishments and looks forward to actively participating in its future endeavors. Responsibilities: Membership, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Mailing postage, Purchasing Supervisor. To contact Wendy, email wendy@breastcare.org
Dara Long, Special Projects Coordinator
(Conference Faculty Coordinator, CEU Manager)
Dara has her Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. She is in her 15th year with NCBC. She and her husband own and operate their family grain farm with their four children, Dara Manages all Conference Faculty, Brochure, Power Points, CEU/CME Credits, On-Site Meetings, Conference App, AV and Evaluations. To contact Dara, email at dara@breastcare.org
Christine Anderson, Customer Relations Manager
(Exhibit, Conference Registration, Advertising & Communication E-blasts Manager)
Christine worked with the Exhibitors at the NCBC from 2005 through 2010 and is now back with the NCBC fulltime. She is in the process of completely her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management. Christine is an ordained minister and serves at Touch of Life Church in Warsaw, Indiana. She was part of a church plant as the Associate Pastor for Touch of Life Church in Fishers, Indiana for two years. She is part of the worship team and plays the bass guitar, drums, keys and sings. She also serves on the board of Hands for the World Foundation as the Communications Director. This is a missions organization that is primarily serving in Haiti. She has been on many mission’s trips there along with her now 23 year old son. The longest trip was five weeks in the mountains of Desarmes teaching an English summer school course at the Touch of Life Church Academy. She believes in the mission of the NCBC and works diligently to help get the right exhibitors at our conference to get the best information and products in the hands of our attendees. You can reach Christine at Christine@breastcare.org
Aerial Gilbert, Certifications and Poster/Abstract Manager
(Navigator, CBE, NQMBC, and CGRA Certifications and Conference Posters/Abstracts)
Aerial started at NCBC as temporary conference employee in 2011 and helped off and on until she became fulltime in April 2018.. She has been back up for many of the positions in her time at NCBC. She has 13 years of customer service experience. She is looking forward to working with the participants and committees of all the Certification Programs. Aerial will also be managing the Posters during the Annual Conference. You can reach Aerial at aerial@breastcare.org.
Christle Petrisevac, Special Projects Coordinator
(Conference Faculty Coordinator, CEU Manager)
Christle has been with NCBC for six years. She started by assisting with registration and later took on the role of photographer for the conference. Currently, she is collaborating with Dara on conference coordination. "I love all the ladies I work with; we're like family," she says. To contact Christle, please email christle@breastcare.org
Sylvia Powers, Project Coordinator
(Advocacy, Social Media, Grants, and Membership Networking)
Syliva has a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She has been a breast cancer advocate for almost three decades. Although she is the newest member of our team, she is not new to NCBC. Her photographic work has been displayed at the Survivors Soiree for the last two years at the National NCBC Conference. Her goal is to use innovative ideas to help bridge the gap between advocacy and healthcare. Please reach out to her with your advocacy ideas, programs, and projects. You can reach Sylvia at Sylvia@breastcare.org