Meet Elevate Ambassador Alumni
Elevate Ambassadors are advocates and survivorship professionals who ensure quality cancer care is delivered. Ambassadors receive mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and in-person training to develop and execute a plan-of-action to improve survivorship care in their local and virtual community.
Ambassadors said this about their Elevate experience:
“I would never have even attempted something like this without the support and encouragement of NCCS. It’s been a game changer and a life changer as well.”
“Not really knowing anything about NCCS before applying, I found the Elevating Survivorship program to be extremely supportive, inclusive, and enlightening. Meeting so many smart, talented, driven advocates was very inspiring.”
2023 Elevate Ambassadors
Read about what the 2023-2024 Elevate Ambassadors are doing to improve survivorship in their communities.
Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, MD (c) | Buffalo, NY
Laurie Christensen, RN, OCN | Vancouver, WA
Gianna Durocher, RN, MSN, OCN | Fullerton, CA
Louis Lanza, Jr. | Turnersville, NJ
Tamron Little, MAC | Orange Park, FL
Yvonne McLean Florence, M. Div. | Drexel Hill, PA
Erica Menefee, MS, BSN, RN, CPT, CES, BHCN | DeSoto, TX
Elizabeth Owens, MS | Lexington, NC
Patricia Riffenburgh | Ventura, CA
Monique Wilson, CPAR, BSHA, MA | Leesburg, GA
2022 Elevate Ambassadors
Read about what the 2022-2023 Elevate Ambassadors are doing to improve survivorship in their communities.
Roxanne Berger, LPN | Lindenwold, NJ
Sandra Calloway-Fields | Birmingham, AL
Nicole Drost | Fairport, NY
Jennifer Elliott | Mt. Laurel, NJ
Alyssa Fischer-Reeder | Alexandria, VA
Lorenzo Gallo | New York, NY
Jala Lockhart-Walker, MPH | Tuscaloosa, AL
Tori McCurdy, MSN, FNP-C, RN | Oakland, TN
Daria Ross | Flint Township, MI
Natalie Stevenson | Sparks, NV
Arti Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH | Clarksburg, MD
Kaili Wegener | McHenry, IL
2020 Elevate Ambassador Class
Read about what the 2020-2021 Elevate Ambassadors are doing to improve survivorship in their communities.
Joli Bartell | Woodinville, WA
Woodrow Brokenburr, MBA | Agoura Hills, CA
Jennifer Campisano, JD | Phoenix, AZ
Crystal Champion, PT, DPT, CLT-ALM, Cert DN | Duluth, GA
Debbie Denardi | Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Lesley Glenn | Central Point, OR
Kimberly Harrison | Bowie, MD
Nancy Howe | Phoenix, AZ
Wenora Johnson | Joliet, IL
Joslyn McArdle | Wynantskill, NY
Raquel Smith | Hoover, AZ
Amy LeAlice Oliver Steinkuhl | Wilmore, KY
Susan Strong | Firestone, CO
Christi Turnage, MSN, RN | Madison, MS
2019 Elevate Ambassador Class
Read about what the 2019 Elevate Ambassadors are doing to improve survivorship in their communities.
Doris Cardwell | Whitefish, MT
Sarah Cohn | Philadelphia, PA
Erin Cummings | Boston, MA
Rachel Ferraris | Warner Robins, GA
Bradley Glassel | Lake Mills, WI
Loretta Herring | Birmingham, AL
Kimberly D. Richardson | Chicago, IL
Xenia Rybak | New York City, NY
Hillary Stires, PhD | Arlington, VA
Virgie Townsend | Birmingham, AL
2025 Elevating Survivorship Program Supporters
