Who We Are

Meet The Skin Cancer Foundation

Since 1979, The Skin Cancer Foundation has made tremendous strides in helping people understand the importance of skin cancer prevention, early detection and prompt, effective treatment. We couldn’t do it without the collaboration and dedication of many talented individuals and entities, including:

Our staff, who care deeply about our mission and work tirelessly to make a difference.
Our officers and directors, who help us uphold the highest standards.
Our physician members, who provide their support and expertise.
Our corporate partners and sponsors, who make our projects and campaigns possible.
The millions of people who use our educational information to spread the word about skin cancer.
The donors who make our work possible.

Board of Directors
Officers
Medical Editors
Photobiology Committee
Research Grants Committee
Amonette Circle
Staff
Corporate Council

Board of Directors

Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD
President
Clinical professor of dermatology, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine

Read her biography

Perry Robins, MD
Chairman of the Board
Professor emeritus, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine

Read his biography

Rex A. Amonette, MD
Senior Vice President
Physician emeritus, Memphis Dermatology Clinic

Elizabeth Robins, Esq.
Secretary

Bennett I. Weiner, Esq.
General Counsel
Law offices of Bennett I. Weiner

Officers

Mark A. Corrado, CPA
Treasurer
Corrado Financial Group

Elizabeth K. Hale, MD
Senior Vice President
CompleteSkinMD, clinical associate professor of Dermatology, NYU Langone Medical Center

C. William Hanke, MD
Senior Vice President
Mohs surgeon, Laser & Skin Surgery Center in Indianapolis

Ronald L. Moy, MD
Senior Vice President
Moy-Fincher-Chipps, Facial Plastics & Dermatology

Maritza I. Perez, MD
Senior Vice President
Advanced Aesthetics

Leonard H. Goldberg, MD
Vice President
Professor of clinical medicine, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine

Allan C. Halpern, MD
Vice President
Chief, Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City

Medical Editors

Medical content produced by The Skin Cancer Foundation is reviewed by one or more physicians, most of whom are dermatologists specializing in skin cancer. Beyond the three listed below, additional medical editors vary based on the article, blog, newsletter, brochure or project and are too numerous to list here. But we thank all those dedicated doctors who have reviewed content for us for their time, expertise and support.

Allan C. Halpern, MD
Co-editor, The Melanoma Letter
Chief, Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City

Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD
Co-editor, The Melanoma Letter
Director of Clinical Dermatology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Skin Cancer Center, Hauppauge, New York

Désirée Ratner, MD
Editor-in-chief, Carcinomas & Keratoses
Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, NYU

Photobiology Committee

Scientific data for each product submitted for The Foundation’s Seal of Recommendation is rigorously reviewed by a volunteer committee of photobiologists – experts in the study of the interaction of ultraviolet radiation and the skin. It is their expertise and credibility in the field that make the Seal of Recommendation a trusted and valuable resource for consumers. The committee must be completely satisfied with the testing results for a product to be granted the Seal.

Chair
Steven Q. Wang, MD
Director of Dermatologic Oncology
Hoag Family Cancer Institute
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, California

Elizabeth Buzney, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Anna L. Chien, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Heidi Jacobe, MD
James N. Gilliam, MD Chair in Dermatology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Henry W. Lim, MD
Former Chair, Department of Dermatology
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan

Elisabeth G. Richard, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Research Grants Committee

The Foundation’s Research Grants committee members dedicate their time and expertise to evaluate hundreds of proposals submitted by dermatology residents, fellows and young faculty. New committee members are chosen each year to avoid potential conflicts of interest.

Chair
David Polsky, MD, PhD
Alfred W. Kopf, M.D. Professor of Dermatologic Oncology
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology

Amonette Circle

The Amonette Circle takes a leadership role in supporting and delivering our programs to the public. This exclusive group of U.S.-based physicians are the most active and visible members of the Foundation.

Founders,

Rex A. Amonette, MD
Johnnie Amonette

Staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dan Latore

OPERATIONS
Paul Melia
Director of Operations

Amber Howard-Drayton
Human Resources & Administration Coordinator

Matthew Wolf
Systems & Operations Associate

DEVELOPMENT

Staci Pierson
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

Melissa Saul
Senior Director of Development

Nancy Helman
Corporate Development Manager

Rachel Kramer
Development Manager

Stephanie Ogozalek
Program Manager

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Becky Kamowitz
Senior Director of Marketing Communications

Victoria Kopec
Director of Marketing Communications

Jose Martinez
Web & Email Production Specialist

Ali Venosa
Marketing Communications Manager

Isha Vedantam
Communications Coordinator

SCIENCE & EDUCATION

Julie Bain
Senior Director of Science & Education

Krista Bennett DeMaio
Senior Editor, Science & Education

Alexa Char
Program Coordinator

Corporate Council

Our Corporate Council is a group of approximately 100 U.S. and international companies that have made a commitment to The Skin Cancer Foundation. Corporate Council members help support the Foundation’s work, which empowers people to take a proactive approach to daily sun protection and the early detection and treatment of skin cancer.

For 40 years, The Skin Cancer Foundation’s initiatives, leadership, education and programs have opened people’s eyes, led to change and saved lives. Skin cancer takes decades to develop, though, and cases are still on the rise. We have much work to do until we can eliminate deaths and ease suffering caused by the world’s most common cancer. Support by committed corporations can help us reach that goal — and help satisfy corporate social responsibility goals. We are proud of our Corporate Council and the many long-term, ongoing relationships we have nurtured within it, some since the program began in 1981.

See who is on our Corporate Council.