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MANAGEMENT
Matthew Zachary, Executive Director — [email] Matthew Zachary was a 21-year old college senior and aspiring concert pianist and composer en route to film school to become a Hollywood film composer when he slowly lost use of his left hand, was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer (medulloblastona) and told he'd likely never perform again. Twelve years, four albums and scores of concerts later, Matthew's struggle to get busy living has inspired countless thousands. Today, Matthew is an award-winning musician and composer, accredited thought-leader in public health, a leading authority on the youth cancer culture, a highly credentialed and coveted motivational speaker, and a burgeoning social entrepreneur with the founding of the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation in 2007, a pioneering nonprofit organization in the Web2.0/Health2.0 space that was recently ranked a TIME Magazine Best 50 Website for 2007. A member of the prestigious Google Health Advisory Council, Matthew has 15 years of experience in advertising, youth culture marketing, information technology and visual communications for print and web in addition to strategic expertise public relations, consumer healthcare, nonprofit management and social media. Matthew has won several industry awards and has been recognized internationally for his innovations as a visionary trend influencer and change agent who has always been ahead of his time. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Matthew holds an interdisciplinary BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton that combined the music, theater, computer science, and sociology disciplines. For more information about Matthew, visit his website. the music, theater, computer science, and sociology disciplines. For more information, visit his website, http://MatthewZachary.com
Mark A. Pachucki Mark conducts cutting-edge sociological research that looks at the complex relationships between the arts and society. His studies focus on how the arts shape our lives, contribute to our well being, and encourage collaboration, negotiation, and greater understanding between diverse groups of people. A native of Albany, NY, Mark is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA as well as a longstanding young adult cancer survivorship advocate who has lost several family members to long battles. Alan T. Swann — [email] Alan is a young veteran of the corporatocracy who spent too many a day pining for something beyond the status quo that could take him away—calgon-style—from his cube farm. He attributes his perspective on life and the universe to the grounding reality that, according to his metaphysical dogma, everything is an illusion and we can't see past the choices we do not understand. He is passionate about giving back to an underserved community that reflects his "me-generation" persona. A native of Punxsutawney, PA who now lives in New York City, Alan has a BA in English from the University of the United States. (it is a very small university.) Jennifer Kasuga — [email] Jennifer has seven years experience as an educational professional. Prior to being diagnosed in 2002 with grade 2 oligoastrocytoma (brain cancer), she served as a tenured middle school classroom teacher as well as an adjunct professor in the Curriculum and Teaching Department Hofstra University. Jennifer holds a BA in Political Science from Hofstra University. She earned her first Master's degree in Secondary Education also from Hofstra University and her second Master's degree in School Administration with a specialization in Staff Development from The College of New Rochelle. Jennifer also holds an SDA Certificate from the New York City Department of Education. She is a wife, mother of two and currently lives in Forest Hills, Queens with her family. | 
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