Maggie DeMont stepped into the role of Chair of the Board on July 1, 2023. She is currently the General Manager at Heinemann Publishing. She was previously the SVP of Corporate Strategy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where she has held a variety of different roles over 10+ years. Prior to HMH, Maggie was in Strategy Consulting as a Principal at the Parthenon Group, where she first met Olivia when she was her summer intern. She has her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and began her career in Investment Banking as a Senior Analyst at Chase Securities. Maggie has been attending Runway since it’s early days at Nashawtuc Country Club to support Olivia and honor her grandmother Maggie, who passed away from breast cancer. Maggie has three daughters and enjoys skiing with them and her husband on the weekends.

Lindsay Boger Since leaving the mainstream workforce upon the birth of my second child, I have dedicated myself to raising my two children, a 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son. During these years, I have done all I can to be as involved as possible in both of their school communities, as well as my local community, volunteering in many different capacities. My career and passion has always been working with children and families as a Clinical Social Worker, working in special needs adoption as well as Shriners Burn Hospital, where I continue to serve as an on-call Social Worker. I have been involved with Runway since its inception. I came to the event first as a guest and then supported the organization as a committee member. I hope to bring my passion and social work knowledge to this amazing organization in a more meaningful and full capacity as a member of the board.

Susan Burke, RN, MSN, is returning to advocacy work following her forty year career as both a pediatric nurse and case manager at Shriner’s Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.  While at Shriner’s, Sue nurtured and developed her passion around assisting children and their families in finding ways forward following trauma. She is thrilled to capitalize on her experience by advocating for Runway for Recovery families and is truly honored to be a part of the Runway community.

Originally from Swampscott, she currently resides in Charlestown where she enjoys time with her children and four granddaughters.  Sue has been a loyal participant in the Pan-Mass Challenge, riding for the past ten years, and is also an avid swimmer and skier. 

Jennifer Lubrano Clayton was born and raised in Hingham, MA. After a few years living away, she returned to Hingham with her husband Mark and bought the home next door to her parents where she was a stay-at-home mom to her three children, Zach, Ellie, and Matt. Though she wishes she had had a career, she has had so much joy in raising three amazing children and now seeing her three grandchildren grow up. 

Jennifer’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1979 while she was a sophomore at Colby Sawyer College. She spent many years in remission until a recurrence 11 years later. Jennifer’s mother passed away in 1998. Her mother’s mother and sister were both breast cancer survivors living to 98 and still living at 93. With such a strong family history, Jennifer and her sisters founded “Boobs and Baubles” the year after their mother passed. Deciding they needed to handle their mammograms in a more personal way, each year they go to Dana Farbe together—holding each other's hands in support and then picking out a “Bauble” to commemorate that year. This also included dinner and night in the city! Although some things have changed, they are still doing it 24 years later and it may be one of the most meaningful things the sisters have done together.

Introduced to Runway by fellow board member, Kim Furnald, after the first year, Jennifer has had a front row seat, literally, as the organization has continued to grow and give to the most amazing families. Learning quickly that it is not about the clothes, but about celebrating a life well lived and honoring those no longer with us—jumping for joy for those finishing treatment and encouraging those still fighting.

Last year, Jennifer was the first Lubrano sister to be diagnosed with breast cancer. She was lucky to have caught it early, thanks to her yearly “Boobs and Baubles” trip, and is on the path to full recovery. She says she has learned a lot about herself and how incredibly strong and stoic she can be. Understanding a bit of what her mom must have been feeling, Jennifer says she  will bring her, her daughter, and her sisters with her in all that she does for Runway as a board member.

Emily Cohen grew up in Concord, Massachusetts and attended Nashoba Brooks where she was classmates with Olivia's sisters, Nell and Kristin. After attending Dana Hall for high school, she graduated from Connecticut College in 2006 majoring in biochemistry. She received her PhD in Genetics from Yale University in 2014 and completed her postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School studying breast cancer signaling and metabolism. She now works as a senior scientist at the Cambridge-based cancer biology biotech company, Kronos Bio.

Emily lost her mom to breast cancer in 2003 and her cousin in 2010, and her aunt (mom's sister/cousin's mother) has survived breast cancer three times. She was diagnosed with a BRCA1 mutation in 2014 and underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy with reconstruction in 2017. She completed the 39-mile Avon Breast Cancer walk five times, raising more than $10,000. She has been a Bright Pink/Imerman Angels mentor for the last five years providing guidance and support to fellow previvors. She first walked the Runway in 2012 and 2013 and has been an alumni model since 2016. She has been a Runway family grant reader since summer 2019 and has served as a family liaison volunteer since early 2021. Through her work with one of the families, she was inspired to pay for the student's tuition that wouldn't otherwise have been covered. Wanting to have a bigger, long term impact, she started the Linda K. Cohen Tuition Fund within Runway in memory of her mother to help additional family grant recipients in extreme circumstances who need tuition assistance through high school. Emily has loved being a part of Runway and helping families affected by breast cancer in any way she can, and she looks forward to seeing Runway grow and help even more families.

Dr. Leslie T. Fang received his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He did his medical training at Harvard Medical School and his
residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital where he served as Chief
Medical Resident. He did his fellowship training in Nephrology at the Massachusetts
General Hospital and is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. A
clinician and a teacher, he maintains an active international practice in Internal
Medicine and Nephrology and is a leading teacher at Harvard Medical School. At the
Massachusetts General Hospital, he served as Chief of the Walter Bauer Firm and as the Chair of the Clinical Practice Committee. He has received numerous awards for
excellence in teaching from Harvard Medical School and has served and chaired the
Medical Internship Selection Committee at the Massachusetts General Hospital for two
decades. He has been repeatedly honored among the Best Doctors of America. 

Kristin Ferrari lives in Bedford, MA, with her three children: Alex, 22, Emma, 20, Ryan, 16, and her husband, Peter Ferrari, president of Shields Healthcare. In September of 2012, Kristin was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma; she was 40 years old. One month after her diagnosis, she underwent a double mastectomy at Massachusetts General Hospital and is now a proud 8-year survivor. Her healing journey brought her to Runway for Recovery, where she has found significant belonging and has become an active member. Kristin has been invited to speak about her experience at high profile fundraising events like the PMC, Bedford Parents Association, and the Relay for Life. In February 2020, Kristin organized the R4R Rally in Bedford, MA that raised $4.1K in one day.

For the last seven years, she has been an integral part of the Bedford High School Counseling Department, where she works as the Administrative Assistant to the Director. Before that, she was a physician’s assistant at Winchester Hospital Chiro. Ms. Ferrari is an active member of the Parent Association and Parent Council in Bedford, MA.  

Randall Kennedy  (Randy) is an American law professor and author at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law and focuses his research on the intersection of racial conflict and legal institutions in American life. He specializes in the areas of contracts, freedom of expression, race relations law, civil rights legislation, and the Supreme Court. One of his six books, Race, Crime, and the Law, won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Randy is the father of three young adults, and lost his own wife to cancer (not breast), in 2005 while his children were quite young. He is, therefore, quite empathetic of the families who are applying to Runway. Of note, Randy is a dear friend of Bill Achtmeyer, having first met my Bill at Princeton as his freshman-year roommate, and he is therefore thrilled to give his expertise and strategic vision to Runway in honor of their friendship. 

Tim Llewellyn As a photographer, Tim Llewellyn has shot on location all over the world for major
corporations, agencies, and non-profits. With a particular focus on healthcare and lifestyle portraiture, his work combines high production value and a captured moment style, blurring the line between the orchestrated and the candid.
He has been included three times in the Communication Arts Photography Annual and
has won the People’s Choice Award for Professional Advertising at the Prix de la Photograhie in Paris.
On the motion side, Tim's directing, writing and cinematography concentrate on shaping compelling and emotional narratives. His production company, Copper Hound Pictures, has been honored by several industry awards, most recently a Telly Award for his work with the Stone Ridge School in Maryland.

Suzanne Lowell President and Lead Designer for Suzanne B Lowell Lighting Design, Inc. since 1995. Previously on the faculty and staff of the Boston Conservatory. Breast Cancer Survivor since 2006, a preventative, second mastectomy in 2007 showed cancer in the pathology. Working with Runway for ten years, providing the lighting for the entire event.   I have been a long time supporter of charities that relate to animal welfare with primary focus upon Baypath Humane Society and Buddy Dog Humane Society. My favorite activity is anything that involves my partner, Liz.

Linda Matzkin was a speech pathologist by profession, and was fortunate enough to have two great jobs in the field at an early age.  During this time, however, she frequently found her brain wandering from its intellectual side to its creative side!  She started an event planning company, Hopple Popple, Inc, in her garage-turned-office. When she closed Hopple Popple 30 years later, she had built a business of 18 strong (mostly) women and enjoyed a reputation as a leader in the industry of event planning.

Most recently,Linda is consulting part-time with her daughter Abby and friend Tamar, who are the power team behind Two Eight Four Weddings and Events.  The rest of her time is spent on the many things she enjoys such as reading, walking, traveling, and baking! She is devoted to her husband and family, and ever grateful that my children and grandchildren live locally.

Linda has always been involved with non-profit organizations, both professionally and personally. A few years ago she was introduced to Runway through a dear friend and since that night, she has been a staunch supporter of Olivia—her mission, her drive, her tireless efforts…her sheer energy! Linda is honored to be a part of this incredible organization and to champion its cause.

Henry McNamara is a Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital where he invests and advises early stage consumer, healthcare and technology businesses such as Allbirds, Away, Flatiron Health, Maven Clinic and Acorns. Henry was one of Olivia’s first students at Fenn in 2004 and attended the very first R4R event. In addition to R4R Henry has done work with philanthropic organizations such as Venture for America and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Center. Henry, and his fiancé Laura, love to travel, ski and golf!

Ami is a patient focused, innovative and energetic results oriented senior leader with over 20 years of Clinical Data Management Strategy and Professional Services experience spanning MedTech, Life Sciences, Research & Development (R&D), and Consulting. She is passionate about the life sciences industry and improving human health.  She recently joined Benchling, a start-up focused on providing modern technology for the bench scientist in research.

Ami is a two-time cancer survivor and was diagnosed with breast cancer under 40. She was diagnosed with a life threatening meningioma brain tumor in 2019. Since that time she has been sharing her story, promoting early detection, and speaking publicly as a patient advocate. In her personal time, she has volunteered for The Head of the Charles Regatta for the past 25 years and most recently completed a 3 year term as the Race Director where she was responsible for the 2,500 volunteers and Race Committee Board.  She is an avid competitive rower, active member of the Quinsigamond Rowing Association, Quinsigamond Rowing Club, and also Cambridge Boat Club.   She is the current president of The Fay School's Parent Association Board.

Nicole Merhill is the Director of the Office for Gender Equity (OGE) at Harvard University and serves as the University’s Title IX Coordinator. Nicole has more than 15 years of civil rights experience in various protected class statuses, including sex, race, color, national origin, disability, and age. Nicole is a licensed attorney and holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and English from Purdue University (1998), and a J.D. and a Master in Education Law from University of New Hampshire School of Law (2001).

In July 2016, Nicole was diagnosed with breast cancer, a diagnosis she was very familiar with, as her mother was similarly diagnosed with breast cancer in her early 40s. After receiving treatment from Massachusetts General Hospital throughout 2016 and into 2017, Nicole quickly identified opportunities to support others going through similar diagnosis, including serving as a Face-to-Face Coordinator for the Young Survival Coalition (YSC).  In 2018, Nicole committed to ride her first Pan Mass Challenge. She is now a fifth year living proof rider, having raised over forty-five thousand dollars for Dana Farber Cancer Center. In 2021, Nicole walked her first runway and since then she was hooked!

Dan comes to Runway with years of experience as a CPA and in finance, working with companies such as Ernest & Young, The Parthenon Group, and Acropolis Advisors.  He is thrilled to be joining the board during Runway's period of growth and is excited to help steward the organization into its next chapter. 

Christina Fagan Pardy Founder and CEO of Sh*t That I Knit, a Boston-based knit accessories brand. If you're familiar with STIK, it is likely because we have partnered with Runway for the past four years - setting up a trunk show at the (incredible) event and donating 40% of our sales to Runway. While this partnership has solidified my love of Runway, my connection to the organization began 12 years ago when I volunteered for my field hockey coach's (Olivia Achtmeyer) first R4R event at the Concord Country Club. When I'm not running my business, I love hanging out with my *new* husband Alex, you can find us skiing on the weekends and playing backgammon by the fire or on the beach! STIK began donating Give-A-Sh*t Knit Kits to young adult cancer patients a few years ago so that they could benefit from meditative knitting while undergoing cancer treatments. We've donated well over 400 knitting kits to Young Adult Programs all over the country, most notably at Dana Farber.

Kathryn Bailis Phillips is a lifelong educator and has spent 20 plus years in the classroom as both a middle school teacher and high school coach and now is with pre-kindergarten aged children. She spends her summers working at a sleep away camp in Maine and has also served on the Alumni Board of the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts for many years. Kathryn has been part of the Runway family since its very first days. She is both the daughter of a woman who died of breast cancer, and also had it herself at the age of 34 when her daughter was just 3 years old and is determined to help other women and families with this disease that so drastically altered the course of her life and that of her family. Kathryn was born and bred in Boston and now resides in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Max Pinto is currently the Director of Strategy and Implementation for Parthenon Capital. He focuses on building value in the Parthenon portfolio through assisting companies with strategic and operational initiatives. Prior to joining Parthenon, Max worked at the Parthenon Group, where he developed growth strategy for and conducted diligence of mid-market companies. Max earned his B.A. in Economics from Williams College and an M.B.A from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He is excited to join the Runway board and looks forward to helping the organization grow. 

Wick Sollers is the former Managing Partner of King and Spaulding’s office in Washington, D.C., and the current Chair of the law firm’s 270 lawyer Government Matters practice group. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and U.S. Senate Special Counsel. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Maryland Law School. He has served or is serving on a number of non-profit Boards, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, St. Paul’s School for Boys in Baltimore, and Living Classrooms.

Erica has been part of the leadership team at Dell Technologies for 16 years. She is currently the head of APEX Transformation, an organization that partners with senior executives to build new capabilities and drive the large-scale change needed to enable Dell’s APEX aaS / Cloud business. Erica’s career prior to Dell/EMC was in management consulting focused primarily on the technology and telecommunication sectors. She has her BA in Economics from Smith College and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Having helped close family members navigate cancer diagnoses—her mother who fought stage 2 breast and stage 4 ovarian cancer, her father with lung and brain cancer, and her cousin who is bravely facing metastatic breast cancer head on—Erica is thrilled to join Runway for Recovery and do her part to help drive forward its compelling mission and vision. In her personal time, Erica can be found skiing and mountain biking with her husband and son.

Sara Weiss is a three time cancer survivor, an active leader and volunteer for cancer organizations, and a clinical trial expert who has dedicated her life to making a difference in oncology.  She was first diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, and again at age 48.  She was diagnosed with head and neck cancer at age 53.  After multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation, she is grateful to be healthy and active.

Professionally, Sara has focused her career on cancer clinical testing, and in doing so has developed a strong foundation for evaluating research and clinical trials on a scientific basis. For 25 years she has helped bring promising drugs and biologics through all stages of clinical trials and FDA approval. As a pharmaceutical executive and leader, she has built clinical groups to enable companies to advance from research and development into clinical testing. She has a proven track record building and managing effective teams and designing, setting up, and executing trials at both domestic and international sites.

Her oncology engagement extends to her volunteer work as well. Sara was a co-founder of Thrive, a support organization for young cancer survivors (now part of Young Survivor Coalition) and a peer mentor-volunteer in DFCI’s soulmates program with the American Cancer Society. She is currently a patient advocate at the DFCI, supporting newly diagnosed patients. She was a patient advocate on the breast and gynecological team that received a grant from SU2C (Stand Up to Cancer) and on multiple DFCI SPORE grants. She loves to windsurf, compete in triathlons, and read. She is married with two children and a dog, and lives north of Boston.