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Abby Gordon is Principal and Owner at Two Eight Four Weddings & Events, an event planning firm based in Boston. She was “raised” in the event planning industry by my incredibly talented and successful mother, Linda Matzkin, and spent several years working both for and with her. With a passion for creating unforgettable experiences, Abby believes that she will bring her creativity and expertise to a board position at Runway For Recovery, particularly in working on the Runway events. Outside of work, Abby enjoys indulging in my hobbies of volunteerism, travel, reading and exercise. She is a life-long resident of…

Kristin Ferrari lives in Bedford, Massachusetts, with her husband of 30 years, Peter Ferrari, President of Shields Health, and their three children: Alex (27), Emma (25), and Ryan (21). In September 2012, at the age of 40, Kristin was diagnosed with Stage II invasive ductal carcinoma. One month later, she underwent a double mastectomy at Massachusetts General Hospital. This October, Kristin will proudly celebrate 14 years as a breast cancer survivor. Kristin’s healing journey led her to Runway for Recovery, where she found a profound sense of belonging and purpose. Since then, she has become a deeply engaged and active…

Crystal Davis is currently a nurse in the Neurology Intensive Care Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She has spent the past seventeen years caring for patients and their families. In 2008 her wonderful husband Ronald became her caretaker for 22 months while she underwent treatment for stage 3 breast cancer. The courage that it took to survive came from her herself, her husband, and her two amazing children Nya and Kai. Her goal since her remission has been to be a support to others and their families going through this life-changing event. Her magnetic and vibrant…

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.…

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)…