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Crystal Davis: Registered Nurse, Beth Israel Hospital

By Katy Hylton | May 1, 2024

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…

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Maggie DeMont: General Manager, Heinemann Publishing

By Katy Hylton | May 1, 2024

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.…

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Emily Cohen: PhD, Scientist, Discovery Biology, Kronos Bio

By Katy Hylton | May 1, 2024

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)…

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Jennifer Lubrano Clayton: Volunteer and Board Member

By Katy Hylton | May 1, 2024

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…

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Susan Burke: Retired, RN, MSN

By Katy Hylton | May 1, 2024

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…

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