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Board Members
The vision of the board is to be a proactive organization that is a respected and responsive leader in the community.
Our local mission is to identify and address community needs, serve as a resource and referral organization and work collaboratively with other breast health organizations in the community.
The governing body of the Sacramento Affiliate is made up of 6 volunteer directors. It is their responsibility to see that the organization stays focused on its mission, is strategic in its planning and that it is done with integrity and the highest standards for non-profits.
 Diane Pearson-Brown President |
Diane has served as Board President for the Sacramento Valley Affiliate since 2009. Prior to that she served seven years, from 2001 through 2008 as the Board Treasurer. Diane has worked for 30 years in the accounting field and has dedicated the last 15 years to public education and school business finance. She is currently the Director of Fiscal Services for the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento. When she is not working she enjoys playing golf, cooking, reading and spending time with her four grandchildren. She is looking forward to retirement but until then, Diane is excited about her role as Board President. She shares that, “Without a doubt, these are some of the most passionate, committed people I have had the privilege of working with. Every one of them is united in one goal: To save lives and end breast cancer. It’s pretty humbling.” |
| Jennifer Fuhrmann Board Member |
Bio coming soon! |
 Emily L. Leff, M.D. Director |
Emily was elected to the Komen Board in January of 2011, after having served for four years on the Grant Review Committee. For the past 26 years, she has practiced Pathology in Sacramento, until her retirement at the end of 2010. Since the 1990’s, she has specialized in the area of breast pathology, and has reviewed thousands of breast biopsies since that time. This has given her a keen sense of not only the prevalence of breast cancer, but also the wide range of ages and backgrounds of those women affected. Now that she has retired, she would like to devote her energies to helping to cure, or, even better, prevent breast cancer. A native of Buffalo, New York, she has lived for over 30 years in California. She lives in Granite Bay with her husband, and enjoys art, music, travelling, and reading. |
 Karen Moreno Recording Secretary |
Karen started volunteering for Komen Sacramento Board of Directors as the Recording Secretary in August 2009 and it is her passion for life, health, and happiness that makes her an eager advocate to join the fight against breast cancer. Karen has lost many relatives and friends to cancer and she wishes that everyone else caught in the battle has the help and support they need. Believing that it takes a community to raise the awareness of cancer prevention and detection and to win the war against this terrible disease, Karen is happy to join the Komen family. Raised in Sacramento, California, Karen graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in 1972. She has 35 years of civil service experience working for the State of California in a variety of human resources related assignments. Currently working at the California Department of Public Health she's proud of their mission to optimize the health and well being of the people in California. Karen brings with her a wealth of experience in working with people and performing in a team environment to achieve program goals and objectives. Karen lives in South Land Park in Sacramento and loves to golf, garden, bike ride, dance, practice yoga, and make jewelry. She has two children, Bryan and Gina, who are local and she enjoys spending time with her four grandchildren, Eleanor, Kasey, Zackary and Justin. As Karen looks forward to retirement in the future, she plans to expose the hidden artist within and to increase her contribution to society with increased acts of kindness. |
 Jennifer Solorio Board Member |
A native of Sacramento, Jennifer Solorio was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32 and participated in her first Race for the Cure one week after starting chemotherapy. Her goal as a Board member is to combine her natural ease with people and passion for finding a cure, while helping other women who have been diagnosed to impact their experience with the process in a positive manner.
"Komen brought Hope to the forefront for me at the early stage of my diagnosis. I saw the mission at work firsthand when I received a package full of items that would make my recovery easier and more comfortable – these items were all made possible by grant from Susan G Komen, Sacramento Valley. Shortly after that I attended my first survivors reception and was inspired by a sea of support from the community of local survivors. I’m also proud to be a top individual fundraiser and top team fundraiser – I love that the dollars I raise go directly to helping women locally, as I was helped." Jennifer wants to be able to impact the lives of other women who have been diagnosed by showing them how to see breast cancer in a positive light, experience hope and ignite the sense of fortitude inside them to get through their journey once diagnosed successfully. As a Board member, she is committed to helping the Affiliate reach more women and increase awareness throughout the Community. In addition to her Board efforts, Jennifer was recognized by MLB and represented the San Francisco Giants as their 2011 MLB Survivor Bat Girl. She was the 2011 Race for Cure- Survivors Co and is the 2012 Race For the Cure Survivors Chair. In her free time she ran the Nike Womens Half Marathon 2011 and enjoys kickboxing, travel to anywhere with a beach and spending time with family and friends. |
 Ann Yoshimoto Board Member |
Ann joined the Komen Board of Directors in 2008. She's been an active member of the annual Race for the Cure Volunteer Committee since 2007, in a variety of capacities. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, with no previous incidence in her family, Ann generously shares her personal story and survivorship throughout the community and enthusiastically works to create a positive experience for other breast cancer survivors. After completing her radiation treatment, Yoshimoto contacted the Komen Sacramento Affiliate as "my way of giving back and to help in the efforts of finding a cure for breast cancer." Born and raised in Southern California, Ann moved to the Sacramento area in the early 1980's and currently lives in Rocklin. Since 1991, Ann has worked as an Accounting Manager for Huntley, Mullaney, Spargo & Sullivan, a real estate financial consulting firm in Roseville. Ann has been chosen as Roseville's BMW's "Local Hero" as a result of her outstanding personal effort in the fight against breast cancer. In 2008, Ann was honored to have been selected as one of five local survivors to represent the "Faces for the Race" media campaign. In 2008, she stepped up to the position of Race for the Cure Co-Chair in which she has a pivotal role in planning and managing the Affiliate's signature fundraiser. In her previous role as Survivor Program Coordinator, Ann designed the annual Survivor Reception, an evening honoring over 200 local breast cancer survivors. Ann's dream is that when her young niece, Mika grows up "that she will not have to worry about breast cancer because we have achieved our goal -- Life Without Breast Cancer." |
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