Ken Scalet spent 17-years at Accenture, working largely in the health care industry on large-scale, technology enabled programs. As a partner, Mr. Scalet launched Accenture’s Federal Health practice. Following his retirement from Accenture in 2004, Mr. Scalet established an independent health IT consultancy. He has also channeled his professional energy toward board service for local and national not-for-profit organizations. He has served on the Board of Directors of Cancer Support Community since 2003 and serves as the chair of the Technology Committee. Mr. Scalet received a BA in economics from Franklin & Marshall College in 1987. He is married with 3 children and lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Anna Stewart is the founder of Gaucha Chica, LLC, a uniquely specialized product import initiative whose purpose is to source highly skilled artisans in Argentina to create and craft modern fashion and home accessories that reflect the native cultural traditions of the vast Argentine landscape and to bring them into homes in the U.S.A., while also providing a positive social and economic impact for the native artisans and their communities.

Anna provides over 18 years of collective fundraising, strategic partnerships, cause marketing and Board management expertise from health focused and non-profit organizations. Prior to her entrepreneurial ventures, Anna served as the Senior Director for Development at the Cancer Support Community (CSC) where she led the direction, planning, execution and evaluation of fundraising strategies for the organization. Before joining the CSC, Anna led the development efforts for the nation's largest public health foundation dedicated to tobacco prevention and cessation, the American Legacy Foundation (currently the Truth Initiative).

After eight years of legislative experience on Capitol Hill, Libby opened her own health care consulting practice in 1999.

Prior to Mullin Strategies, Libby worked as a health policy advisor, legislative director and Chief of Staff for several members of the U.S. House of Representatives who served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Libby is the recipient of the National Children’s Hospital Award for Advocacy, the President Award for Leadership in Women’s Health from the Interstitial Cystitis Association and a policy leader of the year from the Cancer Support Community’s Policy Institute.  Over the last 20 years, Libby has consulted with health care organizations to help build and advance their policy and programmatic objectives. Highlights of Libby’s legislative successes include drafting and negotiating the inclusion of multiple provisions in a range of major health care laws the Affordable Care Act, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and multiple FDA reauthorization bills.

Robin is the founder of RHD Events, a full-service public relations firm.  Prior to establishing her company in 1995, she was Media Relations Manager for Quality Inns International and Vice President of new business for Mary Ann Lundgren, Inc., a McLean, Virginia, based public relations firm.

Robin became involved with Cancer Support Community nearly thirty years ago.  Introduced to the organization by her sister, Jill Durovsik, an integral member of the Philadelphia affiliate, who also served for many years as National Board Chair.  In addition to fundraising and supporting events, Robin worked with Jill to establish the first CSC meditation garden in honor of their mother.

When the national headquarters moved to Washington, D.C., Robin continued to assist with fundraising efforts; elevating awareness and visibility of the organization. 

Robin and her husband, Marshall, divide their time between Bethesda, Maryland and McLeod, Montana and enjoy visiting their three grown children in New York and California.

Deanna Darlington is an Advocacy Relations Professional with more than 25 years of experience in government and external affairs, patient advocacy, policy, reimbursement consulting, and other related fields. She specializes in engaging patient advocacy organizations on access and policy issues which includes a focus on health disparities for vulnerable patient populations. Deanna works closely with advocates on key policy issues that support dialogue and engagement to patient access to quality care and value.

For 13 years, Deanna held various roles at Amgen Inc., that included policy and patient advocacy/alliance development. Deanna also served as Director of Reimbursement and Policy at a number of other Pharma companies.  

Before joining the biotech and biopharmaceutical industry, she served as the first Reimbursement Specialist for the American Society of Clinical Oncology where she staffed the Clinical Practice Committee and developed the State Affiliate Program under the Association’s Public Policy arm.

Deanna founded Links2Equity in 2021 after retiring from Amgen Inc. with the goal of serving patients and other healthcare stakeholders in all disease states and underrepresented communities such as Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific Islander, Aging, Rural, LBGTQ, and others. 

Sapna Pandya, MPH (she, her, hers) is a queer South Asian organizer, advocate, strategist and mother. Over the past 20 years, she has worked at various organizations in the US and abroad, primarily focused on immigrant justice and public health. After directing cancer education programs for 5 years at the South Asian Health Initiative under NYU School of Medicine, Sapna moved back to her natal city of Washington, DC and incorporated a hyper local multi-racial immigrant justice non-profit organization called Many Languages One Voice (MLOV) in 2010. MLOV was established to expand participatory democracy for and by DC-based immigrants who don't speak English as their dominant language, particularly focused on health, education, and labor rights. Sapna has been honored multiple times as a leader in language justice and LGBTQ rights. She speaks Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Spanish and English. Sapna lives in DC with her wife and their spirited toddler.