Edna M. Moore, President has been involved with R.O.A.R! since 2002. In 2009 she was “elected” President or in better words, stepped into presidency to save R.O.A.R! from extinction. In addition to serving on the R.O.A.R! Board, she has also served on the Boards of Directors for Easter Seals and The Horn Farm. As a three time cancer survivor Edna has first hand knowledge of the need to advocate for yourself so that you are able to work in partnership with your health care providers when making those all important decisions.
She has been a practicing attorney in York for over 20 years. She is a 1988 graduate from University of Baltimore School of Law and a 1973 graduate of Dallastown High School. Edna and her husband, Dale, will be celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary on October 22, 2010. They have a pack of 4-legged animals at their homestead in Glen Rock. Edna says that one of the best things about Dale is that he accepts every 4-legged child she brings home! She is excited to be R.O.A.R!’s President and looks forward to taking the organization to a new level along with the help of the other officers, board, and committed volunteers.
Marianne Mills, VP & Treasurer, is a 12 year ovarian cancer survivor. Having lost her mother to ovarian cancer in 1973 and seeing that her mother’s experience of misdiagnosis was still being repeated in 2001, Marianne and her oncology nurse, Glenna Vose, decided it was time to bring awareness of this disease to York and together they founded R.O.A.R!
Through her work with R.O.A.R!, Marianne has had the opportunity to visit with our Federal representatives in Washington, D.C. to urge for increased funding for research and awareness initiatives. She has also served as a consumer reviewer representing ovarian cancer patients on scientific review panels for the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program.
Marianne is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and is employed by Carroll Hospital Center as the coordinator for the laboratory outreach program. She and her husband, Jim, share their homestead with a cat and a chicken.
Kelly Helsel, Secretary had never heard of ovarian cancer until September 2009. After five years of working as a contracts paralegal in the legal department of a Baltimore County healthcare organization, and the birth of her first child, she started working in a small law firm in York in September 2009. That “law firm” happened to be that of our President, Edna Moore. What Kelly didn’t realize when she accepted this job was that she would also be helping with R.O.A.R!’s administrative duties. She was shocked to learn that so little information or education about this disease is available in the community. Because of her passion to volunteer and give back to her community, Kelly felt the need to help spread the word. Consequently, at the November 2009 Board Meeting, not being able to say “no” to Edna, she was elected Secretary. In addition, she volunteers with other groups such as the York County Paralegal Association, Central Penn Paralegal Advisory Board, March of Dimes and Habitat for Humanity.
Kelly is a 2001 graduate of Northeastern High School and 2003 graduate of Central Pennsylvania College’s paralegal program. She and her husband Mike have one child and reside in York with their dog, Buddy.
Norma Beyer is an ovarian cancer fighter. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007, initiating major changes in the life of her family. As she qualified for a clinical trial, her “standard of care” treatment was augmented with an experimental medication. She has had one confirmed recurrence of the ovarian cancer and received treatment for that during 2009. She is currently “cancer-free”: and is receiving continuing consolidation chemotherapy. Thus, she is very interested in assisting others in learning about ovarian cancer and encouraging support of research.
Norma has been teaching at York College since 1993 and is currently an assistant professor in the nursing department. She began her career in 1974 when she was commissioned in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, from Walter Reed Army Institute with a BSN (degree from University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD). She earned an MS in Maternal Child Nursing from the University of Maryland in 1985. Over the years, Norma has had a variety of roles to include the following: Medical surgical nursing; staff nurse, Assistant Head Nurse and Head Nurse of a pediatric unit; a PRN nurse in gerontological nursing; per diem nursing at York Hospital on a variety of care units; health care / training / and management roles at Family-Child Resource; and providing care / counseling to pediatric patients and their parents in a pediatric practice as a clinical nurse specialist (advanced practice nurse).
In addition to volunteering on the R.O.A.R! Board, she is involved in several other causes as well: Health Advisory Board member of Head Start, York County; an initiating and maintaining member of GO (Get Outdoors)! York (formerly Healthy Lifestyles) task force of the Healthy York County Coalition; Eucharistic minister at St. Rose of Lima Church; Faculty Development Committee (Academic Senate) at York College; Scholastic Standards Committee (Department of Nursing) at York College; and Eta Eta chapter of STTI, planning committee member for annual evidence-based research conference (as well as supportive of many other Eta Eta chapter functions, to include serving as a past president).
Norma resides in Dover, PA with her husband, daughter (and her toddler son) and dog. Her oldest son and his family (wife and two more grandchildren) live in Dallastown, PA, while the youngest son and wife reside near Altoona, PA.
Dr. Amanda Bittner is proud to be a part of R.O.A.R! Her involvement with R.O.A.R! began aside her beloved mother, Dee Bittner, a founding member of the organization, and she continues to do all she can in Dee’s name to help others who have been affected by ovarian cancer. An interest in health and community comes naturally to Amanda: after graduating from York College of Pennsylvania in 1991, she went on to study medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey and graduated from Chicago’s prestigious Northwestern University in 2001 after completing her internal medicine residency and her fellowship in allergy/immunology. She serves the South Central Pennsylvania community as a physician and partner at the Allergy and Asthma Center and lives in York with her husband, Chris, and their infant daughter, Sasha.
Jeannine Dabb is a graduate of Dallastown Area High School 1994. She attended Western Maryland College from 1994 to winter of 1995. She proceeded to Von Lee International School of Aesthetics where she became an Aesthetician and Makeup artist. In May of 1996 she started working with her father Dr. Richard Dabb; and has been doing Aesthetics in a medical office ever since. While working, she also did an apprenticeship to become a Barber, where she then added hair services to her practice. She served on the national board of The Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialists for 8 years, where she finished her term as their youngest president at 32. While serving on that board she also formed the organizations first philanthropic committee. Jeannine has helped serve the community of burn survivors for the Phoenix ’s Society’s BEST program.
Jeannine’s grandmother passed from ovarian cancer so bringing awareness to this silent killer is very important to her. She is very excited to be apart of the revitalization of R.O.A.R!
Dan Gilbert, Webmaster was born and raised in York. He currently works in the IT field of internet software development and lives in Red Lion with his wife and daughter. He has been involved with ROAR for the past two years helping with the website for the annual ROAR on the Floor dinner and dancing fundraiser.
Kiersten Mathieu is the Morning Anchor for FOX43 News. She started working at the station in June 2007. Before that she worked at the CBS station in Binghamton, New York. She graduated from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia with an English degree and loves to read books and do crossword puzzles. She’s thrilled to be on board with R.O.A.R! and is excited to spread awareness, especially to younger women who may not know about ovarian cancer.
Carol Shapiro is a Radiologic Technologist by profession and worked in the field until she had children. She then became a stay at home mom. At the present time she fills in at her husband’s dental practice when needed. As an empty nester she’s become active in many volunteer organizations. R.O.A.R! is near and dear to her heart. Carol lost her best friend, Clarabeth Grossman, to ovarian cancer in 2006. She and her husband Barry have been married for thirty seven years, have four children and two grandchildren.
Susan K. Sprague is a civil engineer with Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson. Susan received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University in 1986 and served on the Lehigh University Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1999-2001. Susan is a graduate of Leadership York (1992) and served on the Main Street York Board of Directors from 1993 to 1998.
Susan has been actively involved in her professional organization, Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, since 1987. She served the Lincoln Chapter as a board member from 1992 through 2000 and as President in 1996-1997. She currently serves as chapter coordinator of the MATHCOUNTS program and treasurer of the York County Science and Engineering Fair. At the state level, Susan served as the Pennsylvania State MATHCOUNTS Coordinator from 2003-2005 and currently serves as PSPE Central Region Vice-President.
In her spare time, she enjoys golfing, ballroom dancing and watching football. She has been involved with the R.O.A.R! on the Floor event since 2008. Susan resides in Dallastown with her husband, Kevin.