Board
Board of Governors
Effective November, 2011
Edna M. Moore, Esquire, 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. In addition, she is a 2011 graduate of Leadership York’s “Executive Connections” class. Edna and her husband, Dale, have been married for over 30 years. They have a pack of 4-legged animals at their homestead in Glen Rock, PA. 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 members, and committed volunteers.
Marianne Mills, Vice President & 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 in Glen Rock, PA.
Kelly Helsel, Pa. C.P., Secretary is a 2003 graduate of Central Pennsylvania College and a 2011 graduate of Leadership York’s “Executive Connections” class. After working as a paralegal in the legal department of a Baltimore County health care organization for five years, and the birth of her son, she started working part-time in a small law firm in York, PA in September 2009. That “law firm” happened to be that of R.O.A.R!’s 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 various administrative duties. She had never heard of ovarian cancer until 2009 and 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. Due to her passion for our mission coupled with the Board’s satisfaction with her work, she became R.O.A.R!’s only paid staff member in February of 2011 through an independent contractor agreement. She is the editor of our quarterly newsletter called, “R.O.A.R! Times”, she manages R.O.A.R!’s website and Facebook page, helps to coordinate events and handles many other daily tasks. In addition, she is a member of the York County Paralegal Association and Central Pennsylvania College’s Paralegal Advisory Board.
She and her husband, Mike, reside in York with their son and bichon-poodle. In her spare time she enjoys scrapbooking and spending time outdoors.
Norma Beyer, M.S., R.N., 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.
Julia Feld-Caralle, Esquire is a cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland and a 1987 graduate of the George Mason University School of Law where she was a member of law review. Following a clerkship in Dauphin County with the Honorable Clarence C. Morrison she served as a prosecuting attorney in the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office from 1988-1990. In 1990 she entered the private sector in York, Pennsylvania where she practiced primarily in the area of plaintiff’s civil litigation with a focus on medical malpractice. In October of 2000, Ms. Caralle moved back into public service accepting a position with the Department of State in Harrisburg. While at the Department of State, Ms. Caralle has served as a prosecuting attorney on behalf of various licensing boards including the State Real Estate Commission and State Board of Psychology, senior prosecutor supervising a team of attorneys in their evaluation and prosecution of cases before licensing boards and prosecution liaison to the State Real Estate Commission, Architects Licensure Board, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Landscape Architects, Board of Cosmetology; Board of Accountancy; and Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists and Board of Auctioneer Examiners. She has also provided prosecution services to the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation with regard to Notary Publics. Ms. Caralle plans and presents both in and out of office education for the legal staff, investigators, board and profession members. She is currently attending a Commonwealth sponsored Leadership Development Institute for women. In 2007 she lost her mother to a three year battle with ovarian cancer.
Ann Marie McElwee, Esquire, ovarian cancer survivor of 12 years, brings 25 years of legal experience to our Board of Governors. She attained an associate degree from Yorktowne Business Institute in 1986 and was employed as a legal secretary for (now) Judge Maria Musti-Cook. She attained her Paralegal certification in 1988 from Penn State University and was a paralegal for Donald B. Swope, Esquire from 1988 to 1995. While working full time, she attended and graduated from York College with a Bachelors of Science degree in Office Management in 1992. Still working full time, she went to Law School and graduated from Widener Law School in 1996 and was employed as an attorney for Carolyn Lasky, Esquire concentrating in elder law and family law, from January 1997 until October 2000. She and Dawn Cutaia, Esquire were involved in a partnership from 2000 through 2005 and then went on to practice on her own from 2005 until 2008. Since April 2008, she has been employed as an attorney for Mid-Penn Legal Services in York.
Ann Marie is excited to be part of our non-profit organization and provide assistance, not only from a legal standpoint, but also provide insight as an ovarian cancer survivor!
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.
Susan K. Sprague, P.E., CCS, 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, PA with her husband, Kevin.
Mary Zeigler, EMT-B is the Client Services Coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania and is also an EMT that runs with a local ambulance club. She is very passionate about women’s health and promoting awareness and joined R.O.A.R!’s Board in January, 2010. Mary is currently the Networking Committee Chair for York’s CHAMBERFuel group. She received an Associates Degree in Business Management from HACC and is working on finishing her Bachelors Degree in Management with a minor in Leadership and Organizational Development at York College. Mary graduated from Dallastown High School in 2004 and from HACC in 2007. She lives in York with her cat, Gucci and enjoys raising Nigerian Dwarf Goats on her farm.