Friend for Life

Our Board

Kristen Mellinger, Board President
Director, Underwriting and Policy Services, Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Joined 12/2019
Mary Dickman, Treasurer
Strategic Project Manager, Baptist Health
Joined 2023
Bart Bushong, Nomination Committee Chair / President Emeritus
CEO, RFX Technologies
Joined 2008
Karen Donahue, Immediate Past Treasurer
Vice President, Operations and Finance, Norton Cancer Institute & Norton Medical Group
Joined 2011
Kenya Whitfield
Community Outreach Manager, Hosparus, Inc.
Joined 2016
Laura Mitchell, APRN
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Baptist Health Louisville
Joined 2018
Scott DeGaris
Territory Sales Manager, Inari Medical
Joined 2020
Bob Cunningham
Director of Pastoral Care, Chaplain, Retired, Baptist Health Louisville
Joined 2024
Raven Darko-Mensah
Social Worker Senior | Psych-Oncology Services, University of Kentucky Health Care/Markey Cancer Center
Joined 2024
Robert J. Eger III
Fr. Raymond J. Treece Endowed Chairperson, Professor of Accounting, W. Fielding Rubel School of Business, Bellarmine University
Joined 2024
Aquia Ware
Independent Realtor, Kentucky and Indiana
Joined 2024
Jonathan Boggs
Cancer Program Quality Assurance Coordinator at Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH)
Joined 2025
Tammy McClanahan
System Vice President, Norton Cancer Institute & Hospital Based Clinics
Joined 2025 (Returning Past Board Member)
Debbie Lorence
Retired Social Worker
Joined 2025