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Meet the Coalition Committee
Name Affiliation

Dr. Freda Arlow Marshall Internal and Family Medicine
Betty Arnquist Calhoun County Commissioner
Gerrie Baarson* Battle Creek Health System, Director of Cancer Center and Outpatient Services
Cheryl Beard Battle Creek Unlimited
Dr. Mary Ellen Benzik Family Health Center
Vicki Blanchard LifeSpan
Kathy Bloch Educator’s Task Force
Dr. Ralph Cram Albion Community Volunteer
Dr. Miriam Daly Albion Community Volunteer
Sue DeRuiter Battle Creek Health System
Genessa Doolittle Calhoun County Public Health Department
Lesley Dufner American Cancer Society
Trisha Farmer Marshall Internal and Family Medicine
Dr. Chris Flynn Pathologist, Regional Medical Laboratories
Linda Grap Senior Health Partners
Dr. Tim Hoffmann Family Practice, FHC
Phil Hostetler Albion Community Volunteer
Sharon Hostetler Albion Community Volunteer
Pam Hughes American Cancer Society
Dr. Mahesh Karamchandani* Surgeon, Colon and Rectal Surgery Center
Dr. Kenneth Lombardi Internal Medicine
Nancy Macfarlane Battle Creek City Commissioner
Jerry Mainstone American Society of Employers
Dr. William Mayer* Family Health Center
Carol Meyer-Niedzwiecki Substance Abuse Council/Tobacco Reduction Coalition
Dr. Randy Mudge Radiation Oncologist, Chair of Battle Creek Health System Cancer Committee
Mike Murray Community Volunteer
Linda Nycum Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program
Deb Pierce Battle Creek Health System, Pulmonary
Vicki Rakowski American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Region
Gary Roecker Regional Medical Laboratories
Kristin Roux Calhoun County Department of Public Health
Kate Segal Calhoun County Commissioner
Dr. Vincent Shen Hematologist/Oncologist
Dr. Steve Smiley Oncologist, Battle Creek Health System
Jean Thompson American Cancer Society
Patricia Thompson Battle Creek Health System
Tim Wanner Calhoun County Public Health Department
Jill Wise* Battle Creek Community Foundation
Dr. Rachel Yankama Battle Creek Health System
Wayne Young Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Heather Wagner Heartland Health Care Center

* Executive Members
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Our Partners:
American Cancer Society


Battle Creek Health System


Calhoun County Department of Public Health


Family Health Center


National Cancer Institute


Oaklawn Hospital


Regional Health Alliance


Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

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