Leadership Team

Katie Manga, MS
Chair, Missouri Cancer Consortium
Chief Executive Officer of Gateway to Hope

Misty Phillips, MBA, MSW
Chair-Elect, Missouri Cancer Consortium
Manager of Research Activities,
University of Missouri

Sarah Chavez, PhD
Immediate Past Chair, Missouri Cancer Consortium
Senior Scientist, Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine

Xarria Lewis, MPH
Executive Committee
Comprehensive Cancer Program Manager, Bureau of Cancer and Chronic Disease Control, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Iris Zachary, PhD
Executive Committee
Director, Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center Associate Research Professor University of Missouri

Emily Kalmer
Executive Committee
Missouri Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network

Maggie Grotefendt
Executive Committee
Strategic Partnerships Manager, American Cancer Society

Rudy Bess
Executive Committee
Founding Director - The Hope Light Foundation

Alison Thornton
Executive Committee
Executive Director of the Lung Cancer Connection and Co-Chair of the Missouri Lung Cancer Coalition

Hope Krebill, RN, BSN, MSW
Executive Committee
Executive Director, Masonic Cancer Alliance

Rachel Sanford, MD
Executive Committee
Attending Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer-Center
