Mr. Anthony May
Board Chair /CEO/Ambassador

Anthony May is the founder, CEO and chairman of the board at Men For A Cause. He provides strategic direction, business development and fundraising for the company. He is a champion in uniting, motivating and providing education for men in need of community as they support their loved ones in battles against illnesses. His singular vision is to build a non-profit organization that will make positive changes in the lives of men and their families/loved ones around world.

He has encountered many types of cancer among his closest friends and family. His stepmother “Momma Max” passed away from cancer when he was 16. Most recently his great grandfather passed from cancer, his fiancé battled skin cancer and her sister successfully overcame breast cancer. Each person’s battle made a profound impact on him.

Through researching breast cancer, he discovered the world had successfully formed a “pink sisterhood” but that male education about breast cancer had somehow been overlooked—taking an emotional toll while leaving the husbands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers and sons without adequate information or support. He also learned that awareness of male breast cancer was virtually nonexistent. Men For A Cause is his vision of helping to fill that void while building something even greater for future generations.

Anthony is an accomplished entrepreneur with more than 15 years experience who has combined his managerial and business acumen into helping companies realize dramatic growth and value.

He is the principal and founder of Metro Business Services. Previously he founded Tour Coupes. Before Tour Coupes, Anthony was the business strategist as well as director of advertising and sales for Tabor Communications Inc., a leading publisher of two online journals, where he was responsible for 80 percent of TCI's revenue for seven years.

He began his career as an executive chef. He later became an exhibition chef and eventually founded a successful catering business.

Mr. Thomas Miller
Board Treasurer / Ambassador

Thomas R. Miller joined the Men For A Cause Board of Directors in March 2010. He will serve as treasurer. Throughout his life, Tom has lost both his parents, both of his grandfathers, several uncles and a close friend to cancer. He has developed strength and compassion through those experiences, and will utilize that along with his business acumen of dealing with non-profits and for profits to help shape Men for a Cause.

Tom is the founder and president of the T R Miller Co., Inc., a 34-year old firm that ranks in the top five percent of the 18 billion dollar promotional product industry. The company is a full service provider of branded merchandise for clients to promote their brands and gain the recognition they deserve. He is focused on account management, defining the vision and roadmap, marketing, business development and partnerships. Both he and the company have won multiple sales and achievement awards.He started his career in the awards and recognition business. Many of his earliest clients were in donor recognition.

Tom has been personally involved with donor recognition and fundraising activities for more than 10 years. He is on the Board of Get A Grip Golf Foundation, which he joined at its inception. He is also actively engaged with Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Special Olympics.

Ms. Melissa Mahan
Board Secretary / Ambassador

Melissa Mahan is the board secretary of Men For A Cause. She handles the organizational over-sight and serves in committees on the board.

Her experience with cancer has been deeply personal and runs throughout her family. Her grandmother died of colon cancer, biological father had stomach cancer, sister survived breast cancer and she survived skin cancer. With so many of her immediate family having faced cancer, it has instilled in her a tremendous desire to fight cancer in the most constructive way she can – through early detection.

Melissa has 15-years experience in business operations and restaurant management where she utilizes her expertise as a skilled executive, turn-around expert and business development professional. She is known for her loyalty, dedication and excellent management skills.

She is the operations director for San Diego Sockers, Inc. and is an executive administrator with SIS Insurance.

Prior to SIS, she was vice president with Tour Coupes. Previously she was the district manager for Submarina, Inc., a San Diego restaurant and catering business, where she began her career. She managed all aspects of operations for existing and furture corporate or franchise locations. Before being hired as the district manager, Melissa worked as the general manager for three Submarina franchises.

Mr. Marc Silver
Board Member / Ambassador

Marc Silver became a member of the Board of Directors in March 2010. He will be one of the "voices" from the Board who share the best of what they learned to help arm the next generation of men to make progress and win their respective health battles.

Marc Silver became a member of the Board of Directors in March 2010. As a breast cancer survivor husband and champion for men everywhere, Marc will set the direction for the ambassador training program to best support the needs of men facing breast cancer issues either personally or within their families. He will be the "voice" of men, sharing the best of what he's learned to help arm the next generation of men to make progress and win their respective health battles. He is the author of Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond, named one of the top ten consumer health books of 2004 by Library Journal.

Marc’s wife, Marsha, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001. He was a typical clueless husband, and he went looking for a book to help him out. When he couldn’t find one, he wrote it himself, using the skills he’d gained in his career as a journalist.

Both cancer experts and husbands have praised the book as an important contribution to the literature of breast cancer. Marc has been interviewed about his book on the Weekend Today Show, NPR’s Morning Edition, CNN and the Diane Rehm Show.

Since the book’s publication in 2004, Marc has been in demand as a speaker at breast cancer events, cancer hospitals and other public forums. He visited Chile for two days of lectures at a leading cancer hospital in Santiago.

In 2007, Marc was named a Yoplait Champion for his extraordinary efforts in the fight against breast cancer.

Marc is currently an editor at National Geographic Magazine. He has also written for U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post and Cure Magazine.

Marc’s wife, Marsha Dale, is today in good health. They live in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Marc is a big believer in the breast cancer husband’s motto: Shut up and listen.  

Mr. Terrance Bell
Board Member / Ambassador

Terrance Bell joined the Men For A Cause Board of Directors in March 2010. He brings an awe-inspiring entrepreneurial background along with extensive government regulations/relations, policy and procedure development expertise to the board. He is passionate about strengthening the community aspect of Men for a Cause so that men and their families can better navigate current and future encounters with illness. His dedication to serving others grew from overcoming adversity at a young age and from losing his mother to breast cancer.

His perseverance, hard work and determination led to his becoming president and CEO of his own multimillion-dollar business, Holdings Corp., which specializes in real estate and offshore debentures. A negotiations and strategic alliance guru, Terrance provides corporate consultation for multi-million dollar companies.

With over 15 years of strategic, fiscal and operations management experience, he is a results-oriented, ethical leader who has a track record of driving organizational improvements and implementing best practices. He is a former commissioner for the California State Assembly. Previously he was a partner with Atlantic-Pacific Trading.
Terrance serves on numerous boards.

Mr. Dean Hutchings  
Board Member / Ambassador

Dean was named a member of the Men for a Cause Board of Directors in March 2010. Having taken companies public during his professional career, he will assist Men for a Cause as a business strategist. And, being married with young daughters, Dean feels a personal obligation to support the mission of helping men be better caregivers and more proactively involved in the family healthcare process.

He is a consultant who helps clients with fund raising, licensing, creation of corporate structure and development of go-to-market strategies.

His career includes more than 20 years experience raising investment funds, putting together winning teams and products, and taking those products to market.

He was CFO of Ion Laser Technology where he had ILT listed on the AMEX exchange and increased the stock price and market capitalization by over 20 times. Prior to ILT, he was the marketing controller at Novell. Before that he was the President and COO at EnvironMax.com and CFO at Linux Networx. Dean started his career as a CPA with Deloitte and Touche.

He has a Bachelor’s Degree from California State University of Fullerton.

Ms. Flavia Pernasetti PH. D.
Board Member / Ambassador

Flávia M. Pernasetti, Ph.D. was named a member of the Men For A Cause Board in March 2010. Her scientific background will be an asset in shaping the collateral materials and information Men for a Cause issues. In addition, as a lead scientist for oncology, she will help identify innovative areas of viable research activities to funnel available funding. As Men for a Cause goes global in its educational and outreach activities for underserved and underprivileged communities, Flavia will identify and support areas in Latin America, one of the closest geographic areas and therefore one of the early expansion targets, for outreach efforts.

She is a senior-level scientist with extensive experience in drug development (small molecules or biotherapeutics) in the biopharmaceutical industry. With a successful track record delivering drugs from research to development stage, Flavia has developed a deep knowledge in oncology, angiogenesis and metabolism/ endocrinology.

Flavia is a principal scientist with Pfizer. Previously she was senior scientist at CancerVax Corporation and research scientist with Targeted Molecules Corporation.

Flavia has a Ph.D. in molecular biology/biochemistry from the University of Liège, Belgium, a masters degree in biochemistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil and a bachelor in biological sciences from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ms. Beverly Mangerich RN. MSN
Board Member / Ambassador

Beverly Mangerich joined the Board of Directors in March 2010. Having been a nurse educator for more than 10 years, she will ensure the educational messaging on the Website and in all collateral materials is accurate and informative.

She has enjoyed a 30-year career that has been devoted to nursing. She is currently a nurse educator for the Scripps Polster Breast Care Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital. In this role she provides staff development and education for the center, makes breast health education available to the community, develops community programs and support groups, and facilitates the breast cancer support group.

She joined Scripps in 1988 as a staff nurse and spent her first 10 years in several departments. In 1998 she became a nurse educator for the Continuing Education Department and in 2001 assumed her present role.

Prior to Scripps she was a nurse with the Cupertino Home Health Agency. She began her career as a cardiac nurse at the Heart Hospital, University of Minnesota.

Beverly is a Board Member for the Young Survivor Coalition.

She has a bachelor of science in nursing from Montana State University and a master of science in nursing administration from San Diego State University.

  Ms. Kritiya Pokawatana
Board Member / Ambassador

Kritiya Pokawatana became a member of the Men For A Cause Board of Directors in March 2010. She brings five years of non-profit leadership experience to her role as vice president of the board.

With a dear friend currently battling an aggressive form of cancer, Kritiya has a heart-felt motivation for being involved with health-oriented non-profit organizations. Men for a Cause, with its focus on helping families on the front lines of dealing with active health issues, is an organization that Kritiya can make a difference in as well as receive timely support and encouragement from.

She has eight years of extensive experience in healthcare project management and implementation, working with senior physician and hospital leadership and hospital and community boards. She brings expertise in medical staff redesign, healthcare workforce development, strategic planning, and business development to consulting engagements for health and hospital systems, large medical group practices, academic medical centers, and community hospitals and health centers.

Kritiya Pokawatana is a managing consultant in Navigant Consulting, Inc.’s healthcare practice. Before Navigant, she was a vice president and member of the board of directors for COPE Health Solutions. She began her career as an assistant manager, hospital programs for Community Partners.

She has a bachelor of science in biological sciences from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and an HR management designation from UCLA.

Dr. Anne M. Wallace, MD
Board Member / Ambassador

Dr. Anne Wallace joined the board in March 2010. Based on her hands on surgical expertise, she will set the direction/co-consult for all events.

Dr. Wallace is Director of the Breast Program at UCSD Moores Cancer Center and has been the leader of the breast program since 1995. She is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery, and is among a select group of surgeons in the nation who specializes in both breast and plastic surgery. The Moores UCSD Cancer Center is one of the nation’s 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, combining research, clinical care and community outreach to advance the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer.

She has extensive experience in all aspects of breast health, specifically breast cancer and breast reconstruction. She has served as chairman of the California Breast Cancer Research Council and Vice President of Cancer Control for the Golden Triangle division of the American Cancer Society.

A leader in clinical research, Wallace has been instrumental in the continuing development and testing of new technology to improve the ability to determine whether a patient’s cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.

Dr. Wallace is a member of such prestigious organizations as the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Oncology. She was honored as the Komen Foundation Breast Cancer Clinician of the Year in 1999, named Clinical Teacher of the Year in the UCSD School of Medicine Division of Plastic Surgery in 2000 and has been named a Top Doctor in San Diego Magazine on numerous occasions.

Ms. Diane Roy
Board Member / Ambassador

Having experienced cancer up close when her mother died of cancer at a young age of 43, her aunt dying of breast cancer, and brother-in-law passing away from brain cancer, and her sister being a cancer survivor, Diane has a strong passion for not only a cure, but for the support of those whose lives have been impacted by this disease.

Diane has spent over twenty years in the consumer package goods industry, managing businesses with great companies such as Nestle Waters, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, and most recently representing Bossa Nova, a natural beverage product of Beverage Holdings Corporation, who also owns brands such as Sunny Delight, Fruit 2O, and Elations, a joint health beverage.  Diane brings a wealth of business acumen through the various roles she has held, including marketing, strategic planning, sales management, and adeptness in consumer and economic impact to the retail environment.

Diane has been an active participant with the Make A Wish Foundation and she is a former board member of Capital City Communicators, a non-profit and public relations organization in Boise, Idaho.  She currently lives in Orange County California with her husband and three children.