SPRING LEADERSHIP WEEKEND

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WELCOME PATIENTS & CAREGIVERS

You're invited to our upcoming HOPE Summer Leadership Weekend!

The Summer Leadership Weekend is an educational experience to learn from some incredible leaders and speakers. This event will help volunteers, board members, executive directors, hope group leaders, and individuals who want to better support their local communities with the tools and inspiration needed to make a continuous impact.

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Aly Sterling

Nonprofit expert

Aly is a national authority on fundraising, strategic planning and board development for nonprofits. She will share practical tips for increasing your organization’s impact by empowering your volunteers and leaders and raising more money. You can learn more about her work at Aly Sterling Philanthropy.

Dr. Tracey Gaslin

Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Tracey Gaslin is a nurse practitioner at The UofL Physicians Hemophilia Treatment Center and a well-established educator. She earned her certification as a family nurse practitioner after receiving certification as a pediatric nurse practitioner. As a nurse practitioner, Dr Gaslin’s specialties have include care for patients with bleeding disorders and other hematologic conditions. In addition, Dr. Gaslin serves as the Executive Director of the Association of Camp Nursing, a nonprofit organization that provides education to camp healthcare providers.

Dr. Tammuella Singleton

Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine

Dr. Tami Singleton is the Director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at the Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine. She received her MD from Louisiana State University and then completed her pediatric residency at the University of Miami. Following her residency, she completed her pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University, where she developed a serious interest in disorders of coagulation, particularly hemophilia. After her fellowship training, she was recruited to join the pediatric hematology/oncology faculty at LSU and Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, ultimately ending up at Tulane University to pursue her desire to spend more time in the specialized coagulation medicine program.

Shonda Joshua
Common Factors® Advocate

When my son Michael was four years old, he tested positive for severe hemophilia B. Hemophilia is prevalent in my family, so I knew that his life was going to change, but I didn’t want hemophilia to become the focus of either of our lives. He was always an active kid. He swims, rides horses, and lifts weights. Over the years, I have learned the
importance of taking a proactive role in working with his doctors to manage his bleeding disorder. Caring for Michael made me diligent and fine-tuned my perspective about hemophilia. Even though I never showed any signs or symptoms, it was because of my knowledge and involvement in the hemophilia community that I was able to insist on
testing which led to my own diagnosis with hemophilia.

Cassandra Starks

Cassandra is a young women living with Hemophilia B. As a pole vaulter in college, Cassandra had to overcome injuries due to bleeds, but didn’t let her bleeding disorder get in the way of her athletic goals. Over the course of her college career, she improved her personal best to set both the indoor and outdoor school record and earned two NAIA All-American plaques. She graduated college with her Bachelor's degree in Biology and a Chemistry minor. Cassandra provides TaijiFit instruction, is an enthusiast about the mind-body connection and a firm believer of the power of a healthy mind. Cassandra lives in Colorado with her partner Paul and their 1-year old son, Clyde.

Cathy Baggett

Cathy earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Murray State University in Murray Ky. Cathy started her
career in hemophilia at the Tennessee Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders Foundation as the Program
Services Coordinator and has been in the hemophilia field for over 15 years. She is currently working at
Paragon Health Care Inc. as their hemophilia case manager. She enjoys working with individuals and
families affected by bleeding disorders and walking beside them to educate and empower.

Michael T. Borjas
Executive Director

Michal Borjas is the Executive Director and has helped develop training curriculum and implement new training Programs. Today he trains in over 30 different Courses and has trained well over 13,000 Students in this time.

One of his proudest accomplishments Mr. Borjas sat as a Management Trustees with a Grant with the International Teamsters and The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services.

Cathy Tiggs
Clinical Social Worker

Cathy M. Tiggs is a pediatric and adult clinical social worker at the University Hospitals ofCleveland Hemostasis Thrombosis Center (HTC). She received her Master’s in Social Science
Administration from Case Western Reserve University and is licensed to practice in the state of Ohio. Cathy joined the HTC in 2006 and has worked with the multidisciplinary team there to
provide support and services to their families. Cathy is very active in the bleeding disorders community and travels across the United States creating and participating in family and
provider workshops. She has served on several National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) committees, and served 2 years as co-chair for the NHF annual bleeding disorders meeting.
For the past 30 years, Cathy has spent her spare time leading a team of trainers at Tiggs Training & Consulting Group. As an educator, she works with public, private and non-profit
agencies in the area of strategic planning, staff training and leadership development. Cathy’s best times are spent with her 2 children, 3 grandchildren and “Duke” the German
Shepherd.

FRIDAY, JULY 17TH