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Board
Of Directors :
President
 Patricia
M Kerrigan, PhD is the Founder of Foundation ThinkAgain. With an
extensive background in special education, she is currently the
cognitive late-effects specialist for the division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Neurosurgery
at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. Dr.
Kerrigan served as a special education teacher for pediatric
psychiatric in-patients at Children's Memorial Hospital in
Chicago, and also at the Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
at UCLA. She earned her Masters degree in School
Administration/Special Education at National-Louis University in
Evanston, Illinois, and her Doctorate in Special Education at
UCLA. Her primary interest is in the developmental effects of
acquired brain injury on the ability to learn. She counsels children as they go through cancer and brain tumor treatment, continually monitors their cognitive, academic and social functioning, and helps them to successfully re-integrate back into school following treatment. Through her work at UCLA, she discovered that her patients were suffering newly acquired learning deficits and found a lack of available services in schools to address these disorders. She created Foundation ThinkAgain to fill this gap in services, to enable these patients to celebrate their survival and return to school better prepared for learning.
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Cognitive Rehabilitation Specialist
 Dr. Kari Miller, PhD, BCET is
the director of Miller Educational Excellence, an Educational
Therapy center in west Los Angeles.
Dr. Miller has a PhD in educational psychology and mathematical statistics and is a board certified educational therapist. She has training in learning disabilities, gifted education, literacy and mathematics remediation, behavior disorders, and early childhood education. In addition to working as an educational therapist, Dr. Miller has been a
psycho educational diagnostician, university instructor, student teacher supervisor, special education teacher, educational program developer and evaluator, testing analyst, statistical research consultant, data analyst and grant writer.
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Director
 Eric
R. McDonough, Esq.,
a
graduate of the University of California-Berkeley and Santa Clara
University School of Law, is a litigation partner in the Los
Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a national law firm. Mr.
McDonough is active in multiple charitable organizations. He
serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Bar
Foundation, which raises money and distributes it to worthy legal
services organizations in Los Angeles County. In 2008 Mr.
McDonough was inducted into the 18th class of the
Tri-Valley Sports Hall of Fame in Northern California, which
benefits Easter Seals Bay Area. Mr. McDonough has remained
involved with Easter Seals subsequent to his induction. He and
his wife, Sarretta, an attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, are
involved with various local charities in Southern California,
including School on Wheels, Canyon Acres Children and Family
Services, and Beyond Shelter. Mr. and Mrs. McDonough’s now 4-year
old daughter Lauren was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome in March
2009. Mrs. McDonough is now on the Board of Directors of The
NephCure Foundation, the only organization committed exclusively
to support researching a cause and cure for Nephrotic Syndrome and
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), two potentially
devastating kidney diseases. The family has been actively
involved with NephCure subsequent to Lauren’s diagnosis.
Director
 Laura
M. Charles
is a fund raising consultant who has advised and directed many
non-profit organizations in major gifts fund raising, special
events, corporate fund raising and foundation grants. She has
worked with many universities (Loyola University Chicago and
Oregon Health and Sciences University) , medical schools and
centers, American Diabetes Association and the Los Angeles
Alzheimer’s Association, the international relief organization
CARE and most recently the animal sanctuary, Best Friends. Laura
has a sincere and committed interest in the health and well-being
of children. She worked for and served on the Board of Trustees
for Park Century School, a school for children with learning
disabilities. Laura earned a B.A. from UCLA and lives in Beverly
Hills with her husband Alan and a cat named Bogey.
Director
 Kellie
Richmond is the proud parent of a brain tumor survivor, and
currently works as a Distribution Outage Coordinator at Pacific
Gas and Electric Company. Kellie is the Vice President of the
Centennial High School Association of Parents, CHAPS, a parent
sponsored organization committed to raising money and funding
Students academic endeavors. Kellie is also an active member of
the Women's Network Employee Resource Association at Pacific Gas
and Electric. The Women’s Network is dedicated to increasing
communication among employees, company leaders, and community
organizations. The group sponsors programs benefitting the
community at large and provides a forum for discussing workplace
issues. Kellie is very grateful and passionate about raising
awareness to Foundation ThinkAgain. She is committed to helping
this organization grow nationally so they can serve every child
referred to them for treatment related rehabilitation needs.
Kellie lives in Bakersfield with her husband Mike and their two
children, Derrick and Jenna.
Medical Advisory Board :
Jorge Lazareff, MD: Director of UCLA Pediatric Neuro-surgery and Brain Tumor Program.
Ted B. Moore, MD: Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Director and Director of the UCLA Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant Program.
Joseph Lasky, MD: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Director of the UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program.
Jacqueline Casillas, MD, MSHS: Assistant Professor of UCLA Pediatrics, Director of the Life After Cancer Clinic, Long Term Effects, and Cancer Survivorship Center.
Sharon Grandinette, MS Ed, CBIST: Brain Injury Specialist.
La Vette Bowles, MN, FNP-BC: Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Case Manager: Pediatric
Neuro-oncology Program, and UCLA Life after Cancer Clinic.
Susan L. Smalley, PhD, Professor of psychiatry and founding director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
Barbara Klein, EdD, PhD: Educational Consultant who has written numerous books on child psychology and education.
Odie Bracy, PhD HSPP: Clinical Neuropsychologist; Director Neuroscience Center of Indianapolis; President and Founder of Psychological Software Services.
Gigi McMillan:
Consultant to “We Can” Pediatric Brain Tumor Network,
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, Cedars-Sinai Stem Cell Research
Oversight Committee, and the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human
Research Protection.
Committee Advisors:
Rev. Lorelei Starbuck, MA
Susan Williams
Julia DeMarco
Mary Stevens
Lucie Barron MS, MBA
Trista Rullan
Janice Allen
Patty Balch
Judy Lee
Liz Ziegler
Nancy Tabarez
Jody Brandt PhD
Shar Martin
Brenda Guitron
Victoria Harris
Leigh Ann Raines
Kyrsha Wildasin
Marlene McGuirt
Scott Healy
Courtney Kerrigan-Hanle
Debbie Henderson
Legal Counsel:
Seton and Associates
8730 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 400
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Web Site Management : Queerine Prawirasuta
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Matthew M. Howley is a native of southern California and graduated from Chapman University with a BA in Communications and a minor in Public Relations. He is the founder and CEO of Executive Epileptic Foundation, a non-profit public charity to raise awareness of epilepsy, procedures, and available medications and therapy. Previously employed as an analyst for Aletheia, a private money management firm, he is currently a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley, specializing in Intergenerational Estate Planning, Philanthropic Estate Planning and Retirement Planning.