Meet The Team

Corporate Officers of Putnam First Cancer Fund, Inc.

– President, Mary Garcia
– Vice President, Anand Kuruvilla, MD
– Secretary, Deb Johnson
– Treasurer, Roxane Kennedy

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees meet twice a year and have oversight of the Executive Committee, which deals with the “day to day” operations of the charity.

– Ben Bates, Real Estate and Insurance
– Charlie Douglas, Attorney
– Rev. Karl Flagg, former Mayor of Palatka and Putnam County Commissioner
– John Gaines, MD, internist
– Patrick Harris, OD, Family Practice
– Ed Hedstrom, Retired Judge and Attorney
– Kristopher Hilliard, IT analyst
– JR Newbold, III, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, President of Forest Groves, County Commissioner

– Bill Pickens, former County Commissioner, NAPA—Peninsular Auto Parts proprietor
– Bobby Payne, former State Representative

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee evaluates requests for assistance by PFCF.

– Mary Connor
– Taylor Douglas

– Marcia Easterling
– Mary Garcia
– Linda Girardin

– Tom Hunter
– Deb Johnson
– Roxane Kennedy
– Anand Kuruvilla, MD
– Ken Mahaffey
– Vernon Myers
– Vonshell Offord
– Barbara Scholl
– Weezie Smith
– Elizabeth Van Rensburg
– Sheila McCoy, Ex Officio