Our Leadership
Board of Directors
APPENDICURE is led by the people who live this disease every day. Our board brings together survivors, caregivers, physicians, scientists, and operators who share one goal: better information, better care, and better outcomes for everyone facing appendix cancer.
Amanda Moore
Founder and Executive Director
Caregiver. Demand generation, sales, marketing, and revenue operations leader.
Dr. Asha James
Psychiatry and General Medicine
Survivor. Brings mental health expertise to rare cancer patients and their caregivers.
David Moore
President
Survivor. HR and operations leadership across multiple companies.
Jeremy Himmelstein, JD, LLM
Tax Attorney, Mayer Brown (Washington, D.C.)
Caregiver. Tax attorney covering IRS audits, appeals, and litigation, with nonprofit governance expertise.
Dr. JP Shen, MD
Physician-Scientist, MD Anderson
Physician-scientist heading the Shen Lab, with CRISPR-based research focused on appendiceal cancer.
Dr. Mike Foote
Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Medical oncologist specializing in appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei.
Renee Hill
Senior Manager of Research Administration, Versiti
Survivor. Oversees research operations and NIH grant portfolios at Versiti.
Ricki Dhal
Co-Founder, Bina Therapeutics
Caregiver. Builds AI and computational biology tools to find treatment strategies for rare diseases.
Dr. Robert Blair, PhD
Research Scientist
Survivor. Research scientist who led North Carolina’s first ACPMP awareness walk.
Dr. Stevan Himmelstein, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Survivor. Interventional cardiologist with more than 35 years in clinical trials.
Susan Cunneen, RN
Oncology Nurse, 30+ years
Survivor. Oncology nurse with 30 years of hospital and biotech experience.
Tanya Heller, MS, RD, LDN
Registered Dietitian
Survivor. Registered dietitian, HIPEC Ambassador, and national appendix cancer fundraising leader.