Foundation Leadership

Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation was inspired by Jill and Jon Albert's real life story. With an M.B.A. and years of executive experience in the corporate world, Jon found himself, his wife, Jill, and their two young children Jake and Jamie facing Jill's Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Jill and Jon realized early on in Jill’s fight the disease was not just attacking her body, but it was affecting their entire family. Jill and Jon decided they needed to treat their family along with the cancer. Jon took his marketing and operations background and combined it with their drive to formulate something positive and tangible out of the unfair and cruel.

Heidi Cohen, has worked for non - profits organizations for the past 20 years. For the last twelve years, Heidi has served as the President of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia and South Carolina. She currently serves on the board of the Epstein School, and the Atlanta Women's Golf Association.  Heidi has vast experience in all aspects of non profit administration, her particular expertise is in volunteer management and program/event planning.

Brenda Horne, Executive Director of the Georgia Cancer Foundation, Inc., has extensive nonprofit experience in healthcare.  Since 2000, Brenda has helped the board triple the services of the Georgia Cancer Foundation, acquire another nonprofit organization through merger, and expand the GCF mission of cancer education, early detection and support for patients and families facing cancer.

Prior to moving to Georgia, Brenda was Director of Strategic Development for a national Miami-based hospice firm following a 10-year tenure as the President/CEO of one of America’s oldest hospices located in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Horne previously was employed by a regional multi-hospital system in Central Florida, serving in corporate administration, fund raising and managed care capacities.

Michael Boxer has spent his career working for and advising health care companies in various capacities. Mr. Boxer was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Mariner Health Care, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Mariner was the third largest long term care company in the United States until its sale in 2004. Mariner had revenue of $1.7 billion, 265 facilities and 12 Long Term Acute Care Hospitals located in 23 states. Prior to joining Mariner, Michael was the Chief Financial Officer at Watson Pharmaceuticals, based in Corona, California. Watson is one of the largest generic and branded pharmaceutical companies in the United States with over $1.5 billion in revenue. Previously, Michael was a health care M&A Investment Banker at Furman Selz, based in San Francisco, where he advised health care providers, payors, pharmaceutical and device companies.

Michael currently is on the Board of Directors of Skilled Health Care. He previously was on the Board of Directors at the Marin Jewish Community Center, in Marin, California. He is also member of in the Atlanta Association for Corporate Growth. Michael holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

Dr. Spencer Gelernter is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice. He currently directs a multi-disciplinary clinic that serves the entire age spectrum children through geriatrics. They provide a myriad of services that includes psychological testing of children, as well as, therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Dr. Gelernter helped design and initiate funding for the Cobb County School System Crisis Prevention and Intervention Team, which has been used as a model throughout the country.

He currently serves on five Boards of Directors including two private schools and the Cobb County Commissioner’s Office Board of Ethics. He consults with a number of other schools and school systems throughout the Atlanta area. He is the Consulting Psychologist for The Walker School and is on the Admissions Panel for the JATP consortium of private schools.