Board of Directors

  • Sima Porten, MD, MPH

    Director

    Sima Porten received her undergraduate, doctoral and public health degrees from Northwestern University completing her education in June 2006. She was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society during medical school and also completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-NIH Research Scholars fellowship during that time. She then completed… Read More
  • Karen Sachse, RN, MSN

    Director

    Karen Sachse brings a wealth of experience to the BCAN Board of Directors.   She is a bladder cancer survivor, was a caregiver to her husband, Roger who also had bladder cancer, and is an Oncology Nurse Navigator at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Alexandria, VA. At Inova Schar, Karen… Read More
  • Malcolm “Mick” Tuesley

    Director

    Mr. Tuesley is the head of the National Security Regulatory Practice at the global law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. He has significant experience representing clients in national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and has been involved with negotiating national… Read More
  • Ralph Vossmeyer

    Director

    Ralph Vossmeyer is a former executive leader at San Diego based, Teradata Corporation and OpenCorporates  based in London – both are analytics companies focused on utilizing data to transform business results.   Ralph holds an Executive MBA from Washington University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from University of… Read More
  • Diane Zipursky Quale

    Co-Founder/Director

    Co-Founder – Washington DC Read More