Meet The Volunteer Crew At MSU!

Learn more about our  amazing volunteers, board members, and advisors, in their own words.

Click the video below to access the entire playlist. Or, visit the playlist on YouTube here.

If you are interested in volunteering, or you have previous nonprofit experience and are interested in joining our board of directors, we welcome you to apply.

Operations

From the Heart Support 

Jason Hopfauf, Assistant Director

Mary Oltmans,  Clubhouse/Zoom Support Group Manager

Polly Woods, Scheduler , Clubhouse/Zoom Support Group Leader

Mary Lewis, Clubhouse/Zoom Support Group Leader

Facebook Administrators & Moderators

Jason Hopfauf, All Facebook Groups & Inspire

Bernadette Dulce, Facebook IMNM (NAM) Group

Mary Oltmans, Facebook Myositis Support Group, Anti MDA5 Group

Maxim Lipkin Facebook Caregivers Group

Blaine Spence, Facebook IBM Group

Support Group Moderators 

Jason Hopfauf

Mary Oltmans

Mary Lewis

Polly Wood

Cindy Crim

Blaine Spence

Bernadette Dolce

Corene Canaan

Nelson Rodriguez

Karen Beetow

Brittany Lee

Louie Doblado

Lauren Dicair

William Robinson

Finance

Stephen Murphy, Bookkeeper

Financial Assistance Program Volunteers

Shirley Schnieders, MSU Board Treasurer

Elsbeth Shepard, Financial Assistance Specialist

Rosemary Badian, Financial Assistance Admin

Linda Middleton, Financial Assistance Admin

Outreach & Engagement

Waiyee Hui, Graphic Designer, Content Creator, Social Media Scheduler

Grace Clark, Graphic Designer

Karen Beetow, Volunteer Recognition

 

Advocacy

Kyanna Williams, Director Public Health & Policy

Megan Moore

Robert Burleson

Christopher Jackson

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