Renee Banks RN, BSN
Renee Banks received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Regis College. She works as a staff nurse at Franciscan Children's Hospital in Brighton, MA.
Stephanie Catule BSBA
Stephanie Catule, BSBA , is an Internal Auditor for Loring Wolcott & Coolidge. Stephanie is an Alumni of Suffolk University where she received her BSBA in Global Business and Finance. Stephanie has worked for a Wealth Management company since 2012.
Pattie Day
Pattie Day is a mom and Teacher’s Aide from Ilon, a small town in Central New York. Pattie tragically lost her young son, Jack, to melanoma in 2015.
Karrie Fairbrother BSN, RN, DNC
Karrie Fairbrother BSN, RN, DNC is a certified Dermatology nurse specialist with over 25 years of experience. She is passionate about skin cancer prevention ever since the loss of her young husband to the disease.
Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH
Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH is a board-certified dermatologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Kate Hogan
Representative Kate Hogan is in her fifth term as State Representative for the Third Middlesex District, representing the towns of Bolton, Hudson, Maynard, and Stow.
Susan Keyes BA, M.Ed.
Susan Keyes BA, M.Ed. was the Chair of the Foreign Language Department of Hingham Public Schools until her retirment in 2016.
Clair Lombardo B.S.,M.Ed.
Clair Lombardo BS, M Ed., is the Science Chair at Sacred Heart High School in Kingston Massachusetts where she teaches both Environmental and Marine Science.
Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy, a master designer and crafter, has exhibited locally and internationally.
Katie McBrine M.D.
Katie McBrine, MD is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Gayle Peterson RN-BC
Gayle Peterson, RN-BC, is an Oncology Nurse working for decades at a large teaching hospital in Boston. She has cared for many patients with melanoma and realizes that if they had had sun protection education as a child, they may not have been her patient.
Krista Rubin
Krista Rubin, MS, RN, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner in the Center for Melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Susan Sarni MPH
Susan Sarni MPH is currently serving as the Executive Health Officer for the Town of Hingham following her role as Cohasset Health Director.
Caroline Young DMD
Dr. Caroline Young DMD is the founder of Hingham Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in Hingham, Massachusetts. Her practice provides advanced, personalized and gentle dental care to children in our community.

Renee Banks received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Regis College. She works as a staff nurse at Franciscan Children's Hospital in Brighton, MA.
Renee is a student nursing assistant at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, MA. She is an advocate for melanoma prevention and created a skin safety program for children in 2014. She is excited about working with Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation because she loves children and understands the importance of skin cancer prevention. Having lost her loving grandfather from melanoma in 2008, she knew she wanted to make melanoma education and prevention her life mission.
Stephanie Catule, BSBA , is an Internal Auditor for Loring Wolcott & Coolidge. Stephanie is an Alumni of Suffolk University where she received her BSBA in Global Business and Finance. Stephanie has worked for a Wealth Management company since 2012. Stephanie loves children which engages her passion for the well-being of all children. Stephanie is excited to support Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation to continue building awareness and to extend education to diverse communities.
Pattie Day is a mom and Teacher’s Aide from Ilon, a small town in Central New York. Pattie tragically lost her young son, Jack, to melanoma in 2015.
Jack was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital where the Day family met Krista Rubin, a nurse practitioner and board member of the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation. Following Jack’s death, Pattie turned to CMPF to request that we bring our SunAWARE Program for her school community. This program reached over 2,200 students in her school district by educating them about sun protection and skin cancer prevention. In addition, Pattie represented CMPF on Capitol Hill to share Jack’s story. As a foundation Advisor she has found a wonderful way to honor her son and to try to prevent other families from suffering the same loss that her family did. She is truly making a difference.
Karrie Fairbrother BSN, RN, DNC is a certified Dermatology nurse specialist with over 25 years of experience. She is passionate about skin cancer prevention ever since the loss of her young husband to the disease. Karrie has worked with CMPF in advocacy and education, teaching skin cancer prevention internationally and advocating for legislation to protect children from skin cancer both in her home state of Montana and nationally. She organized a fundraiser, Ride4Melanoma, where a team of elite athletes raced from California to Maryland raising awareness and funds for the SunAWARE Program. She has three children and two grandchildren who all share her love of the arts and the great outdoors.

Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH is a board-certified dermatologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
She is an instructor of dermatology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and also practices clinically at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. In addition to practicing general dermatology, she specializes in melanoma and skin cancer screening and treatment. She has a strong interest in public health and skin cancer prevention and early diagnosis, conducting research and publishing in these areas.
Representative Kate Hogan is in her fifth term as State Representative for the Third Middlesex District, representing the towns of Bolton, Hudson, Maynard, and Stow. In 2015, Rep. Hogan was appointed Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, where she and committee staff oversee all health-related matters that come before the legislature. In addition to leading the Joint Committee on Public Health, Rep. Hogan currently serves as the Chair of the Library Legislative Caucus and a Co-Chair of the Elder Caucus. In each of these roles, Rep. Hogan has been a tireless advocate for building our local economy, a steward of our public libraries, and a voice for our elders and most vulnerable. Rep. Hogan attended UMass Amherst.
Prior to her first election in 2008, she worked as newspaper publisher and spent many years as vice president of sales and marketing for a print and design company. As a legislator, Rep. Hogan believes her job is to create consensus, build alliances, and work toward solutions that will benefit her district and improve the quality of life for all citizens in this great Commonwealth.

Susan Keyes BA, M.Ed. was the Chair of the Foreign Language Department of Hingham Public Schools until her retirment in 2016.
Prior to teaching, she worked in the financial services industry specializing in taxable fixed income. She is a survivor of malignant melanoma having been diagnosed in 1995 and again in 1997. Ms. Keyes served on the Board of Directors from 2012 to 2017. She played an integral part in our 2017 strategic planning and has assisted in teaching, fundraising, and program implementation. Ms. Keyes has joined the Advisory Council to assist in program development and curriculum review.
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Tricia Kradolfer graduated from Mount Ida College with a Paralegal degree.
She worked at South Shore Skin Center between 2015-2017. During that time she became aware of the dangers of indoor tanning, sun damage and the rising rates of skin cancer. She became a Friend of the Foundation assisting with community and fundraising events. As a member of the Advisory Council, she tirelessly supports our organization by attracting new sponsors, soliciting auction items, and coordinating event volunteers.
Clair Lombardo BS, M Ed., is the Science Chair at Sacred Heart High School in Kingston Massachusetts where she teaches both Environmental and Marine Science.
She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University achieving a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology. She worked in the private sector on projects in organogenesis and skin grafting. She went on to earn a Master’s degree in Education at Lesley University. She has been a teacher for twenty-six years and on faculty at Sacred Heart for 3 years and the Science Chair since 2015. She had extensive experience in patient education while in the private sector and feels well qualified to assist CMPF in curriculum review, lesson plan development, and design and review of their educational resources for both children and adults.
Brian Murphy, a master designer and crafter, has exhibited locally and internationally.
He was a partner in Darwall Designs with his late husband of thirty years. He has been a friend of the foundation since our serendipitous meeting at a studio event. His education includes degrees from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Stonehill College and Boston College. He holds a Masters of Social Work and worked in this field for many years. His family has been personally touched by melanoma with the loss of his father to the disease at a young age.

Katie McBrine, MD is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
She is currently working at HealthCare South-Scituate Pediatrics. She grew up on the south side of Chicago. She went to medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her residency at Rush University Medical Center. In addition to practicing general pediatrics, she has a passion for educating others. She trains Nurse Practitioner students for MGH and Regis College. She has given numerous community talks to families on a variety of medical topics. Most recently she gave a talk on the dangers of vaping to the entire Hingham High School. Her favorite educational activity is the Saturday Science program that she started with a friend which involves teaching K-3rd graders about women in science and then performing fun science experiments. She is thrilled to be on the advisory council of such an amazing organization whose mission is education.
Scott Naughton has enjoyed a diverse and rewarding career in the medical markets.
He has served as a high-level advisor to C-level executives at start-up companies and to world renowned physicians in the plastic surgery and dermatology markets. He has held Chief Operating Officer positions within large medical practices, and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY and NJ, a large medical/cosmetic/age management dermatology and plastic surgery practice. He is the Founder of Naughton Braintrust, a boutique consulting firm specializing in assembling specific, targeted intellects to develop and implement protocols to successfully resolve even the most challenging projects.
Accepted engagements are often "stealth" mode, strictly confidential assignments.From this experience he developed FractalMetrics™, a proprietary medical management program, resulting in very significant improvements in revenue, procurement and all other aspects of managing a medical practice.Examples of start-up companies where Scott Naughton played an integral role as an executive include DermaGraphix, the first standardized digital skin lesion mapping system for finding and tracking skin cancers; Mirror Image, the leading morphing and image database software used by dermatologists and plastic surgeons, and Ivivi Technologies which created a targeted, signal specific, miniaturized, tPEMF technology that materially increased wound closure rates and drastically reduced patient care costs.

Gayle Peterson, RN-BC, is an Oncology Nurse working for decades at a large teaching hospital in Boston. She has cared for many patients with melanoma and realizes that if they had had sun protection education as a child, they may not have been her patient.She has served for several years on the American Nurses Association’s Board of Directors representing all bedside nurses. As the Vice Chair of ANA’s Political Action Committee and Leadership Society, she spent many hours with legislators helping them understand bills effecting nurses and patients. She brings this state and national advocacy experience to her role as Advisor. She is excited to have the opportunity to advocate and help eradicate melanoma. She firmly believes that children have the right to be protected from melanoma and the best way to do this is by educating them on how to be SunAWARE.
Linda Redding is the librarian at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston.
It was twenty years ago as librarian at Halifax Elementary School that LInda first became involved with the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation when Maryellen Maguire Eisen facilitated a professional development workshop for Halifax staff. While at Halifax Elementary Linda worked with a group of students researching and producing a Boston Globe Fun Pages dedicated to being safe in the sun. Most recently Linda’s students at Silver Lake have been involved in the documentary Glenna’s Gift produced by the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation and a PSA promoting Don’t Fry Day that aired on Boston morning television.

Krista Rubin, MS, RN, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner in the Center for Melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
For the past 25 years she has focused almost exclusively on the care of patients with melanoma, from prevention to management of metastatic disease. She is considered an expert in areas of immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and symptom management. She lectures internationally and has authored and co-authored numerous articles on the various aspects of melanoma, treatment, and management. She is the Chair of the Melanoma Nurse Initiative, a newly formed national committee dedicated to the education of nurses in the area of melanoma and the novel treatment therapies. She was the 2010 Recipient, Excellence in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Award, awarded by the Oncology Nursing Society, and the 2014 Recipient, Outstanding Community Service Award, awarded by the Dermatology Nurses’ Association.
Ms. Rubin served on CMPF's Board of Director's from 2009 to 2017. She joined the Advisory Council to assist with patient care issues and program review.
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Susan Sarni MPH is currently serving as the Executive Health Officer for the Town of Hingham following her role as Cohasset Health Director.
Susan has a bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Suffolk University. Susan completed her Master in Public Health from University of New England with her thesis concentrating on why white males over the age of 62 have higher rates of melanoma. Her educational background in Health Literacy and practical community public health experience help to educate the residents in the community. Although her field of knowledge in public health covers a wide spectrum, her passion is to educate the public of the impacts of sun damage, the importance of sunscreen, and the revision and enforcement of indoor tanning facility regulations.
Dr. Caroline Young DMD is the founder of Hingham Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in Hingham, Massachusetts. Her practice provides advanced, personalized and gentle dental care to children in our community. A graduate from Tufts University, she received her Doctorate in Dental Medicine summa cum laude. She completed a Pediatric Dentistry Residency and specialty training at Boston University, where she presently holds a faculty appointment as Clinical Professor. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. She is a Clinical Instructor of Pediatric Dentistry at Boston University School of Dental Medicine. Academically, she frequently participates in continuing education programs that support her academic interest in advanced technologies, nutrition and preventative dentistry.
She is interested in our mission, to prevent skin cancer one child at a time, because her family has been touched by the disease and she realizes that prevention in childhood is essential to health promotion. She has been a corporate sponsor for many years and joined the Advisory Council in 2019.