In 2017, Leah was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and told she was going to die within the next two years.

Nearly four years later and instead, she’s thriving. Using her experience as a dietitian, exercise physiologist, and wellbeing expert, Leah crafted a strategy of resilience to help her reach total remission. Her formula for success using nutrition, exercise, mindset, kindness, authenticity, and love has helped her to beat the odds despite initially being given a one to four percent chance of survival.

Leah has been working with companies and individuals on nutrition and wellness for over fifteen years. She’s worked with multiple global organizations on their employee health and wellness strategy including Marriott International, McCormick & Co., Hilton Worldwide, Johns Hopkins, and ExxonMobil.

She’s also the co-founder of The Willow Foundation, which provides funding to researchers that strive to find a connection between diet, exercise, and mindset and improved outcomes for late-stage cancer patients.

Leah holds an MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, a Master’s Degree in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science. She’s a registered dietitian and ACSM certified exercise physiologist. She’s a former division-one athlete and medical officer in the United States Army Reserves.

Michael is a 3-time kidney transplant recipient; his experience as a patient with chronic conditions spans over 3 decades. He is Chairman of the American Living Organ Donor Fund and a PCORI ambassador. He is the former Patient Editor of The BMJ, and he currently sits on the International Patient Advisory Board. Michael also has experience in the payer arena. At Independence Blue Cross, he worked on the IBC-Comcast Joint Venture. He also focused on developing new products to help members engage in their healthcare. Prior to that experience, he was the CEO of a digital health
company.

Michael holds an MBA from Temple University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a published author with recent pieces in Life Science Leader, American Journal of Transplantation, and The BMJ

Passionate. Unique. Loyal. Resilient. These words are commonly used to describe Sharron S. Rouse. Sharron is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the education and nonprofit industries. She is skilled in program coordination, leadership, community outreach, and curriculum development. Sharron is a strong educational professional with an Administrator certification focused in Educational Leadership and Administration.

A native of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, she has dedicated her life to influencing the world as a kidney disease, dialysis, and now transplant survivor. Sharron actively shares her story to bring hope and healing to anyone facing difficult circumstances in life. To expand the scope of her reach, Sharron founded Kindness for Kidneys International, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, encouraging, and empowering kidney warriors and their families. Sharron lives in Maryland with her husband Shawn and daughter Kyla.

As an experienced writer and nutrition coach, I am also a breast cancer survivor and mom of two teen boys. 

In addition to seeing clients in both person and remote, I have worked in the corporate world in publishing, editorial and marketing for over 30 years across health and wellness. I have been the editor & publisher of a successful parenting website and blog for over a decade, covering health and wellness topics for local parents, as well as writing about healthy dining options for other local news outlets and promoting healthy products and brands. Previously I managed marketing and social media for a men’s skincare company, doing campaigns related to men’s physical and mental health awareness. I am also the former communications manager for Oxford Health. With a son who has Celiac disease, I am also currently writing a book about living with gluten intolerance.

I would love to use my experience and knowledge to help others navigate their health journey at various stages of life, especially cancer survivors.

CJ Walker is a wife and mom of three living with type 2 diabetes since 2019. She is a fervent advocate for chronic illness and diabetes.She is the author of The Genetic Diabetic Blog and serves as a moderator and contributor to the Type2Diabetes.com community. She’s also an ambassador and influencer for the American Diabetes Association, Blue Circle Voices network, Chronic Disease Coalition, and Healthline Diabetic App Community. CJ is also an active member in DiabetesSisters, the Virginia Diabetes Council, Beyond Type 2 and The Mighty communities.CJ believes that by sharing her journey, she hopes to inspire others and educate them about diabetes so they can get tested for their A1C levels and insulin levels, as well as find out if they are genetically predisposed to it. If one person could benefit from her story, then she knows that the journey was worth it.

Kelly is a Stroke Survivor, functional fitness coach and Wife & mom of 2. In 2010 at the age of 32, Kelly survived a Stroke. At the time she lacked any physical routine, was a smoker and was severely overweight. Once ashamed of her Stroke, Kelly now advocates and uses her story to help educate others in not only Stroke awareness, but mental health and body positive movements. A Size Strong is Kelly Fucheck’s honest and open mission to raise awareness & provide information and wellness programs for all. Through her company, Kelly has been featured on TV, local radio, area publications, National Magazines and she provides public speaking engagements. Kelly currently co-hosts the Podcast Unfiltered Survivors with her best friend Amanda DeJesus where they provide a creative, unfiltered space for candid chats about health and more. The podcast also features many guests sharing survivor and/or impactful stories. Kelly serves as a National Stroke Ambassador for American Heart Association & American Stroke Association and volunteers with Wisdo and American Heart Association. She welcomes sharing her continued wellness journey with you all.

Mr. Kushnick started a thirty  plus year career in film and video production in 1979 having moved to Los Angeles upon graduating college.  His involvement included various roles in production for TV commercials and early music videos. In the mid 1980’s he returned to New York to work for Sony Music specializing in video marketing tools including commercials, music videos, and marketing videos.

Questioning the countries environmental crisis and limited energy resources Daniel made a career change in 2010.  He began working for Honeywell’s energy saving division, working as a manager, for a New York State energy program, to help low-income individuals save on their energy bills.

Daniel was diagnosed with Poly-cystic kidney disease in his late twenties. The disease progressed and in 2018 was diagnosed with stage five chronic kidney disease.  Preparing for dialysis he signed up with the Rogisin Institute’s program to train for home hemodialysis.  Six weeks into the training, after a social  media campaign to find a donor, someone stepped forward and in March of 2019 he had a successful transplant operation.

Since the operation, having retired due to the transplant and COVID, he has been seeking volunteer opportunities including becoming a mentor for the National Kidney Foundation’s Peer Mentoring Program and joining a local government environmental committee.

It is Mr. Kushnick’s desire to help other kidney disease patients deal with the issues of dialysis and those in need of a transplant to navigate the process.  Daniel is looking too expand his volunteer platform to a wider audience to increase awareness of the needs of those afflicted with kidney disease.

Just a dude with dialysis problems. End Stage Renal Disease survivor, TWO time transplant recipient and FORMER NxStage Home Hemodialysis Patient. Second transplant occurred on July 23rd, 2011. Returned to dialysis, October 2018. Third transplant on November 7th, 2020. I talk about my experiences with dialysis and transplants all while trying to live a “normal” life. From a young man to a middle aged dad, insight and thoughts on life, love and living with ESRD – tinged with humor.

During my 14 years of career in online marketing, I have helped with digital marketing strategy of clients in healthcare, travel, publishing, pharma and several other industries. I love working with startups and help towards the path to profitability.

Connie Rose Shearer (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is an HIV and Mental health advocate who early in their advocacy became an online blogger for A Girl Like Me, a blog site hosted by The Well Project, as an outlet and source of support. Connie has 25 years of lived experience as a person living with HIV, and more than 3 decades successfully navigating their mental health pathway. They have more than a decade of service to the local and national community in a variety of roles that include but are not limited to State Lead for SERO Project and State Lead for PWN-USA. 

Originally from rural Indiana, Connie moved to Nevada in 2013 for health reasons after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning. Connie is passionate about addressing health and social inequalities that exist among sexual and gender minorities, particularly with disadvantaged women from all walks of life, and they became a certified advocate in 2018.