Members listed below currently serve on the General CGRA Committee, the CGRA Certification Committee, and the CGRA Social Media Committee
Monique Tiffany MSN, RN, CGRA, BHCN - Chair CGRA Committee
Monique is an experienced cancer genetics trained and certified nurse who serves as a clinical resource at Myriad Genetics for healthcare providers. As a Medical Science Liaison for Myriad, she consults with healthcare providers regarding cancer-genetics related clinical questions, identification of patients at risk, results disclosure, and clinical practice updates. As a Nurse planner she creates and delivers programs that support nursing continuing professional development. Prior to joining the Myriad team, she worked as an oncology nurse navigator, specialized breast cancer nurse, and high risk/cancer genetics program coordinator in both oncologic surgery and imaging service lines. In addition, she is a 20+ year triple-negative breast cancer survivor and a BRCA1 mutation carrier with a passion for helping those diagnosed with cancer and the prevention of cancer in those who are at risk.
Jenifer Dumire BSN, RN, CVRN-BC, BHCN, CGRA - Co-Chair CGRA Committee
Jenifer is a Nurse Navigator at The Breast Center at Midland Health in Midland, Texas who is passionate about providing the highest standard of breast care. She heads the Comprehensive Breast Committee, responsible for The Breast Center’s NAPBC (National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers) accreditation. She also spends many hours in community outreach, identifying patient populations that are underserved to reach those patients with early detection by education through churches, civic gatherings and health fairs. She serves as the Genetic Navigator who developed a high-risk clinic at The Breast Center identifying those who are at increased lifetime risk for breast cancer, guiding these patients to receive recommended screening. She is also responsible for the implementation of the center’s genetic testing.
Stacie Holloway, FNP-BC, CGRA, CN-BP
Stacie is a high-risk nurse practitioner at Northside Cancer Institute, providing specialized cancer risk assessment and genetic services to patients in Atlanta and surrounding areas. She is dedicated to bridging the gap between healthcare and genetics by empowering community healthcare providers and their patients with genetic education, ultimately enhancing the quality of life for those facing hereditary cancer risks.Previously, Stacie was the founding provider of Navigate Genetics, a community-based hereditary cancer genetics practice that served rural areas of middle Tennessee. Her passion for hereditary cancer syndromes was discovered while practicing as a high-risk breast cancer nurse practitioner and breast cancer nurse navigator at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TN. In that role, she witnessed significant disparities in access to hereditary cancer genetic information among those receiving cancer care in community facilities, which fueled her commitment to improving access to genetic services.
Melanie Knight, MSN, APRN, CRNFA, CGRA
Melanie runs the High Risk Breast Clinic at The University of Kansas Health System at the Olathe Campus in Kansas. Her love of High Risk started after her 18 years of caring for and assisting breast cancer patients in the operating room. She now focuses her practice on counseling those at high risk for breast cancer along with those family members that have a history of colon, pancreatic and ovarian cancers. This entails managing all aspects of their care along with genetic testing. She completed the City of Hope Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment and received her CGRA certificate in 2021.
Winnie Henderson, MD, PhD, FACS, CGRA
Winnie has been a private practice surgeon for 13 years. At Oregon Health & Science University, she obtained a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and immunology and completed her medical and surgical training with a rural surgery fellowship. Certified by the American Board of Surgery, Winnie participates in 4 national surgical quality registries; National Quality Measures for Breast Centers (NQMBC), Mastery of Breast Surgery Program, Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative (ACHQC), and Surgeon Specific Registry (SSR). She is a member of the ACHQC QI Committee, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, SSR Planning Committee, and SHAIR Collaborative Clinical Leadership Committee. Additionally, she is certified by the School of Oncoplastic Surgery and Hidden Scar Breast Surgery Program to provide the best aesthetic surgical outcome to her patients. In 2022, she is certified by the City of Hope to provide Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment and Management and is one of two providers in Oregon to be credentialed for Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment (CGRA) by NCBC. The creation of Oregon Surgical Wellness in 2021, a new and innovative surgical wellness center, springs from her need to give back and desire to revolutionize surgical & cancer genetic care in her community. She is excited to be part of CGRA Committee to further this goal nationally.
Lori Plummer, MSN, WHNP-BC, CGRA
Lori is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, certified in Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment, through NCBC and is currently the lead provider at the Helen S. Carlos High-Risk Breast Clinic at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Lori obtained her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania where she was the recipient of the Sigma Theta Tau Award for Leadership. After several years working in the field of breast surgical oncology, she completed her Advanced Genetics Nurse certification in 2017 prior to obtaining certification for CGRA in 2022. As a high-risk woman herself, Lori is passionate about providing high-quality, evidence-based care for women and men at increased risk for breast cancer. She is active in the Atlanta community and surrounding areas, providing outreach and education about breast health and current screening recommendations, hereditary cancer syndromes, and risk reduction strategies to community groups and local media outlets. She is especially interested in providing outreach to underserved populations.
Alison Ryan, MSN, APRN, CGRA
Alison is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, Duke University, and Vanderbilt University; holding degrees in both psychology and nursing. She started her career as a nurse practitioner in the Seattle-Tacoma Area. She began in primary care, and transitioned into a role as the sole nurse practitioner in a newly formed High-Risk Screening and Genetics Clinic in the Greater Seattle Area. Working alongside a medical geneticist allowed her to gain valuable knowledge as they successfully grew the clinic into a thriving practice. During this time, she completed the Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment through the City of Hope (COH) and gained certification in Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment (CGRA) through NCBC. She recently moved to the East Coast to spearhead a High-Risk Breast Screening and Prevention Clinic in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire. There she provides cancer genetics and risk assessment services. Alison is an active member of the COH Clinical Cancer Genomics Community of Practice. Alison had a long tenure on the Board of the Directors for the Center of Chronic Illness, a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, serving as both board Vice Chair and Board President. She is deeply devoted to providing evidence-based care to her patients and empowering patients through knowledge. She brings great enthusiasm about the field of cancer genomics and prevention to the CGRA Committee.
Lauren Pitts, MSN, RN, CN-BN, IBCLC
Lauren has been a dedicated women’s health practitioner since leaving her corporate marketing job in 2002. After more than 10 years as a floor nurse in Labor and Delivery, Lauren transitioned to Oncology Nurse Navigation almost a decade ago, after returning from a 2-year period of living in Shanghai, China due to her husband’s job. During her time in China, Lauren saw first-hand the environmental impacts on health outcomes which sparked her interest in genetics and the interaction with environmental factors. Growing up in Marin County, Lauren was witness to the mid-1990’s where Marin’s breast cancer rates were 38% higher than the national average and deemed the highest in the world. In a full-circle moment, while working as a Nurse Navigator at the Marin Health Breast Health Center, Lauren saw an opportunity to improve patient outcomes and launched the Point of Care High Risk & Genetic Testing screening program at Marin Health in 2021. The program has grown to 20,000 screeners a year, which has facilitated Lauren to lead the program full-time. In this role, she continues to educate patients, partner with leading experts, and engage in outreach with practitioners that directly impact patient care. Lauren received her BA from the University of California at Davis and her MSN from Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, OH. She is a Registered Nurse who is certified in Obstetrics, and she is also a board-certified Lactation Consultant.
Rebecca Urbanovsky, APRN, FNP-BC, CGRA
Rebecca provides counseling for patients who meet criteria for hereditary cancer genetic testing and helped develop a High-Risk Breast program at her clinic in Waco at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Hillcrest. She specializes in risk assessment, manages high risk breast health, and coordinates care for women/men who have a high-risk genetic mutation. She also cares for women currently undergoing breast cancer treatment as well as follow up visits for the duration of their cancer journey. She actively participates in educating her community about hereditary cancer genetic testing and risks for breast cancer.
Jessica Gomez, APRN, FNP-c, CGRA
Jessica is a senior nurse practitioner at Texas Oncology in San Antonio specializing in Gynecologic Oncology and Genetic Risk Assessment and Testing for both gynecologic and breast cancer patients. She is currently enrolled in the Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment through the City of Hope (COH) and received her Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment (CGRA) Certification through NCBC. She received the Texas Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Outstanding Achievement in Genetics in 2023 and continues to increase access to genetic testing and counseling for patients and their families.
Mary Lowery Nordberg, PhD, CL(Sp), CGRA
Mary received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and followed with her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Texas Medical Branch. She pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in Tumor Genetics in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. Subsequently, in 1989, she became the Chief of Cytogenetics and Immunopathology at Penrose Hospital/Centura Health in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She remained in that capacity until 1998. Dr. Nordberg pursued a fellowship in Medical Genetics/Cytogenetics at the University of Utah Medical School, ultimately returning to Penrose Hospital to pursue her laboratory duties. In 1998, she was recruited to become the Director of the Cytogenetics/Molecular Genetics laboratory at LSU Medical Center/Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Shreveport, LA. She remained as Laboratory Director at LSUHSC until 2011, when she joined the Delta Pathology Group as the Technical Director of Delta Molecular Diagnostics (Delta MDx). She remains on the Faculty at LSU Health where she is involved in many medical school courses, incorporating genetic education and in-services for medical students, residents, fellows, and staff. She joined the staff of Willis-Knighton Cancer Center full-time in January 2019. In this capacity, Dr. Nordberg is part of an active Genetics Clinic, incorporating genetic testing and education for many patients and their families impacted by genetic diseases, including cardiovascular, women’s health, pediatrics, and cancer. Dr. Nordberg is a member of the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) and is certified in Cancer Risk Assessment (CGRA).
