The GHS Board of Directors is comprised of medical and business professionals and individuals with bleeding disorders, all of whom are committed to the global mission of GHS and to the development of bleeding disorder camps and education and advocacy programs in developing countries.

Lee Hall / send email
Lee Hall, Chairman and CEO of Global Health Society, Inc. and National Director of Programs and Patient Advocacy for MedfusionRx has more than 15 years of comprehensive experience working with nonprofit organizations and healthcare companies creating programs for the bleeding disorder community and other chronic conditions. Lee has focused his efforts towards youth and adolescents over the years. His understanding of both domestic and international healthcare, camps, programs and community needs have strategically placed him in a position to be one of the founders of Global Health Society, Inc.

Among his previous charitable work, Lee served as Co-Chair & Co-Founder for the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Youth and Adolescent Program (1994-1998) and Vice-President, President, and Interim Executive Director of Hemophilia of Alabama (1994-2000).

In 1994 Lee met with Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders, MD and out of that meeting he created a HIV/AIDS Peer Education Program for the Birmingham AIDS Outreach that still thrives today. Lee established the first Youth Camp for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Alabama Chapter (1999).

Lee’s journey has also taken him backpacking throughout Europe (1999). Upon his return to the United Stated he settled in New York City where he worked as a non-profit consultant to inner city youth and health organizations, in addition to Carnegie Corporation of New York (2000-2004).

Over the last twenty years Lee’s camp experiences have taken him to both Youth and Family camps across the United States and around the world, including Camp “Hemotion” in Northern California (1996-present) and Camp “Hot-to-Clot” in Western Pennsylvania (2006-present).

By delivering medical support in Romania (2005) Lee witnessed first hand the hardship of life without proper medication and the need for camps and other specialized programs for persons with bleeding disorders. Because of this trip Global Health Society, Inc. was founded. Along side other GHS board and community members he has traveled to Romania and Mexico creating camps, specialized programs and delivering medical relief every year since 2005.

In 2008 Lee will continue to expand GHS’s work as they enter into a partnership with Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) by creating the Teen Connection’s first Camp, “All one world . . . A Herd to be Heard.” While in Mexico GHS will also implement their first Medical and Educational Family Symposiums.

Betsy Kase / send email

Betsy Kase began working with the hemophilia community in 1995 as an Information Specialist at HANDI (The Hemophilia AIDS Network for the Dissemination of Information) at the National Hemophilia Foundation. While working for HANDI, Betsy was in integral part of the development and production of marketing materials including resource lists, network and organizational referrals and HANDI monthly and quarterly newsletters. She became a hemophilia/HIV educator working with patients, families, hemophilia treatment center professionals and others in the HIV/AIDS community. As an Information Specialist she was sometimes the very first person a family would contact when there was a new diagnosis of hemophilia or HIV. With her interest in alternative/complementary medicine she researched, compiled and marketed resources and referrals on this subject. These resources were the first available and helped to add complementary medicine options to the medical regimes of patients with bleeding disorders and/or HIV/AIDS. Part of Betsy's responsibilities were to also connect people with bleeding disorders with support groups like WONN (the Women's Outreach Network of The National Hemophilia Foundation), MANN (the Men's Advocacy Network of the National Hemophilia Foundation, Youth and Adolescent Program and Hemophilia Camps. During her time at HANDI, Betsy met Lee Hall at that time the co-chairman of the Youth and Adolescent Program (now Chairman and CEO of GHS) and was drawn to his passion, dedication and enthusiasm to the many causes this community has to deal with.
In 1997, Betsy opened her own yoga studio - Yoga Haven - in Tuckahoe, New York. Over the past ten years, Yoga Haven has become one of the most successful yoga studios in Westchester. Yoga Haven provides instruction to more than 1700 students per month and was twice voted the “Best Yoga Studio in Westchester.” Yoga Haven employs 25 staff including 20 yoga teachers, 2 massage therapists and 2 acupuncturists.

Betsy along with the staff of Yoga Haven and the yoga community together focused their resources to raise funds for Parent's Place, The Bereavement Center of Westchester and monthly for Women for Women, International. . She also lead fundraising projects in support of victims of the tsunami and hurricane Katrina.

Betsy will use her experience developing marketing plans for HANDI and Yoga Haven to lead this area for GHS, Inc. Betsy currently resides in Scarsdale, New York with her husband David Rossett and their son Jonah.
 

Dr. Marion Koerper
Pediatric blood disorder specialist

Dr. Marion Koerper, a pediatric hematologist, is the founding director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at UCSF Medical Center. She has a special interest in blood safety for hemophilia patients and has served on the Blood Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration. She is vice chair of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council (MASAC) of the National Hemophilia Foundation and founder and medical director of the Northern California Hemophilia Summer Camp. As part of her research, she participates in clinical trials to test new hemophilia treatments. Koerper earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Stanford University and a medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed a pediatric residency and pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at UCSF. She is a UCSF clinical professor of pediatrics. In her spare time she likes to figure skate.

Carole G. Lancon, ATR

Carole G. Lancon, ATR , of Lafayette, LA, is a registered art therapist and art educator who has worked with children and adults for over thirty years in a variety of settings As Program Director for the Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA), she designed and directed HFA programs and services, including Helping Hands, Focus on the Feminine, Dads in Action, and Blood Brotherhood; edited and wrote articles for Dateline Federation, HFA's quarterly journal; wrote and administered several grants; monitored and maintained program budgets; and assisted with the planning, promotion, and presentation of HFA's Annual Educational Symposium and other regional events. Carole also coordinated the HFA Teen Advisory Board and Teen Connection Program, including its first overnight camp in Little Rock AR. As a registered art therapist, Carole has provided contract art therapy services to a variety of non-profit agencies in Louisiana, including Acadiana Youth, a residential program for abused and neglected children; Faith House and Chez Hope, two local Domestic Violence Programs housing women and their children; Miles Perret Cancer Services Center; Acadiana Outreach,a local homeless shelter and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Carole has written and administered several successful grants on the state and national level, including a CDC-sponsored partnership for HFA's Blood Brotherhood Program.

Ilene Levy

Ilene Levy first got involved in the hemophilia community in 1994 when she was hired as the first Meeting Manager at the National Hemophilia Foundation and organized and managed their annual meeting. At the 1994 Annual Meeting she worked with Lee Hall and Bobby Wiseman to develop and implement the first Youth and Adolescent Program that is still in existence today. She has served as a counselor at Camp Hemotion in Northern California three times, where she experienced the impact that the Hemophilia Camps have in empowering children with blood disorders. In 2007 Ilene and her family participated in the first GHS Hemophilia Camp in Tabasco Mexico and experienced first hand the impact that GHS is making on the bleeding disorder community.

She has also worked as a meeting professional for the American Lung Association, The Society of Nuclear Medicine, The National Hemophilia Foundation and Hadassah. She also served as the Executive Director of the International Special Events Society (ISES) New York Metro Chapter, a non-profit membership organization for professionals in the Special Event Industry. She was hired in 2005 as their first Executive Director. Ilene helped develop the first Policy and Procedures manual, managed the operations of the chapter and helped increase membership by over 30%.

Ilene has served on the Board of Directors for the Meeting Professional International (MPI) Greater New York Chapter as a Board Member and Vice President of Finance and in 1999 received the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA).

Ilene and her husband have independently traveled throughout Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. Ilene is a first degree black belt in Goju Karate and enjoyed teaching pre-school karate classes as well as higher levels. She is currently training in Chinese Kung Fu.

Ilene currently lives in Hong Kong with her husband Scott and her sons, Matthew and Joshua.
 

Scott Levy

Scott Levy is currently the SVP and Managing Director of NBA Asia. He is responsible for all NBA operations in Asia outside of Greater China. Scott rejoined the league in March after running MJ Global Sports & Media, an independent sports consultancy, for three years. Prior to forming MJ, Scott spent 10 years overseeing all international media and marketing operations for the National Basketball Association based in NY. Scott was responsible for the development of content and the sales and distribution of NBA, WNBA, USAB and NBA Development League programming in all parts of the world outside the United States and Canada. Levy also oversaw the NBA's international marketing partnership sales and activation, the creation and distribution of new media and wireless content including the launch of NBA.com/China, and the development of game and non-game programming for the NBA's international broadcast partners. In addition, he managed the NBA's global advertising partnerships, along with over 100 employees based in 12 countries worldwide.

Before joining the NBA, Scott and his wife traveled independently throughout Asia. Beginning in China and ending in New Zealand they spent six months learning and enjoying the cultures of more than 10 countries. Previously, Scott and his wife spent 11 months independently traveling through Europe and the Middle East. Prior to his trip through Asia, Scott worked in global media for agencies including McCann
Erickson Worldwide and Young and Rubicam. He was responsible for managing high-profile accounts such as Coca-Cola, Nike and Gillette and developing international media activation platforms for events including the Olympics and World Cup.
Scott has been involved in the bleeding disorder community primarily through his wife, Ilene, and GHS President, Lee Hall. Given GHS's plans to hold camps internationally and develop programs to address the needs of the worldwide population, Scott saw the opportunity to get further involved by helping in the global expansion and implementation of the GHS mission.

Scott has competed in multiple sport competitions including the New York Marathon and the Westchester Olympic Triathlon raising funds for Fred's Team and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Scott currently resides in Hong Kong, with wife Ilene and sons, Matthew and Joshua.

James Munn, RN
James Munn, RN currently serves as the Program and Nurse Coordinator at the University of Michigan HTC and has been in that role since 1996. He has been a nurse since 1989 and employed at the University of Michigan since 1983. Jim graduated graduate from the University of Michigan - BS ('82), MS ('83), BSN ('89). In his role as a hemophilia nurse, Jim has held many positions including chair of NHF's NWG (2006-2009), region V-E representative to the NHF NWG (2002-2005) and is currently on the WFH nurse's committee (vice-chair). He has been involved in all of the camping programs affiliated with the Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan - Camp Bold Eagle, Eagle Outpost and Eagle Expedition - and chaired NACCHO's Health Center Standards Committee that developed guidelines for use by all bleeding disorder camps. He has been published in hemophilia-related journals and has lectured extensively around the world on several hemostasis topics. Jim served on the GHS/HFA Teen Connection committee and attended the program in Indianapolis in 2009.
 

Esperanza Ramos, RN

Esperanza Ramos is a licensed vocational nurse, with many years of experience in clinical nursing, management, and community outreach and education. She has a passion for helping others and demonstrates this in the work that she does. Esperanza held a position on the Board of Directors for the Cancer Detection Program (CDP) in Los Angeles for 4 years. She was the chair of a sub-committee “Latina Task Force” of the CDP and helped develop a marketing campaign addressing the need of monolingual Spanish speaking women in the Los Angeles area in regards to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Esperanza received the LA County Supervisors Award, 2005 from Michael Antonovich, County Supervisor, for cervical cancer screening endeavors of low income women in LA County.
Esperanza is currently working as a Bilingual Health Educator for Baxter Healthcare in the hemophilia division. Esperanza provides hemophilia related education to Spanish speaking family affected with hemophilia throughout the Western States. She is committed to the hemophilia community and is passionate about bringing information and education to the community as a whole. Esperanza has a wide range of experience in the health care field, non for profit organizations, fundraising, and community events. She has attended hemophilia summer camp in Northern California, as well as, in Mexico. She has participated in the NHF Walk of Arizona, and is part of the planning committee for the NHF Walk in LA. Esperanza has a heart the size of Texas, and that plus a big smile is what you will get.

David Rossett

David Rossett became acquainted with the hemophilia and HIV/AIDS community through his wife, Betsy Kase over 13 years ago. At the time, she worked at the National Hemophilia Foundation. Since then he has stayed connected to the community through Lee Hall and Ilene Levy. Upon hearing about the international hemophilia camps he immediately wanted to be involved and provide whatever services he could. David is Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). For the last 18 years, he has helped others (businesses and individuals) reach their financial goals. His areas of specialty fall into two categories: basic financial planning (education and retirement planning), insurance planning (life and disability), estate planning, and business planning (corporate agreements and benefit programs).

David has been actively involved with many not-for-profit organizations. Most recently, he helped raise money and awareness to fight childhood obesity through an organization called Team for Kids (TFK). In 2006, TFK raised $2,800,000 to promote physical education programs primarily in the New York City public school system. This program partnered with the New York City Marathon which David has run two times. His love for running has most recently taken him to Arizona and Chicago to run his third and forth marathons. Currently, he is actively involved in the development of a new organization, Race with Purpose. It is a non-profit organization also devoted to raise money and awareness to promote children’s health through physical education programs.

David resides in Scarsdale, New York with his wife Betsy and his son Jonah.

Irene Vlaskamp, PT
Irene Vlaskamp, PT has been worked in the bleeding disorders community for more than a decade and has worked in multiple therapy environments including traveling physical therapy.

Irene worked at the Mount Sinai Medical Center Hemophilia treatment center for 10 years. Her work included evaluation and treatment of children and adults with bleeding disorders as well as helping to plan and execute educational activities that help promote a healthy and active lifestyle among the center's patients.

Irene served as the region II representative to the National Hemophilia Foundation's (NHF) physical therapy working group (PTWG). Her responsibilities included making sure that all PT's in the region (New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico) were collecting range of motion for a study being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control per protocol. In addition, she was responsible for planning the PT section of a yearly regional meeting. Irene has served as co-chair of the NHF PTWG as well as chair of the group. The PTWG plans one of the educational tracks for NHF's annual meeting in addition to many other activities and projects. As part of Irene's role as chair of the group, she sat on the medical and scientific advisory committee (MASAC) for NHF.

Four years ago Irene led a committee on the PTWG to start the first annual walk at NHF's annual meeting to help promote exercise within the bleeding disorders community. Irene is one of eight physical therapists who took normal range of motion measurements in a nation wide study looking at "normal range of motion" in 2 to 69 year-old males and females. The study was sponsored by the Centers for Disease control with support from Hemophilia Treatment Centers around the country. This study will help us better understand normal range of motion and therefore, what happens in the joints of people with bleeding disorders.

In 2000, Irene became personally involved in the bleeding disorders community when she was diagnosed with type I VonWilebrand's Disease after years of unexplained bleeding. Irene's story of going 20 plus years from the onset of symptoms to the time of diagnosis is unfortunately all too common. Irene has done health news segments on national TV networks as well as told her story on Capitol Hill in order help raise awareness about VonWilebrand's Disease.

Irene was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and has lived in the U.S. since 1981. She has run the Disney marathon five times and the New York Marathon once to help raise money for the Leukemia Society and the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.

Irene graduated from Saint Louis University in 1994 with a BS in Physical Therapy. Irene recently relocated to Cincinnati Ohio with her husband Roger Cornwall and their twin boys Evan and Jackson, to be closer to family. Roger Cornwall is an orthopedic surgeon and the two hope to one day use their knowledge and expertise to help people with musculoskeletal problems in underserved countries.