Board of Directors
JoAn Niceley - President / CEO
Beginning in 1996, seeing a need to provide wigs to those unable to purchase a wig, JoAn Niceley provided these services using her own funding. In August 2007, Pink Heart Funds was approved 501(c)(3) status.
Licensed hair stylist for 31 years, and salon owner for 28 years.
Volunteer of American Cancer Society's "Look Good...Feel Better" Program since 2002 and the state facilitator since 2003.
Accolades and awards:
- 2003 Volunteer Award from President George W. Bush
- 2003 Memorial Hospital Cancer Survivor of the year
- 2007 Received Joint Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution for Pink Heart Funds work, addressed both the Senate and Congress.
- 2008 Gulfport Exchange Club "Book of Good Deeds" Award
- 2008 Dancel Group Public Service Announcer Winner
- 2008 State of MS Sunrise Award for "Look Good...Feel Better" Program with the American Cancer Society
- Has spoken for several organizations, including the Business and Professional Women's Group.
Contact JoAn at: JoAn@pinkheartfunds.org
Carol Ann North - Chairman / Treasurer
Serves as Treasurer of a local church
Retired after 38 years of Civil Service of which 28 years as a budget analyst with the Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS
Board member of Pink Heart Funds since inception in 2007 as Secretary/Treasurer
Contact Carol Ann at: carol@pinkheartfunds.org
Connie Williamson - Secretary
Branch Supervisor at Whitney National Bank
Serves as a member of the Gulf Coast Baptist Association finance committee
Member of the Orange Grove Kiwanis
Volunteer member of the United Way
Contact Connie at: connie@pinkheartfunds.org
JoMarie Favre LeBlanc - Vice-Chairman
Controller for Coldwell Banker Alfonso Realty, Inc.
Attended the University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. in Business Administration/ Accounting, graduating in 1995.
Affiliated with Altrusa Club International from 1997 to 2000
Member of both the National Audubon Society, and Mississippi Gulf Coast Audubon Society
Member of Carnival Association of Long Beach, MS. as administrative team member
Contact JoMarie at: jomarie@pinkheartfunds.org
Katherine Kosturock - Chairman of Special Events
Executive Assistant for the Founder of RPM Pizza, Inc.
Vice President of Silver Run Bath Company, Inc.
Member of Business and Professional Women's Group, Biloxi Lighthouse, Women's Entrepreneur Gulf Coast Group, and Gulf Coast Heritage Trails Partnership
Contact Kathy at: kathy@pinkheartfunds.org
Geneva Dummer - Chairman of Technology
Served honorably in the US Navy for seven years.
Master of Science from the University of Tennessee with an emphasis in Microbial Pathogenesis, Inflammation and Immunology.
Currently working as Manager of Human Resources/Information Technology at Diamondhead Country Club & Property Owners Association
Contact Geneva at: geneva@pinkheartfunds.org
Janet Dodd - Board Member
Over 30 years in legal field, banking, mortgage lending and real estate.
Volunteer for the United Way of South Mississippi.
Recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award for 2009 for drafting the 2009 Holiday Giving and Volunteering Guide for the United Way of South Mississippi.
Contact Janet at: janet@pinkheartfunds.org
Allison Wall, MD - Director
Allison P. Wall, MD joined the staff of The Medical Oncology Group in July 2008. Dr. Wall, originally from Dothan, Alabama, received her bachelor's degree from Auburn University and her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency training at Baptist Health Systems in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Wall completed her Hematology and Oncology fellowship at Saint Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
JD Johnson - Director
Attorney
Law Clerk for U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge John M. Roper, Southern District of Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor 2006
University of Mississippi, Bachelor of Business, Economics 2003
Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout
Currently working with a professor at the University of Mississippi in drafting legislation to reduce the Mississippi high school dropout rate by requiring early testing of young children for developmental disabilities and disorders, so as to recognize, acknowledge, and treat disorders and disabilities that are discovered.
