Board Members

Dr. Rhoda Nussbaum

Rhoda Nussbaum, MD spent the first part of her career practicing Obstetrician&Gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco. She held numerous administrative and leadership roles including Women's Health Leader for Northern California.  Since retiring from Kaiser, she has continued to practice medicine on a volunteer basis at home and abroad. While volunteering at a hospital in India, she saw how common cervical cancer was and began looking for a way to provide screening and prevention practical for this very poor region. She heard about PINCC and knew she had found the answer. In 2009, Rhoda and her husband John Adams became the medical and administrative directors of PINCC - India and have conducted 2 trainings at a Mobile Hospital caring for thousands of villagers in Andhra Pradesh, India. They will continue to lead PINCC trips to India where more than 70,000 women die each year from this preventable disease.

Dr. Kay Taylor

Dr. Kay Taylor is a gynecologist who took early retirement from her practice  at Kaiser Fremont in 2005 to address the problem of cervical cancer prevention in the developing world.  She returned to school after starting a family, was educated at UCLA and UC Davis Medical School, escorted to her graduation by her 2 teenaged sons. Always interested in women's access to care, she started a women's clinic in Sacramento, Womankind, during medical school, and volunteered at Lyon-Martin Clinic in San Francisco during her OB/GYN residency at Kaiser San Francisco. She will receive the UC Davis Medical School Alumni Transformational Leadership Award this May for her work in founding and developing PINCC (Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer).  She is also a grandmother, amateur artist and birder.
 

John Adams, PhD

John D. Adams, Ph.D. (retired) is an Emeritus Professor of Organizational Systems, and was for many years the Chair of the Faculty and the Chair of the Organizational Systems Ph.D. Program at the Saybrook Graduate School (San Francisco).  He has been a leader in the organizational development movement, published extensively, and provided consultation to such organizations as Sun MicroSystems, Hewlett Packard, and the National Institutes of Health.

Monica Odero-Winegar, RN, NP

Monica Odero-Winegar was born in Kenya, trained as a RN, and immigrated to the USA, where she is a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland. She has recently (2010) completed her NP training. She has been involved with volunteer health projects in Africa for several years, and served as PINCC's Trip Administrator on 3 campaigns. She is now a member of our Board of Directors, as well as serving on the Board of Matibabu Foundation. Her experience in health care and the African Community both here and in Kenya are invaluable in planning our work there.

Barbara L. Lanier

Barbara is an attorney who practices in the areas of estate planning and probate and has served on the board of directors for the Contra Costa County Bar Association’s Trust and Probate Section for over 15 years. She is a past president of Berkeley West Edge Opera’s board of directors and is currently president of Soroptimist International of El Cerrito. Growing up in North Dakota, Barbara developed a love of singing and had numerous leading roles in stage productions, musicals and operas. Since moving to Berkeley in 1973, Barbara has appeared as a frequent soloist with various Bay Area choruses and has performed in six operas. Most importantly, she is the mother of three daughters, the proud grandmother of six, and the wife of author and poet John Wilson! Barbara and John traveled with PINCC to Uganda and Kenya in the fall of 2011.