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Board of Trustees
Laura Fasciano
Helen Polise
Suzanne Bousquet, Ph.D
Gary Sullivan
Beverly Daley, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Donna Villavicencio
Danielle Moore, Ph.D.
Dawn Petr, M.Eng.
Rosemary Scales, RN, MSN
Director and Founding President
Laura Fasciano
Turner Syndrome Foundation Trustee
Director and Founding President
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: lfasciano@tsfusa.org
Laura Fasciano is Director and Founding President of the Turner Syndrome Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded upon the principals of advancing communications, supporting research initiatives, and providing transformative resources to professionals.
Laura has corporate and entrepreneurial experience specializing in administration and business management in the information technology and construction sector. She attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and Rutgers Business School, Institute for Ethical Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program.
Following a late diagnosis of her youngest child, she organized the Turner Syndrome NJ Chapter in 2008. In December 2009, the entity reorganized and incorporated as the Turner Syndrome Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, with a vision to mainstream this lifetime condition to improve quality care outcomes.
Her commitment and innovative approach have gained momentum and national support. She organized an esteemed medical advisory board and executive board of directors. Since the inception of this project in 2008, Laura has successfully facilitated information conferences, media coverage, monthly electronic newsletters, a website, blog and social networking arenas, exhibited at state and international conferences, established fundraising campaigns, and continues to support research and provide support to those affected by Turner Syndrome.
In June 2011, shortly after a request for increased activity from the medical advisory board, she trekked to Washington, D.C. declaring the needs of people with Turner Syndrome. She frequently visits, writes and speaks with legislatures and industry about issues to improve care and life outcomes of individuals and families affected by this disorder.
In September 2011, Laura was honored to present “An Advocates Perspective: Translation of Care Guidelines” as invited faculty at the Winthrop University Hospital International Symposium on Turner Syndrome.
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Director of Marketing and Publicity
Helen Polise
Turner Syndrome Foundation Trustee
Director of Marketing and Publicity
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: hpolise@tsfusa.org
Helen Polise is co-owner and managing partner of Funky Pumpkin, an advertising agency and TV production company founded in 2002, specializing in the youth market and creating TV commercials for several top-selling kids’ brands. With a BA in Music Business from NYU, Helen has been in the field of marketing/advertising at two different ad agencies prior to Funky Pumpkin. Helen brings her expertise in branding to the youth market and her film and video production knowledge to the Turner Syndrome Foundation, where she will use her skills to lead the foundation’s branding and marketing efforts and create relevant video content where needed.
Outside of work, Helen serves on her local community board managing email communications, volunteers her time as staging and music director for the annual high school fashion show, and has completed the NYC marathon as well as multiple sprint triathlons. She and her husband have 3 children, one of whom is mentally handicapped, so she fully understands the goals of the foundation and the need for support for those who face unexpected life challenges.
In 2010, Helen produced, filmed and edited the Turner Syndrome Diaries. Candid monologues of women, girls and their families speaking out about their life experience living with Turner Syndrome. These poignant documentary films are used at professional conferences, public engagements and on hospital grand rounds for informational and instructional purposes.
Helen holds many commercial projects to her credit, and the Turner Syndrome Diaries are justified as a social awakening for an underserved women’s health issue in need of public awareness.
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Director of Education and Professional Development
Suzanne Bousquet, Ph.D.
Turner Syndrome Foundation Trustee
Director of Education and Professional Development
Director of School of Psychology
Kean University
Union, New Jersey
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: sbousquet@tsfusa.org
Suzanne G. Bousquet received her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at Rutgers University in 1982. In 1984, she joined the faculty at Kean University (then Kean College of New Jersey), where she is professor and chairperson of the Department of Psychology. At Kean University, she teaches undergraduate courses in cognition (memory processes), perception (vision and audition), and statistics. At the graduate level, she teaches research methods. Suzanne has received university and state awards for her teaching and service.
Suzanne’s published research includes studies of visual illusions and the perception of time, and she has collaborated on projects on the psychology of aesthetics and issues of academic integrity. Suzanne recently (2009) co-authored a statistics textbook, The Art and Practice of Statistics. In her early career at Kean, Suzanne served as the first faculty Director of Learning Assistance, and helped establish a variety of student academic services to support the academic success of students with diverse learning styles and needs.
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Director of Financial Affairs
Gary Sullivan
Turner Syndrome Foundation Trustee
Director of Financial Affairs
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: gsullivan@tsfusa.org
Gary Sullivan started his career in CDs in 1986 at High Yield Management Securities, Inc. In 1994 he helped create the CD Desk at Gibraltar/Tucker Anthony Securities, now operating as RBC Dain Rauscher, where he helped run that program until 2000. Subsequently, he went on to create large secondary CD trading programs at Dupont Securities and The Jeffrey Matthew’s Financial Group. Presently, Gary heads the CD desk with the firm Bergen Capitol, a division of Scott and Stringfellow, which are owned by BBT Corp., and the eight largest bank in the country.
Gary and his wife Doreen live in Montvale with their two children Paul and Olivia. They are very active in their community. His true love is baseball, and he serves on the Little League Board. Gary coaches MAL baseball and manages the 10 U Montvale travel baseball team where his son Paul shares his love of the sport. They are also very active with The New Jersey Storm, a competitive club league baseball team. His daughter, Olivia, is the reason for his commitment to this cause. Her personality and love of life are true gifts everyday.
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Director of Social Development
Beverly Daley, Ph.D.,L.C.S.W.
Turner Syndrome Foundation Trustee
Director of Social Development
USC LEND
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
University of Southern California
4650 Sunset Boulevard, Mailstop #53
Los Angeles, CA 90027-6062
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: bdaley@tsfusa.org
Beverly Daley, Ph.D., LCSW, holds a Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish from Brown University and a Master of Social Work and doctorate from the University of Southern California (USC). She has been a social worker at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) since 1978 and is currently the social work faculty for the USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at CHLA. She created the Turner Syndrome Summer Camp, a national program for adolescents that is now in its 16th year and continues to serve as director. She has been
a keynote speaker for the Canadian Turner’s Society and at the meetings of The International Association of Adolescent Health in May 2001 ( Salvador, Brazil), her study on the benefits of camp, A Time to Thrive, was awarded an Honorable Mention. Sponsorship for Adolescents with Diabetes, which originated as her doctoral dissertation in 1988 was based on the recruitment of young professional adults with insulin dependent diabetes who each served as a role model and confidante for an adolescent patient. The program was adopted by the Israel Diabetes Association in Tel Aviv. She was appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor, USC School of Social Work and was profiled in the Spring 2009 issue of the USC Trojan Family Magazine for organizing European travel for adolescents with special health care needs.
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Team TSF Fundraising
Donna Villavicencio
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: dvillavicencio@tsfusa.org
BA Journalism, Cum Laude, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 1990
Born and raised in Willow Grove PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.
Lived in Arizona for 12 years and currently reside in Sparta NJ with my husband and my daughter, Ava, who has Turner Syndrome, and our second daughter, Lila.
Worked in advertising, printing and sales for 16 years. Currently a licensed real estate associate employed by Weichert, Realtors.
Charity service/ community service over the years includes: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Susan G Komen 3 Day Walk, Big Sister in Big Brothers Big Sisters Arizona, Chemo Angels, part of Baptismal Prep ministry and Director of Vacation Bible School at Blessed Kateri Catholic Church, Sparta NJ. Previously a member of Sparta Junior Women's Club.
To Donna's credit Team TSF Fundraising began in 2010 when she decided to run the 2010 NJ Half Marathon. Instead of just running it for fun, she decided to build a team of people affected by TS and raise funds for TSF. With a few phone calls to the event staff and many hours of organizing and recruiting, Turner Syndrome Foundation became an official charity of the 2010 New Jersey Marathon Festival at the Shore. In our first year, we had 31 total participants and raised over $13,000 In our second year, we were not only an official charity but were also asked to be a beneficiary of the event and we had 138 participants and raised over $25,000. Now a national heel to pavement awareness movement, Team TSF activities are taking place in cities all across the U.S.
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Director of Scientific Affairs
Danielle Moore, Ph.D.
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: dmoore@tsfusa.org
Danielle Moore grew up in central New Jersey and graduated from Drew University in Madison New Jersey in 2004. She received her doctorate in biomedical science from the University of Connecticut in 2009, and she has extensive research experience in endocrinology, neurology, and psychiatry. She continued to pursue research through additional postdoctoral training at Duke University Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and within the Neuroendocrine and Mouse Behavioral Core Facility.
Danielle is deeply passionate about creating transparent communication between patients, doctors, and scientists, as well as improving science education. As a result, she is thrilled and excited to pour her scientific training and expertise to help create and encourage research opportunities within the Turner Syndrome Foundation.
Director of Management Information Systems
Dawn Petr, M.Eng.
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: dpetr@tsfusa.org
Dawn Petr has a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a M. Eng. from Cornell University. She worked several years in the telecommunications industry, developing, architecting and researching telephony products before "retiring" to become a stay-at-home mom. Dawn began as a volunteer at Turner Syndrome Foundation in 2012 before becoming a board member.
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Director of Patient Care
Rosemary Scales, RN, MSN
Contact:
PO Box 726, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Tel: 800-594-4585
Fax: 800-594-3862
Email: rscales@tsfusa.org
After graduating with a BSN from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, Rosemary has worked in several areas of the pediatic subspecialty in IA, LA, CO, MT, UT and WA. At the University of Utah, she earned her MS in nursing administration but shortly after that began her endocrine career where she developed a special interest in the Turner Syndrome girls. After teaching their families, writing a PENS manual chapter and speaking to multiple primary care offices about early detection, the interest continued. After moving to WA in late 2009, she again began working in pediatric endocrinology at Mary Bridge Children's Health Center. Due to her ongoing interest, she has now started a Turner Syndrome Support group for the area families.
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