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GP2C Team and Board

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• Ingrid Harding

  Founder and Executive Director

   

  Ingrid Harding, mother of a daughter with Rett Syndrome, founded Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc. in May 2006. She wanted to find a way to engage young girls with their special needs peers after watching wonderful bonds form between her own daughter and her classmates in school.
  
  Ingrid hopes Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc. will bring mainstream awareness of Rett Syndrome and help raise the millions of dollars it will take to cure tens of thousands of suffering girls.
  
  Ingrid is also the co-founder and a Trustee of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust. Prior to Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc., Ingrid was CEO Program Director for PlayhouseRadio.com, an Internet children’s music station.
  
  Ingrid works from her home in Florida where she resides with her husband Peter and three children: Pierce (12), Sarah (10) and Gretchen (8).
  
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• Kelly Butler

  Family Support and Event Coordinator

   

  Kelly Butler is an invaluable part of our organization here at Girl Power 2 Cure for over two years. Kelly has a heart a million miles wide and has helped make GP2C what it is today. Her daughter Brooklyn is five years old and was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome shortly after her second birthday.
  
  Kelly hopes that hundreds of families and friends of girls with Rett Syndrome will get involved in GP2C events to raise the desperately needed funds to continue Rett Syndrome research -- research Kelly knows will lead to the discovery of a cure for these amazing girls.
  
  Prior to Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc., Kelly was the Associate Director of Admission at Trine University (formally Tri-State University). Kelly works from her home in Indiana where she lives with her daughter Brooklyn and son Boston.
  
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• Roger Brooks

  Board Chairman

  Director of Training & Development Safeguard Business Systems, Inc., Irving, TX

  
  

  Roger is a member of our Board of Directors. He has worked extensively in the retail, restaurant, and franchise arenas designing and developing training for corporations. Roger lives in Irving, Texas, with his wife and two beautiful daughters; Juliana, who has Rett Syndrome, and Olivia.

   

  His wife, Kristy, serves on Girl Power 2 Cure's Mothers' Advisory Board.

   

   

   

• Amy Fox

  Board Member

  President and CEO of Accelerated Business Results 

  
  Amy Fox is President and CEO of Accelerated Business Results, an award-winning training and social media firm based out of  Cincinnati, OH. She frequently consults with leaders of Fortune 500 companies and has been a speaker at events for the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Amy also has been cited as an expert source on training approaches by The Cincinnati Enquirer and Selling Power magazine.
  
  She resides in Cincinnati, OH with her husband, Sean, and three young boys.
  
  
  
  

• Laura Labbate

  Board Treasurer

  
  Laura, our Board Treasurer, has over a decade of experience in the financial services industry. Laura began her career as a financial analyst in the Global Banking and Corporate Finance department at Chemical Bank in 1992. In 1995, she joined the Middle Market Finance group and specialized in serving the business and personal financial needs of the top law firms and their partners. This experience prepared her to become a Private Banker at Chase and U.S. Trust. She ended her career working for the joint venture Sotheby’s Lehman Mortgage Services, assisting in loan structuring, origination and sales of multi-million dollar mortgages for mortgage backed securities.
  

   

  Laura left the banking world in 2002 and celebrated the birth of her daughter Blair. She currently resides in Westchester, NY with her husband Chris and three children, Blair (7), Gwen (5) and Devon (3). She has served for two years as Treasurer on the Board of The Garden Road School, is a member of her PTA, and an AYSO assistant coach.

  Laura graduated from Providence College in 1992 with a BA Art History.

   

   

   

• Pam Maxwell

  Board Member

  Vice President, Sales & Marketing, MSC Care Management

  Pam brings to the GP2C board over 20 years experience in sales, marketing and business development in a variety of industries including distribution and healthcare services. She has supplemented her business experience with various personal development and community service opportunities, having previously served on the board of a local non-profit, The Housing Partnership of NE FL and as an alumnus of the 2007 class of Leadership Jacksonville. Pam lives in Saint Johns, FL just south of the city limits of Jacksonville, with her two kids and two dogs.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Emilie Rabke

  Board Secretary

  Emilie is our newest member! She lives the life of a special needs mother who is trying to find the perfect balance between all her children. She is very active in the school communities of her three children and raises awareness for Rett Syndrome wherever she goes! 

  Emilie always wants her daughter with special differences to feel like she "belongs" and to have friendships like her peers. Everything she does for her, is with this in mind.  Emilie recently started Camp Amica, a summer camp for girls in their neighborhood, so Anna Cate can spend time with her typical peers.
  
  Emilie graduated from Mary Washington College in 1998 with a B.A. in Sociology.
  
  Emilie lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and their three children Anna Cate (who lives with Rett Syndrome), Betsie and Eli.

   
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mothers advisory board

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• rhea bax

  

  "Hope is an anchor to the soul". Girl Power 2 Cure has given me hope that someday I will get my daughter back. I am so excited to be involved and I will try to do what I can for Anna and for all the girls who are trapped and want to fly!!!! I love my new Rett family and can't wait to celebrate all the research that is being done because of them and their efforts. I am a blessed stay at home mom of six amazing kids!
  
  Rhea is also our Canadian representative. Her daughter is Anna.
  
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• erin bleske

  

  "Upon receiving Riley's diagnosis, our family has gone through a wide range of emotions; through this process I have ultimately decided that I want to make a difference in all our girls' lives. I am excited to join Girl Power 2 Cure in their effort to fund research that will lead to a cure!"
  
  Erin is a stay-at-home mom of three in Mississippi. Her daughter is Riley.
  
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• kristy brooks

  

  "I truly believe our family was meant to be a part of this incredible journey to find a cure. We feel so blessed to be Juliana's parents. Our girls are amazing and they teach us everyday about what is important in life; love, compassion, patience and inspiration. I feel so honored to have been chosen. Girl Power 2 Cure will make it happen! Go Girl Power!"
  
  Kristy is a First Grade Bilingual Teacher and mother of two in Texas. Her daughter is Juliana.
  
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• jen dalton

  

  "Girl Power 2 Cure has given me a place to come for support and for help. I have been encouraged to become a voice for not only my daughter Emma, but for all girls suffering with Rett Syndrome. Together we can and will make a difference!"
  
  Jen is a music teacher and mother of two in New York. Her daughter is Emma.
  
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• kristin hileman

  
  
  "Brynn has truly made us believe in hope. Hope is a wish in your heart of good things to come. We know her sunshine will come as long as we continue to believe. We ARE believers! We joined Girl Power 2 Cure for support and to help contribute in finding a cure for all of the sweet angels whom suffer from Rett Syndrome."
  
  Kristin is a stay at home mother to 2 beautiful children in Columbus, OH.
  
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• bridget macdonald

  

  "I’m thrilled to be part of the Girl Power to Cure team because of its positive, hopeful message that one day soon we will see a cure to Rett Syndrome. By raising awareness and funds for research our small numbers will make a huge impact on the lives our daughters and all the angels who are fighting in silence."
  
  Bridget is a stay-at-home mom of three in Michigan. Her daughter is Annie.
  
  visit Annie's page
  
  

• kelly shubert

  

  "When my daughter Emma was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome at the age of four, there was so much hope and excitement because the gene had been found. To cope with my grief at the time, I set an expectation for a cure to be found by the time Emma turned 10. When we reached that milestone in 2009, I found myself grieving all over again.
  
  An invite to a Rockin' for Rett event turned those feelings around into a more positive energy. From that moment, my hope was revived and I knew I needed to do more. Girl Power 2 Cure is an amazing organization full of caring, strong, hopeful individuals. Together we will make all of our daughters' lives better until the day that cure is found. With Girl Power 2 Cure, I now have the support I need to make it through to whenever that day may come!"
  
  Kelly is the Deposit Services Supervisor at a large Credit Union in PA, where she has worked for 18 years. Her daughter is Emma.
  
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• tina walton

  

  "I joined Girl Power 2 Cure after we learned of our daughter, Laura's diagnosis of Rett Syndrome in March of 2007. Since then we have learned so much from her and we believe she was sent to us to teach us so much about love, patience, and life. Girl Power has given us a place to go to for help and be a part of an incredible journey."
  
  Tina is a high school music teacher in Tucson, AZ. Her daughter is Laura.
  
  visit Laura's page