Mr. William Joseph Davis, Jr.

Mr. William Joseph Davis, Jr.

Prostate Cancer Survivor Caregiver

Prostate Cancer Survivor Caregiver

William Joseph Davis Jr., is a native South Carolinian, 21 years Army veteran with multiple deployments under his belt including Desert Storm.  Prostate cancer has had a significant impact on the life of the men in his family.  Mr. Davis’s father, William Sr. was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 and eventually succumbed to the disease in 2019.   One of Mr. Davis’s brothers was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020. Mr. Davis serves as a Veteran’s Service Officer for the American Legion where he proudly represents veterans to the VA.  He and his wife Linda reside in Denver, Colorado.  They are the proud parents of 5 children and 2 grandchildren.   Mr. Davis is a vocal advocate for awareness, education, and action on all health issues within the African American and Veteran communities.

Dr. Christina M. Dieli-Conwright

Dr. Christina M. Dieli-Conwright

Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Christina M. Dieli-Conwright, PhD, MPH received her BS in Biological Sciences from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and her MS in Kinesiology from California State University Northridge. She earned a MPH, and PhD in Biokinesiology from the University of Southern California. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in Cancer Etiology at the City of Hope National Medical Center, she was the Director of the Integrative Center for Oncology Research in Exercise and Assistant Professor of Biokinesiology and Medicine at the University of Southern California. In 2020, she joined the faculty of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seabrook

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seabrook

Prostate Cancer Survivor and his Wife

Prostate Cancer Survivor and his Wife

Charles and Cherry Seabrook have been married for 62 years. They are retired and reside in Charleston, South Carolina. Cherry is a six-year breast cancer survivor and former nurse. She is also a volunteer board member at Hollings Cancer Center Disparities Board in Charleston, SC. Charles is a newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient. They are caregivers to each other as well as their families.

Mr. Micah Christian

Mr. Micah Christian

Caregiver, Son of Chuck Christian

Caregiver, Son of Chuck Christian

Professional Musician, Sons of Serendip

Micah Christian, a native of Randolph, Massachusetts, became interested in music at an early age. However, it wasn’t until his senior year of high school, when he earned a solo in the Massachusetts Southeastern District Senior Choir, that he realized his potential as a musician. As a freshman at Stonehill College, he decided to follow his passion for music. For the next five years, he spent his summers performing with the Cape Cod-based a cappella group, Hyannis Sound, and his love for music deepened.  Alongside Micah’s passion for music is his desire to help build a better world. He has volunteered for a year in Honduras, and a month in Calcutta, India with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. Also, in 2013, after graduating from Boston University with a Master of Divinity, he and his wife volunteered in a rural community in northern Peru for another year. As a member of Sons of Serendip, Micah hopes to inspire others to use their gifts to spread love and build a better world.

Dr. Andrew J. Roth

Dr. Andrew J. Roth

Emeritus Attending Psychiatrist

Emeritus Attending Psychiatrist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Andrew Roth, MD, is an Emeritus Member of the Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

Dr. Roth became a clinical fellow in Psycho-Oncology/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry on the Psychiatry Service at MSK in 1992 after graduating from Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s Psychiatry Residency Program. He joined MSK’s attending staff in 1994, where he served as clinical member and attending psychiatrist through 2022. Dr. Roth concurrently worked as a professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), Department of Psychiatry, and as an attending psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH).

In 2023, Dr. Roth was appointed to the Emeritus faculty at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, NYPH’s Department of Psychiatry, and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry at WCMC, Cornell University.

Through 2019, Dr. Roth served as both assistant program director and program director for MSK’s ACGME- accredited Psychosomatic Medicine/Psycho-Oncology Clinical Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Roth helped train close to 150 psychiatrists in the subspecialty of psycho-oncology, receiving awards for clinical and teaching excellence.

He also served as the psychiatry liaison to genitourinary medical oncology at MSK for over 28 years. His research includes the development of the distress thermometer; the creation of the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC); a National Cancer Institute-funded, double-blind, randomized control trial using methylphenidate for fatigue in men with prostate cancer; and most recently, evaluation of a novel psychotherapy designed specifically for older cancer patients. He also helped start the Psychiatry Clinical Service at the MSK Westchester.

Ms. Tomeeka Miller

Ms. Tomeeka Miller

Assistant to the President

Assistant to the President

PHEN

Ms. Tomeeka Miller is no stranger to PHEN’s mission to eliminate the Black prostate cancer disparity, as she played a pivotal role when the organization was founded when her company, Spotlight Communications supported PHEN’s marketing, event strategy, and publicity of the very first African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit in 2005. She also helped publicize Thomas A. Farrington’s book, “Battling the Killer Within” as well as promoting the Rally Against Prostate Cancer in partnership with sponsors and church partners to an audience reach of over 20 million. 

As assistant to the President, Tomeeka brings over 20 years of experience in developing and executing strategic communications programs that drive results for nonprofits, federal agencies, and Fortune 100 companies. She built her own marketing company to over $1M in gross revenues and was also named a Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree. Most recently, she led digital and social media teams for Liberty Mutual and USAA, to help better connect digital products with customers.  

Tomeeka holds a master’s degree in journalism and public Affairs from the American University, a bachelor’s degree from Boston College, and an Executive MBA from UMass Boston.

She is a proud army spouse and resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband, Isaac, 6-year-old daughter, London, 16-year-old son, Ethan, and hound dog, Chase. Tomeeka loves cycling and any type of HIIT exercise to help her keep up with the demands of her active family.