The BRAVE (Breast Restoration AdVocacy Education) Coalition Foundation announced the appointment of Lisa Shumpert as the new President of its Executive Board, effective immediately. Shumpert, a senior executive and bestselling author of "Team Turnaround - Spark High Performance in Your Direct Reports," previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Comar. She succeeds John Gwin, who led the organization over the past two years.
BRAVE was founded in 2012 by Dr. Allen Gabriel and Dr. Christine Grogan to address unmet needs of women seeking access to breast reconstruction plastic surgeons. Despite the Women's Health Cancer Rights Act of 1988 (WHCRA), significant challenges persist, including difficulty finding doctors who accept insurance, lack of insurance coverage, and health disparities where black women have a 38% higher mortality rate and less access to care.
Shumpert outlined three primary goals: expand the network of breast and plastic surgeons to assist more patients, increase funding from donors, and continue partnering with Northwestern University to increase funding and education activities to help black women access care. She emphasized providing essential resources to patients as a foundational goal.
"We will continue providing essential resources to patients, making this a foundational goal," Shumpert said. The appointment comes as BRAVE prepares to scale up its initiatives to bridge gaps in breast reconstruction care nationwide.
For more information about BRAVE Coalition Foundation, visit bravecoalition.org.
