The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce Small Business Advisory Council presents CEO Connection featuring Barbara Abernathy of the Pediatric Oncology Support Team.
ABOUT BARBARA
Barbara Abernathy, PhD, LMHC, is the President and CEO of the Pediatric Oncology Support Team, Inc. (POST), a nonprofit helping children and their families cope with the devastating effects of cancer. She has 30 years? experience in nonprofits, 20 of those years at POST. She has a PhD in Counselor Education and Leadership from Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Master of Education in Counseling from the University of South Alabama, A Master of Science in Biology from FAU, and a Bachelor of Education in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. She is adjunct faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and FAU. Other professional experience includes pediatric AIDS, bereavement, family counseling, parent education, and treatment of severely abused children.
Barbara has presented as an invited speaker at many national and international professional conferences and numerous community and school settings. Her interview with Heal magazine was published in the Spring 2018 issue under the title: ?Surviving Survivorship.? She has authored three scholarly peer-reviewed articles.
She recently won the Heroes in Medicine Award presented by the Palm Beach Medical Society and the 2018 MPN Heroes award given at the American Society of Hematology in December 2017 for being a patient advocate.
Date and Time
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019 Monday Jan 28, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration/Networking/Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Program
Location
5325 Greenwood Ave.
Suite 301
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Fees/Admission
$25 pre-registered only
*Members Only - No walk in's
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NOTE:
ArtiGras Tickets, Loggerhead Triathlon Registrations, and The Leadership Awards Dinner do not qualify for an event credit upon cancellation. Contributions or gifts to the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
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