Beverly Jacobson, Executive Director

Beverly B. Jacobson joined the Foundation as Executive Director Feb. 15, 2012. Beverly is a twice breast cancer survivor, active community volunteer and a professional in health care and children's issues. She has a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Most recently Beverly was Director of Health Services at Ballard Landmark with previous marketing experience at Children's Institute for Learning Differences and a health information technology startup. She started her career at Seattle Children's and held leadership positions in nursing and hospital associations in Washington State.

Beverly's positive attitude and passion to improve lives of individuals and families is reflected in her current community involvement. She is a board member of the Foundation for Early Learning, the John 14:2 Foundation (First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue), Mountain VIew Park Community Club and Rotary Club of Duvall.

 
 
Jan Harris
Founder of Angel Care. Jan was the Executive Director of Angel Care from its inception until mid- 2007. When Jan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, she shifted her focus from a corporate background in banking to working on women’s health issues. Jan established Angel Care - Breast Cancer Foundation in 1997 when she discovered that no similar resources were available. She has been a speaker on breast cancer issues and an advocate for breast cancer awareness.
 
Barbara Purdom
Barbara Purdom has had a career in education for the past 34 years, receiving her BA and MA in Education from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. She has had extensive experience in elementary education, teaching grades one through four for 15 years and working as a curriculum specialist and staff development instructor in the area of elementary math education for 19 years. She has also taught classes for Central Washington University, Seattle Pacific University and Seattle University as an adjunct instructor.

Barbara is a two time survivor of breast cancer and a volunteer with Angel Care since 2003. She is committed to being an advocate for women who are faced with this diagnosis and believes that Angel Care plays a vital role in their recovery.
 
Jane Furie Silberberg

Jane has had triple negative breast cancer twice. She joined AngelCare as a Volunteer in 2008, a year after her last recurrence. Her experiences during treatment has allowed her to work with a wide variety of referrals.

In 1963, she graduated from NYU and became an early childhood educator. She went on to have two more successful careers. As both an interior designer for twelve years with her own consulting firm, Silver Mountain Interiors, and as a retail merchant, opening and operating one of the first designer consignment shops for women in 1985. Jane sold Furie LTD. in 1993, and it exists today as Fury. She then went on to pursue her real passion in life, art. She curated and ran a successful craft show with twenty artists for five years, and then took a step back to enjoy being just being a participant. Today, she works in both fiber art and jewelry design, and sells at shops in the greater Seattle area.

When her oldest child was four, Jane started looking at the public schools, and decided that none suited her standards for excellence. She, along with a small but vital group of parents and educators worked for a year to start Alternative Elementary II at University Heights School. All three of her children happily attended. A year after adopting her third child, she was asked to join the Medina Children’s Service Board (now Amara.) She was a Trustee for twelve years. Her varied roles in leadership positions give her the experience needed to help AngelCare follow its mission.



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Phone:  (206) 417-3484 • E-mail:  angelcare@angelcarefoundation.org


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