Meet the Board

Posted on August 31, 2018 by MSAA

MSAA strives to be a leading resource for the entire MS community by improving lives today through vital services and support. We could not accomplish this without the help of our volunteer board members. MSAA’s Board of Directors is comprised of accomplished professionals from across the country who volunteer their time to further MSAA’s mission. With our ongoing series, Meet the Board, we hope to introduce you to our wonderful volunteer board members!

This month, MSAA is proud to highlight our newest board member David Herzog. Continue reading →

Meet the Board

Posted on April 30, 2018 by MSAA

MSAA strives to be a leading resource for the entire MS community by improving lives today through vital services and support – and we could not accomplish this without the help of our volunteer board members. MSAA’s Board of Directors is comprised of accomplished professionals from across the country who volunteer their time to further MSAA’s mission. With our ongoing series, Meet the Board, we hope to introduce you to our wonderful volunteer board members!

MSAA is proud to highlight two volunteer board members this month – Wendy Scott and Ira Levee, Esq.

Wendy Scott
Member of the Programs and Services Committee

Professional Background: Wendy Scott is a professor of law at the Mississippi College School of Law, where she made history as the first African-American to serve as the Dean for the MC School of Law, which she did with distinction from 2014 to 2016. Professor Scott teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Native American Law, and Gender and the Law. Her scholarship focuses on constitutional theory and school desegregation and she is currently completing a book of dissenting opinions of Justice Thurgood Marshall with her coauthor.

Ira Levee, Esq.
Board Secretary and Member of the Development Committee

Professional Background: Ira Levee, Esq. is a Senior Legal Editor at Thomson Reuters/Practical Law and is an accomplished attorney with extensive experience in bankruptcy law as well as commercial and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Levee is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and has provided legal services for the Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Bankruptcy Pro Bono Program (Newark, NJ) and the Honorable Morris Stern Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project (Rutgers University School of Law – Newark, NJ).

What inspired you to join MSAA’s Board of Directors?

Scott: “I was honored with a nomination to the MSAA Board by James Anderson. I had shared with Jim the story of Stephanie, my sister with multiple sclerosis, and the challenges she faced being diagnosed and affording the medicine needed for successful treatment. My family began donating to research, under the leadership of my sister Sandra, and we are now delighted to support the work of MSAA, which provides direct and needed services to people living with multiple sclerosis.”

Levee: “I have had a longtime association with MS, having served on the Board of Trustees of another MS non-profit organization. After leaving that group, I still wanted to volunteer to help those with MS. After speaking and meeting with several board members of MSAA, I knew this was a group of people that wants to improve the lives of those afflicted with MS. I was invited to join the Board in January 2017. I am proud to be a member of the Board and continue to be amazed by the dedication of the other Board members and more so, by the staff who never seem to stop. Their hard work inspires me to work harder for MSAA.”

What are your goals as an MSAA Board Member?

Scott: “I intend to learn more about multiple sclerosis and use this knowledge to propose ideas for more services. I especially appreciate the focus of MSAA on the particular challenges of women and minorities with multiple sclerosis. I hope to help educate even more communities about our work and find more people in need of the services we provide.”

Levee: “My goals are to get people more aware of all that MSAA has to offer those with MS and their families. This includes not only those with MS but individuals, corporations and medical providers, who can help support, financially and through other means, MSAA’s efforts. The services and products offered by MSAA are so valuable and important, but get little publicity. We need to get the word out through various events. As a Board member, I would like to see a program where Board members can meet people with MS to talk about MS and MSAA.”

Editor’s Note: MSAA is extremely proud and honored to enlist the support of Wendy Scott, Ira Levee, and all of our dedicated Board Members who volunteer their time, expertise, compassion, and leadership to help us achieve our mission of improving lives today for the entire MS community. We are very grateful for their service and look forward to their continued support as we strive to serve more people in more places than ever before. Thank you once again Wendy and Ira!

Meet the Board

Posted on February 28, 2018 by MSAA

MSAA strives to be a leading resource for the entire MS community by improving lives today through vital services and support – and we could not accomplish this without the help of our volunteer board members. MSAA’s Board of Directors is comprised of accomplished professionals from across the country who volunteer their time to further MSAA’s mission. With our new series, Meet the Board, we hope to introduce you to our wonderful volunteer board members!

MSAA is proud to highlight two volunteer board members this month – Eric Bossard and Steve Bruneau

Eric Bossard
Member of the Audit and Finance Committee, Communications and Marketing Committee, and Development Committee

Professional Background: Eric Bossard founded Commonwealth Insurance Advantage in 2016 in an effort to expand his outsourced risk management and insurance expertise globally. In addition, he co-founded Archway Insurance in 2002 as an outsource risk manager, which placed insurance coverage on behalf of brokers nationwide. In 2006, Mr. Bossard was instrumental in the acquisition of Alliance National Insurance Company (formally UMI Insurance Company), a New York domiciled property and casualty insurance company where he originally served as president and chief operating officer. He is currently one of the owners.

Steve Bruneau
Treasurer and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee

Professional Background: Steve Bruneau is a product-development expert and business leader who draws upon his engineering, information-technology (IT), and business skills to develop award-winning, patented products and services that have jump-started businesses ranging from startups, to Fortune 500 companies, to programs for the United States Military. Mr. Bruneau is presently the Chief Operating Officer for Pulsar Informatics Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Steve also presently serves as the Business Manager for Bruneau Family Care, P.C. in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

What inspired you to join MSAA’s Board of Directors?

Bossard: “Former chair and current board member Jim Anderson and I are longtime friends. I was in the process of making a professional change and he was aware that an integral part of this change was to become more involved volunteering. When I met with newly elected president Gina Ross-Murdoch she displayed a level of enthusiasm rarely seen in the nonprofit arena. This organization truly demonstrates there is more to life than the moment we all live in.”

Bruneau: “From the time I was young I have been involved in service organizations. I came from a modest family and appreciated the help that we got from so many places growing up that continuing to pay it forward is not only the right thing to do, but it is very rewarding. When my kids aged out of youth sports and the local school system, I wanted to find other organizations where I can apply my energy to do good things…and I stumbled across the MSAA in all seriousness.

My wife is a primary care physician and we have our own medical practice. There are many patients who need assistance in one way or another and when I came across the MSAA and its mission of helping people today, it struck a chord with me that I couldn’t help but get excited about.”

What are your goals as an MSAA Board Member?

Bossard: “I am dedicated to expanding the awareness of what we as an organization provide to the MS Community which is to Improve as many Lives as we can Today…be it cooling vest, our help line or covering the cost of an MRI. In addition, I am eager to help develop new and exciting fund-raising activities for the organization.”

Bruneau: “I want to bring my professional experience and talents to the team to help the organization grow and expand its value to the MS community. MSAA has such a tremendous, dedicated staff of people who work tirelessly to help those with MS get the support and services they need and with my IT background, I think I can help evolve our internal and customer facing systems to ease the burden of providing our services while increasing the impact, responsiveness, and value to those with MS and their caregivers.”

Editor’s Note: MSAA is extremely proud and honored to enlist the support of Eric Bossard, Steve Bruneau and all of our dedicated Board Members who volunteer their time, expertise, compassion, and leadership to help us achieve our mission of improving lives today for the entire MS community. We are very grateful for their service and look forward to their continued support as we strive to serve more people in more places than ever before. Thank you once again Eric and Steve!

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