Board of Directors
Cynthia A. Binanay
Director of Operations, Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. Cynthia Binanay, MA, BSN is a Senior Project Leader at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Director of Operations for the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. Ms. Binanay received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa., her Master of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies and Health Policy Certificate from Duke University, and Certificate in Public Health Leadership Program from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her professional background includes over 30 years of multidisciplinary health care experience, including intensive care nursing and sales and marketing experience with major pharmaceutical companies.
Thavagunan Mahadevan
Clinical Instructor and Director of Operations, Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health Mr. Mahadevan is director of operations at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and clinical instructor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry. He is the founder and former executive director of XDS, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive care and services to individuals with persistent mental illness and co-occurring additive and intellectual disabilities, and the newly-merged partner of the center. With more than 20 years of experience working in mental health organizations that serve individuals with severe mental illness, Mahadevan has extensive knowledge in designing and implementing innovative treatment programs. He has held program management positions at John Umstead Hospital and Orange, Person, Chatham Mental Health Center. Trained in rehabilitation counseling, he received a master’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill.
Joy Javits
Director and Founder of DooR to DooR. Joy established DooR to DooR in 1993 to bring music, magic, hope, and happiness to patients, staff, caregivers, and the community. Over the course of a year, nearly 200 professional performing and visual artists participate in public spaces and private rooms at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.
LYNNE ANNE PALMER
Director of Counseling Associates at Riverbend Community Mental Health. Ms. Lynn Anne Palmer, MSW, LICSW is a Clinical Social Worker based out of Concord, New Hampshire and specializes as a Clinical Social Worker. She practices in Concord, New Hampshire.
Dyson Von Robinson
Seven09 Director - Accentuating the intangible assets that augment and accelerate businesses' long-term growth and development through unmatched strategy within funding, growth, and efficiency.
Edward Binanay
Highly driven and accomplished Director of Development with over 15 years of executive experience in fundraising, program development, and donor management within the non-profit sector. Possesses a successful track record of organizing and executing successful fundraising campaigns and events that bring awareness to a cause and exceed the set financial goals by cultivating and establishing key relationships with potential donors and developing strategic program initiatives that help drive the campaign.
Diane Palmeri
Director of Family to Family, Inc., a non-profit organization operating on Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines. Family to Family is dedicated to providing medical and educational assistance to children in need.