A NON-PROFIT BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATION
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Advisory Board
Dr. Jill Dietz, MD, MHCH, FACS
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Dr. Jill Dietz, MD, MHCM, FACS is a breast surgeon and Professor of Surgery NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine. She also is Director of Surgical Quality and Innovation in Perlmutter Cancer Center. She completed a fellowship in breast surgical oncology and general surgery residency at Cleveland Clinic and received her master’s in health care management from Harvard’s T H Chan School of Public Health.
Dr Dietz is the past president and current Chairman of the Board of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and co-leads Global Breast Hub and serves as an advisor to Breast Global, international organizations with a mission to lessen gaps in breast cancer care around the world. Her current clinical and research interests include oncoplastic surgery, value-based and patient-centric care and the surgical techniques that promote such care delivery.
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Outside of work Dr. Dietz enjoys spending time with her family, being in nature, running, and rescuing and being around animals.
Charlyn Hilliman, Ph.D., MPA, CDE®
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Dr. Charlyn Hilliman is a breast cancer survivor, seasoned executive, board advisor, and technologist with a distinguished career leading mission-driven organizations across healthcare, home care, higher education, and technology. She brings a unique combination of technical expertise, strategic foresight, and lived experience to her leadership roles—always centering purpose, impact, and people.
As the CEO of Independent Sustainability Systems, Inc., a nonprofit advancing smart city solutions and sustainability, she leads transformative initiatives powered by AI—focusing on energy optimization, waste reduction, and community empowerment. Her leadership bridges innovation with inclusion, guiding organizations to build resilient, sustainable futures.
As a home care franchise owner, she applies the C.A.R.E. model—Compassionate, Accountable, Respectful, and Ethical—to deliver high-quality, community-centered care. Her work is rooted in trust, equity, and data-informed excellence, serving both clients and care teams with integrity and empathy.
Professionally, she is known for aligning digital transformation with strategic goals, strengthening data integrity, and enhancing organizational resilience. Her expertise spans governance, risk management, financial oversight, compliance, and long-term strategic planning.
Her personal journey with breast cancer began in March 2019, when she was diagnosed with multifocal invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), high-grade DCIS with comedonecrosis, and underwent a radical bilateral mastectomy. A proud veteran, professor, senior executive, and soon-to-be grandmother at the time, cancer forced a reckoning. It paused a fast-paced life and revealed the depth of her inner strength.
Over the years, she has faced the ongoing physical and emotional toll of survivorship—including lymphedema, long-term hormone therapy, a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and the complex impact of hair loss. Through every chapter, she has chosen advocacy, community, and courage.
In her own words: “Healing isn’t linear—it’s layered, humbling, and ongoing.” Today, she continues treatment with a daily aromatase inhibitor and remains a fierce advocate for women whose breast cancer journeys are shaped by inequities and systemic gaps in care.
Her story is one of resilience, reclamation, and redefinition. Cancer didn’t just challenge her—it reshaped her leadership, deepened her empathy, and amplified her voice.
She is not only a survivor—she is a thriver.
Jess Quiring, BS, CNBA, OPN-CG
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Jess is a National Consortium of Breast Center, certified breast navigator and Academy Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators certification, oncology patient navigator, certified generalist. Jess received her BS in Health Care Coordination from Arizona State University, Edson College of Nursing, and has worked in oncology for over 15 years. Jess is passionate about making cancer diagnosis, access to care and treatment, and supportive care accessible for all patients through a health equity lens focusing on the underrepresented and underserved. Areas of professional expertise include stakeholder relationship/partnerships, patient navigation and psychosocial support, family and patient support programming, and disease awareness campaigns. Currently Jess is co-owner of Patient Navigation Advisors, serves in leadership for the AONN, Oncology Patient Navigator Virtual Network and the facilitator of the New Mexico Virtual Support Group for Head and Neck Cancers with SPOHNC. Previous cancer leadership roles include, past chair of the New Mexico Cancer Council, program director of the CLIMB© program (Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery) at New Mexico Cancer Center, and program coordinator for Cancer Services of New Mexico, Family Cancer Retreat – Teen Program.