Board and Staff
Director of Survivorship
Robin Maynard has served the citizens of Orange County as a Paramedic and Crime Scene Investigator since 1995. After the loss of her Mom Libby to breast cancer in 2006, Robin knew saving lives would take on a whole new path and with that, Libby’s Legacy was formed in 2007. Robin worked full time as a CSI while running the foundation until 2009 when she cashed in her retirement and left her career to dedicate herself to this foundation in her Mother’s honor and memory.
Robin has gone on to receive certification in Patient Navigation from the George Washington University and has received numerous awards including Hometown Hero, Non-Profit Leadership award from the Women’s Executive Council, Congressional recognition during women’s history month, Public Citizen of the Year from National Association of Social Workers ,Watermark’s Most Remarkable People of 2016 Orange County Citizen of the year with OOA in 2018 and much more.
Robin is a passionate advocate who is committed to ensuring every women gets the breast health care and treatment they need to live a long and full life. Robin loves living in Lake County where Libby spent her childhood and her end of life on 28 beautiful acres with her family. She enjoys Fishing, playing poker, bourbon sipping and travel.
Tammy has over 25 years of experience in the areas of education and corporate learning. Her many roles have included educator, administrator, instructional designer, project manager, consultant, learning leader and offering manager. After a successful career as a public school teacher and administrator, she transitioned to the technology industry.
Talent Transformation is her passion! She currently serves as a business transformation consultant at IBM. Her many clients include the US Navy, Yum!, ING, Capital One, Microsoft, ADO, Toyota New Zealand, Schenker DB, and LMCO.
She has been an active member in the Central Florida community. Her many activities include Steering Committee co-chair for the Human Rights Campaign. Member of the Orange County Public Schools School Advisory Committee, Chair of the Hillcrest Elementary School Fund, board member of the Barberfund and currently the Chair for Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation. She holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida and has recently earned certificates in DE&I from University of South Florida and Corporate Social Innovation from Babson College.
Tammy has a unique role in that she is rejoining Libby’s after helping to found it as an original board member in 2007! We are pleased to have Tammy back more than a decade later serving as Board Chair.
Pedro is currently Director of Claims with Progressive Insurance in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pedro has been with Progressive Insurance for over 30 years. In his role as Director he is responsible for managing an organization of 200 employees throughout Florida. His role includes strategic planning and acting as a business expert assessing operational strengths and weaknesses, and creating plans to optimize performance and ensure successful implementation of changes within the Claims organization while adhering to the company’s core values. Pedro is also an active advocate for the many Social Responsibility and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives that Progressive supports.
Pedro is a native of Cuba and immigrated to the United States at an early age. He grew up in Orlando where he was introduced to Libby’s Legacy through community events. He witnessed the impact of Libby’s Legacy on his friends and the community.
Having family members and friends affected directly and indirectly by breast cancer, Pedro experienced the importance and value of personal support, community and not letting anyone fight alone. Pedro’s diverse background, experience and compassion are a valuable asset for Libby’s Legacy, staying true to its mission, strategic guidance, and ensuring its sustainability in the short and long term.
Pedro lives in Tampa with his husband Bruce Buchanan.
As Global Sales Director for MGM Resorts International, Kristina proudly represents 13 Hotels in Las Vegas, 5 regional hotels in Biloxi, Detroit, Atlantic City, Springfield, Washington DC area as well as China. She serves as a key contact for customers looking to place meeting and convention business within the portfolio consisting of 42,000 hotel rooms and four million square feet of meeting space.
Kristina has a B.S degree in Hospitality Sales & Meeting Management from Johnson & Wales University.
In 2018, Kristina was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. As a breast cancer survivor, Kristina enjoys motivating and inspiring others to focus on health, wellness, and advocate for oneself. Her passion to bring awareness to this disease is why Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation is so meaningful to her.
As a current resident of Winter Garden, FL, Kristina loves spending time with her family, Nabil her husband of 15 years, her 12-year-old daughter Alena, and her 10-year-old son Jad. She is an avid world traveler, and loves to ski, read and cook.
Erica Shelton serves as Senior Cost Analyst for Turner Construction’s Central Florida business unit, with overall responsibility for risk analysis and financial reporting. The projects that she is responsible for range from $1 Million to $1 Billion in revenue. As a Department Head of a four-member team, Erica works to supervise, evaluate, train, and further develop the department.
Erica joined Turner in 2005 after receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She started her career as an engineer in the Chicago Busines Unit and participated in a variety of projects, including but not limited to interior buildouts, K-12 schools, and commercial medical buildings.
At Turner, Erica is actively involved in the Women Impacting Turner (WIT) Employee Resource Group, serving as Co-Lead of the Florida group since 2019. She works to organize and lead quarterly professional development, community, and connection events for the group’s 135 female employees at Turner Florida. For the past two years, Erica organized Turner’s annual Breast Cancer awareness month activities with Libby’s Legacy including Pinktober at Hard Rock in 2019, and the Brick-By-Brick construction program in 2020. After hugs from survivors and witnessing the care Libby’s provides, Erica wanted to do more and in February 2021 became our newest board member. Welcome Erica.
Kathy owns and operates Cregan & Co, PA. The firm was first established in 1991 in San Antonio, Texas as a sole proprietorship. Cregan & Co. offers advisory services, tax planning and preparation, to small and mid-size businesses, real estate investors, stock traders, business professionals, as well as the entertainment industry. The firm maintains clients in 32 states and three countries. The entire firm is dedicated to educating the clients and living up to their motto, “The More You Know, The Less You Owe®”.
Kathy is one of the top 5% of CPAs in the nation based on the criteria provided by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Kathy has a passion and love for, living life to the fullest, her two sons, the San Francisco Giants, music and her sweet Boxers, Coco and Brewser!
Kathy became involved with Libbys Legacy after connecting as a donor on the Melissa Etheridge cruises. She fell in love with the work we do and has served as Treasurer and is currently the Chair of Finance.
John Michael runs a successful real estate business, The Pink Team. The first to go to College in his family on a football scholarship, he left it all behind to come help care for his family when his mom had her breast cancer return while she was still in her thirties. John received his real estate license at 20 and vowed to take care of his mom and sisters, which is exactly what he did.
John has personal knowledge of Libby’s Legacy’s programs as his family was a recipient of the Live Big Cruise in 2012, he and his sisters were able to make, once in a lifetime, memories with their mother before she passed away shortly after at just 41 years old. He is passionate about helping spread the word and knowledge of who Libby’s Legacy is and how our programs can benefit the Central Florida community.
When asked why he wanted to join the board he replied, “Because of how much Libby’s does to support the community, how diverse they are and how dedicated they are to the people they serve, the survivors especially. I want to start my sisters volunteering young and have already committed to a growing season where all three of us will work in the garden and help deliver food to patients in current treatment.”
Truth joined the Libby’s Legacy board in November 2020. She is passionate about volunteerism and loves “getting her hands dirty” to help her chosen charity be successful. Truth jumped right in and joined the Finance Committee.
Truth moved to Florida in 1992 from Whitney Point NY and though a proud graduate of the University of Central Florida, she has just graduated from the University of Florida’s MBA program. Truth is a banker by profession and is currently the Regional Vice President-Market Manager at FAIRWINDS Credit Union. Truth has been the winner of the President’s Club award at Fairwinds three times has also won the Executive’s Club Award.
An avid runner who enjoys competition and reaching her goals, Truth believes It is important to live a purpose driven life and that’s one of the reasons giving back is so important to her. She has served her community as the Race treasurer for Susan G. Komen, served on the Seminole Leadership Council since 2018 and Vice Chaired the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Community Foundation. Knowing how it’s been for non-profits due to COVID, Truth knew her talents could be utilized by a small, local, breast cancer non-profit that was doing big things and we are excited to have her.
Jennifer has over 30 years of experience working in banking and customer service. She is currently a VP-Branch Manager with FAIRWINDS Credit Union. On a daily basis, she is focused on helping her members find financial freedom, through education and advice. When Jennifer is not at work, she is enjoying time with friends and family in the outdoors. As a native Wisconsinte, she is also an AVID Green Bay Packers Fan.
From a very young age, Jennifer was taught to give back. Growing up, she was a member of the Boy’s and Girl’s Brigade in Neenah, WI, where she began to learn leadership skills and the joy of volunteering. She gave of her time and talents in helping other young people learn new skills or enjoy their first summer at camp.
In 2008, Jennifer moved to Florida. After moving, Jennifer started looking for opportunities to give back to the community. For three years, Jennifer assisted with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Then she became the board president for Dress for Success Greater Orlando for a few years. After about a 3 year break, she started volunteering for Give Kids the World Village and in February 2022 was introduced to Libby’s Legacy by board member Truth Stevenson.
Jennifer has worked with some amazing breast cancer survivors both in her volunteer work and in her jobs over the years. These women have been and continue to be an inspiration to her and give her the drive to want to help others through this difficult disease. What excites Jennifer about Libby’s Legacy is that we don’t just pay for a mamogram for a woman, but we are her partner, advocate, support and so much more, before, during and after diagnosis.
Tracy was born and raised in Southeastern Kentucky and is devoted Wildcats fan! Tracy loves to read, spoil her rescue dogs, compete in Fantasy Football and Travel.
Tracy has been a long time volunteer and supporter of Libby’s Legacy. She has chaired our signature fundraising events as well as jumping in to manage many of our additional fundraising efforts. She came to us in 2018 as an accomplished Director with 20+ years in administration, fundraising and business development both in the profit and non-profit industries. She has successfully led teams and individuals to accomplish a wide variety of goals both monetary and organizational. Her non-profit background includes Director level positions at both the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society, where, in total, she was responsible for raising more than $2 million dollars in less than four years.
During her time at the American Cancer Society, she was trained by and worked with an amazing woman, named Libby Maynard. Tracy is so grateful to now lead Libby’s Legacy in honor of Libby.
Aleika Arboleda is a nonprofit Program Coordinator, Case Manager and advocate with over 6 years of experience working for meaningful changes for the wellbeing of the underserved families and individuals in Central Florida.
As a Mission Manager at Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation, she supports the needs of all clients, manages partner relationships, oversees staff and interns, and promotes the organization’s mission and goals.
Aleika holds a degree in Communication & Conflict Resolution and a degree in Mass Communication from The University of Central Florida. Her previous work experience includes working to prevent and reduce homelessness in Central Florida by equipping individuals and families to become self-sufficient through Housing, Outreach, Prevention and Education. She enjoys working with Business Transformation, Change Adoption, Strategic Alignment, Governance, Project Management, Process Improvement, Facilitation, Communications.
Aleika is a mother of 3 children and is passionate about traveling. She and her family have traveled to more than 11 different countries and her dream is to travel around the world.
Zenaida Diaz comes to us as the very first breast cancer Survivor Libby’s Legacy ever diagnosed in early 2009. , Zee moved to the state of Florida, from NY years ago. A wife for more than 40 years and a mother to four boys, with the blessing of eight grand children. IN late 2008 I said to myself am long overdue for a mammogram. I hadn’t had one, for the first four years that I was living in Florida. I remember making several calls to different non-profit organizations. The only place that called be back was Libby’s Legacy breast cancer foundation. This was the beginning of a journey to a world unknown to me (Cancer)but they took care of everything from mammogram, to biopsy, to fighting for treatment.
I give my most sincere gratitude to Libby’s legacy, they never left me alone, stood by me and my family during my surgery, chemo and recovery they kept by my side. Robin has become a part of my family as I know to many more as well. I was given a second chance at life by the grace of God, I was Libby’s first patient diagnosed with Breast Cancer and I consider it an honor being their first and having Robin as my advocate in every sense of the word. Having seen how Libby’s has continued fighting for many more women that came after me. I knew I wanted to give back , I started as a volunteer and now am blessed to be contracted to help take care of our Spanish speaking clients.
I am forever blessed and forever grateful to be a part of Libby’s Legacy.