Board of Trustees
Current Board Members

Tracey Lane
Chairperson

Cassandra French
Secretary

Stephen Ryan
Treasurer

Bedrich Eckhardt
Scientific Researcher
Dr. Eckhardt is postdoctoral scientist with 20 years’ experience in translational breast cancer research.
His studies aim to investigate the reasons why certain breast cancers are more aggressive than others, why they spread (metastasize) to other organs and to identify new markers and targeted therapies for this disease. He has a specific interest in inflammatory breast cancer and has trained for the past 6 years with International leaders at The Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX, USA).
Dr. Eckhardt has recently returned to Australia to continue his research into IBC at The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute.

Kim LaPenta
Fundraising Trustee
Past Board Members

Julie Fishlock
Chairperson
Founding member, Julie Fishlock passed away in the early morning hours of February 15, 2020. Julie worked tirelessly to set up the foundation and made fantastic progress raising funds and awareness for IBC in Australia. Julie will be remembered fondly as a strong and driven woman. We will continue to build on the work she did in her honour.