Deidre Knox Wilson and her husband, John, moved to Queen Anne’s County in 1998 to build the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Stevensville. In 2006, she became a founding member of Bosom Buddies, offering the Beach Club for the first Bosom Buddies Ball in 2007. On the Ball Committee, she has served as Publicity Chair in 2006 and 2007, and Treasurer in 2008 and 2009. She was selected as the Bosom Buddies’ Honoree at the 2009 Ball and has served as Chair of the Ball in 2010 and 2011. She joined the charity’s Board of Directors in 2008 and is currently serving as Chairman of the Board and President.

Deidre has lost 3 aunts to breast cancer, has one aunt who is a survivor and is a 9 year breast cancer survivor herself.

Cathy Adelman and her husband, Al, moved to Kent Island in 2003, after relocating the law offices to Annapolis from Montgomery County. She has been a member of the Bosom Buddies Committee since 2008 and is now serving as a member of the Board. Cathy is also on the Foundation Board for Anne Arundel Medical Center. She has been an active volunteer for many organizations including schools, hospitals, church and community based groups. “Giving Back” is a family commitment. She and her husband have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Her mother survived breast cancer but her aunts lost their battle. Her sister died of breast cancer in 2009.

Biana Arentz resides in Grasonville, Maryland with her husband and two children.    She is one of the founding members of Bosom Buddies Charities.  Biana is co-chair of the 2012 Ball and her daughter, Elizabeth, 13, is a Junior Member of the Committee. She  is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of  Anne Arundel Health Systems and is a Director for  the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.  Biana and her husband are Realtors with Long and Foster. The Queen Anne’s County Chamber of Commerce named Biana 2008 Business Leader of the Year. Her Mother is a Breast Cancer Survivor.

Donna Moran has been a resident of Queen Anne’s County since 1986. She and her husband owned the Moran Insurance Agency in Severna Park where she worked for over 24 years in the Property and Casualty Insurance field before they sold their business in 2005. She served as the Vice-Chair of the Bosom Buddies Ball in 2010 and 2011 and will Co-Chair the 2012 Ball. She is a founding member of Bosom Buddies and has served in various positions since its inception. Having worked with a number of charities over the years has always been rewarding but Bosom Buddies is personal to her as both her grandmother and mother are breast cancer survivors.

Karen White is currently serving as the Treasurer of Bosom Buddies Charities, Inc., and has been part of the Bosom Buddies Ball Committee since 2007 and the Board since 2009.

As a breast cancer survivor of 11 years, Karen has been proud to work with this wonderful charity. Karen with her husband Jimmy, and two kids, moved to the Eastern Shore on Kent Island in 2001, while she was going through breast cancer treatment. Karen has been a Program Analyst at NASA Headquarters going on 40 yrs and works in the Space Operations Program. In addition to serving on the Bosom Buddies Charities committee, she has been the Treasurer for the Prospect Bay Country Club (PBCC) Yacht Club, Tuesday Twilight Golf, and the PBCC Annual Rally for the Cure Golf fund raising tournament. Karen is also a committee member of the NASA Federal Credit Union and treasurer for the NASA Headquarters Exchange Store.

Veronica “Roni” Haggart  moved to Kent Island 2 1/2 years ago after lengthy careers in both the public and private sectors in Washington, D.C.  Roni was appointed by the President of the United States as a Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission and subsequently ran the global government relations and communications regulatory office for Motorola, Inc.  She joined the Bosom Buddies Ball Committee in 2011 and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Sponsor Committee.  She has also joined the Bosom Buddies Board.  Roni is President of the Cove Creek Club’s Women’s Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Regent Grand condominium in the Turks & Caicos, and a member of the Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C.  She has one son and three stepchildren.

Roni lost her paternal grandmother to breast cancer; her father was a breast cancer survivor.