Posted October 16, 2014 Laurie Rice, was born and raised in Los Angeles where she received her B.A. in Art History from UCLA and a M.A. in special education from CSUN. She taught deaf and hard of hearing students for five years before attending Loyola Law School. A former Deputy District Attorney, Laurie has dedicated [...]

Posted on October 16, 2014 Ellen Tunkelrott, Member of the ADAO Board of Directors, is a Senior Contracts Administrator, MBA, CFCM for a small aerospace and defense company in Los Angeles. She resides in Redondo Beach, California. She became friends with Linda and Alan Reinstein through local community volunteer activity. Linda and Ellen collaboratively brainstormed [...]

Posted on October 16, 2014 Doug Larkin is the Co-Founder of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) – which works to help raise awareness about asbestos related diseases, while serving as a global community for asbestos victims and their families.  Doug holds a B.A. in political science from Muskingum University, New Concord, Ohio. Doug is the Director [...]

Posted on October 16, 2014 Updated on October 26, 2018 Michael R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP, is Chief of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, and ADAO Science Advisory Board Member. An internationally known expert in the diagnosis and treatment of environmental and [...]

Posted on October 16, 2014 Updated on October 26, 2018 Brad Black, MD, has been the Medical Director and CEO for the Center for Asbestos and Related Disease (CARD Clinic) in Libby, Montana since 2000. He has been a physician in the Libby medical community since 1977 and became the Lincoln County Health Officer in [...]