Board of Directors

Mission Statement

• To help support sufferers of meningitis and their familes
  
• To educate the public and medical professionals about meningitis so that its early diagnosis and treatment will save lives
  
• To support the development of vaccines and other methods of preventing meningitis

Adam Busuttil

President, Eastern Region

Adam Busuttil is currently the elementary band director and communication arts teacher for music theory and beginning audio recording. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor in music education with a minor in music theory. Adam has also been active as a drum line instructor. He has worked with many Michigan high school drum lines and has instructed the cymbal line for the Kiwanis Cavaliers, a division one drum corps based out of Kitchener, Ontario. Adam contracted meningitis while attending Michigan State University. Due to meningitis he lost 7 fingers, 2 toes and parts of 2 others. Adam also finds time to travel and play with his rock band, and play percussion professionally through Michigan.

Kelly L. Madison

President, Western Region

Kelly was diagnosed with Viral Meningitis on March 24th, 1998. She says that the support of her family and the support of the Foundation made an incredible impact in her recovery. After many months towards recovery, Kelly knew she needed to repay the kindness extended to her during her battle with Meningitis and began volunteering with the Foundation in January of 1999.

Kelly was elected Vice President in June 2001 and President of the Western Region in September of 2007.  She is honored to be working with such a dedicated team of professionals.
Kelly wears many hats in her personal life - working full-time at Insight as Senior Instructor for Learning and Development and as Adjunct Faculty for Rio Salado College.  Kelly has a degree in Journalism (BA) from the University of North Dakota and her MA-ED in Education Technology from the University of Phoenix in the spring of 2000.

She enjoys working with computers, reading mystery novels and working with the "Rebels without Applause", a wildly creative bunch of drama students at Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix.  For many years, she was also weekend host for National Public radio news station KJZZ, Phoenix but has hung up her headphones to focus her attention on her efforts with the Foundation.

She was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota where many of her friends and family still live. Kelly says that it was a wonderful place to grow up and contributes much of her success to being brought up in the Upper-Midwest.

Caroline L. Petrie

National Secretary

Caroline came to the Meningitis Foundation with years administrative and customer service experience.  Initially, Caroline undertook the duties of our Web Liaison - this position coordinates all of the various aspects of our website WWW.MUSA.ORG  and manages the relationship with our dedicated Web Team in Arizona. In October 2006, she accepted the post of Secretary to the Board of Directors. "Caroline has what it takes to get things organized and get things done," says Kelly Madison, Vice President of the Foundation.  "We couldn't be luckier to have her as part of the team." Caroline makes her home in Phoenix with her two feline companions, Harry & Sam.

Brian Huey

National Treasurer

Brian was born in Fresno, California in 1972 and lived there until August, 2004. After living in Jacksonville, Florida for just under two years, Brian and family now live in the Houston, Texas area. He and his wife, Susan, have been happily married since 1993 and both very much enjoy their two children. Brian's story is part of this website.
Brian became involved with the Meningitis Foundation of America while working on a research project at California State University, Fresno. He picked the topic of Meningitis after having contracted his second incident of the illness a few months earlier.
Having attained his Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology and moved across the country and half-way back, Brian still enjoys the contact with others needing a better understanding of what's going on with the body when Meningitis strikes.

Tim Garrison

Financial Advisor

Scott Lawson

National Board Member

After attending Ball State University and obtaining my Bachelors of Science in Health Care Administration/Community Health Education (98) I started my career by joining the team at American Red Cross Hoosier Heartland Chapter. During my tenure at the ARC I held the positions of Director of Health and Safety and Director of Financial Development and Information Systems. During the spring of 2003 I moved to Indianapolis, Indiana to try my hands at Fiscal Management with the State of Indiana. By luck I happened upon a job description that would lead me to the Meningitis Foundation of America and to a position that has enriched my life since joining this noble cause.

Previous Support Staff

• David Spilker, MFA Founder  
• Lynn Bozof
• James Conway, M.D. - Medical Advisor
• Denise Evans
• Kyle Hendrix
• Sharon Johnson
• Frankie Milley
• Brian Newby
• Carla Newby
• Ryan Pike
• David Powell
• Denise Sanzo
• Kelly Thomas
• Carolyn Waghorn
• Ed Wiginton