At its May Annual Meeting, Middleburg's Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation (CBBCF) elected three new board members and its four officers for 2015-16 while expressing its appreciation to three departing directors.

Joining the board for three-year terms are Cindy Battino of Leesburg and Annette Morgan of Ashburn. Serving for one year until she graduates from Foxcroft School is Jessie Herman of Waterford. Ms. Battino is a graduate of George Mason University, the owner of Transformational Healing, and co-leads the foundation's Ashburn Walk and Fun Run. A vice president of Middleburg Bank, Ms. Morgan is also a member of the board of directors of Leadership Loudoun and co-leads the Ashburn Walk and Fun Run. Ms. Herman will be a senior at Foxcroft School and holds one of the three positions designated for Foxcroft.

Elected to lead CBBCF for the July 1–June 30 fiscal year were Mary Park Durham of Dallas, Texas and Foxcroft School as Secretary; as Treasurer, Kim O'Donnell, a Certified Public Accountant and owner of O'Donnell and Associates of Middleburg; as Vice Chair, Stephanie Knapp of Upperville, a former Senior Warden of Trinity Episcopal Church; and as Chair, James Atkins, founder of the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation.

Departing the sixteen member board are Lyndsay Welsh Chamblin of Leesburg, who served as secretary for two years; Lisa Weber of Warrenton, a member since 2010 and former vice chair; and Lillian Potter of Purcellville, one of the first two Foxcroft students to join the board in 2014.

Since its founding in 2007 to raise money for the local fight against breast cancer, CBBCF has granted almost $700,000 with an overhead rate of less than 10% and no full-time staff or facilities. Its grants have been to organizations such as: Loudoun Breast Health Network; Inova Loudoun Hospital, Fauquier Hospital, IIBs Foundation, Casting for Recovery, Blue Ridge Hospice, Loudoun Voluntary Caregivers, Novant Health's Mammography Van, and others.

Please visit the website for more information: cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org