Board of Directors
Joyce Licht Sang
Founder Director and President
Joyce is Ryan's mother and has dedicated her life to helping millions see a brighter day in his memory. Over the past thirty years, Joyce has had leadership roles in many non-profit organizations or their activities, including: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (University of Miami), Children's Home Society (Palm Beach), Florida House (Washington, DC), Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach & Treasure Coast, Red Cross - The Greater Palm Beach Area and HCUND of the United Nations (New York). She was named a Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2012. She is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Leadership Council for Psychiatry.
With her husband, she has been the recipient of the People of Vision Award from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the Hermes Humanitarian Award, the Community Service Award from the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, the 2009 Mogens Schou Award for Public Service from The International Society for Bipolar Disorders and the 2017 Sallie Province Mink Community Education Award from Johns Hopkins.
Sarah L. Myers
Secretary/Treasurer
California
Vice President, Global Operations and Sales, RÓEN BEAUTY, Los Angeles, CA; formerly Director of Operations, EDWARD BESS, New York, NY.
Sarah has extensive experience in national and international project management with oversight and execution of strategic and financial planning.
Clive M. Baumgarten, Ph.D.
Virginia
Distinguished Career Professor Emeritus & Past Interim Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics; Past Associate Director, MD-PhD Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Jaynee Licht Luntz
Founder Director
Florida
With over thirty years of experience in retail management in the fields of children's apparel, jewelry, high fashion and special gift accessories, Jaynee brings a special understanding of people and their families to the Foundation. Throughout her career, she has worked with and been a strong supporter of non-profit organizations, including: American Heart Association, Hospice, American Red Cross, Planned Parenthood and March of Dimes.
Dusty Sang
Founder Director
Dusty is Ryan’s father and like his wife, Joyce, has dedicated his life to changing the course of Bipolar Disorder so that other children and their families can have better lives through the discovery of an empirical, biomarker test for Bipolar Disorder and through the breaking of the stigma that surrounds this serious illness of the brain.
Dusty is the President of Stay Thirsty Media, Inc., A News and Entertainment Company, and the Publisher of Stay Thirsty Magazine. He is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Leadership Council for Psychiatry.
With his wife, he has been the recipient of the People of Vision Award from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the Hermes Humanitarian Award, the Community Service Award from the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, the 2009 Mogens Schou Award for Public Service from The International Society for Bipolar Disorders and the 2017 Sallie Province Mink Community Education Award from Johns Hopkins.
Life Trustees
Abby McCormick O'Neil
Illinois & New Zealand
Abby McCormick O’Neil lost her brother Mark to Bipolar Disorder in 1993. A lifelong advocate for mental health issues, Abby demonstrates her commitment in both her professional life and her personal life every day.
Her interest in mental health coalesced in the 1980s with a certificate in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling from Marymount Manhattan College coupled with onsite work with patients at the Payne Whitney Clinic in New York City under the supervision of Dr. Barbara Mason, currently the Co-Director of the Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research at the Scripps Research Institute.
She has broad non-profit experience having served on a variety of cultural, educational and social service boards in Chicago. Abby has chaired the Harris Theater for Music and Dance’s Board of Trustees and is a current Board Member, she is a Life Trustee of Rush University’s Medical Center and is on the Committee for European Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute in Chicago.
Abby has attended the Foundation’s Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Conference at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been a Co-Chairman of the Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheon and one of the hosts for the Foundation’s Dinner, held the evening before the Luncheon, since its inception. In 2014, she received the Foundation’s highest honor, the Shining Star Award, and in 2018, she was named the Foundation’s first Life Trustee.
Amy Morro
Michigan
Amy Morro was one of the first people to attend the Foundation’s Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder Medical Briefing Luncheon in Chicago. She had a reason to learn more about this medical illness of the brain and was proactive in seeking knowledge and information that could benefit her family. Over the years, Amy’s commitment to the mission and goals of the Foundation grew and her participation became more vigorous. Even in the early days, Amy was fearless in standing up for the cause by taking a leadership role in Co-Chairing countless Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheons, in being a Co-Underwriter of the annual Chicago Dinner in Honor of the Panelists, in being an Honorary Co-Chair of the Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheons, in representing the Foundation at a National Institute of Mental Health committee meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, in attending the Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Conference the Foundation co-sponsored with Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by being a speaker with her husband Bill at one of dinners in honor of the Panelists and revealing their family’s story, by being a family-member Panelist at the Palm Beach Bipolar Medical Briefing Luncheon and by always being available to help stuff, stamp, write notes and seal the invitations to Foundation Luncheons in both Chicago and Palm Beach for years and years and years. In 2014, she was one of the inaugural recipients in Chicago of the Foundation’s Shining Star Award.
Amy Morro has devoted her life to her family, her career and her community and in the process has traveled the world. Born in New Hampshire, she received her BA from McGill University in Montreal. After college, she and her husband, William (Bill) Morro, moved to Chicago and soon thereafter began globetrotting. First Amy and Bill lived in Brazil while Bill worked on the Jari Project. From there, they moved to Sydney, Australia, then to San Francisco, and finally back to Chicago to raise their three children, Anna, James and Will. As her children grew up, she was a dedicated volunteer at their schools that included Chicago City Day, Francis Parker, Latin School, Middlesex and served as President of the Cardigan Parent Association. An avid and competitive sportswoman who skis, plays tennis and swims, she began a career in real estate after her children were in college and is a broker with Baird & Warner.
Amy is a highly accomplished, caring and thoughtful wife, mother, business woman and supporter of community organizations and causes. She is a quiet force whose can-do spirit and selflessness make difficult things come true with ease and grace. In May 2019, Amy was named the Foundation’s second Life Trustee.
Julie Fisher Cummings
Florida
Julie Fisher Cummings has dedicated over 40 years of her life to civic leadership, both locally and nationally. Some of the positions she has held include: the Corporation for National and Community Service (Presidential Appointee), Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University (Board) and Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Board).
Her proactive philanthropic work over the years has included board and leadership positions with: the United Way, Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties (Board Chair), Council of Michigan Foundations (Board Chair), Women Moving Millions (Founding Steering Committee), Ms. Foundation (Advisory Committee), Jewish Teen Funders Network (Founding Trustee), the Jewish Women’s Foundations in Florida and Michigan (Founding Member), Council for Strong America, The Lord’s Place (Board Member), Columbia School of Social Work (Advisory Board Member), Women’s Philanthropy Institute at Lily School of Philanthropy at Indiana University (Advisory Council Member) and most recently, Co-Founder and Board Member of The Promise Fund of Florida that works to address health disparities to ensure that all women have access to timely and quality breast and cervical cancer resources and treatment..
She has long advocated for responsible policies on health, education and philanthropy on behalf of underserved and marginalized children and families. She is the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Lovelight Foundation, which focuses on domestic child sex trafficking, undeserved women and girls and early childhood education and care. She served as the Executive Producer of I Am Jane Doe, an award-winning documentary about domestic child sex trafficking, highlighting the legal battle against Backpage.com which ultimately led to its discontinuation and seizure by the FBI.
She has also forged effective public-private partnerships and new funding networks in Florida and across the U.S. She is a Co-Founder of the Florida Women’s Funding Alliance, which has commissioned two research reports to drive policy change and enhance the quality of life for women and girls in the State of Florida: The Status of Women in Florida by County and The Status of Girls in Florida by County. Through the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation (Board Chair), she was the founding sponsor of the Southeastern Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative.
A graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work with an MSSW, she is constantly working to bridge academia, public service and policy reform. Previously, she served as an Adjunct Visiting Professor at the University of Miami, Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine.
She has been honored by organizations such as Cranbrook Schools (Distinguished Alumnae), Palm Beach Atlantic University (Woman of Distinction), Alternatives for Girls (Role Model of the Year), Anti-Defamation League (Woman of Achievement), Women’s Funding Network (Leadership, Equity and Diversity Award) and Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin County (Founders Award), The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation (Shining Star Award) and Families First of Palm Beach County (Harriet Goldstein Award).
Julie has been married to Peter D. Cummings for 46 years and has three children, Casey, Tony and Caroline, and six grandchildren, Megan, Nathan, Maxwell, Francesca, Dashiell and Levi. In May 2024, Julie was named the Foundation's third Life Trustee.
