Movement is medicine.

J.K. Harness

Board of Directors

Dr. Jay Harness, MD, FACS, founded Cancer Fitness and is Chief Medical Officer at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance. He is a former Clinical Professor of Surgery at UC Irvine and an emeritus breast surgeon at Providence St. Joseph and Northern Inyo Hospital.

Over a career that included 28 years in full-time academic positions, he built multidisciplinary breast cancer programs at the University of Michigan, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, Providence St. Joseph Hospital, and Northern Inyo Hospital. He is a past president of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and Breast Surgery International.

He has published more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters, wrote Breast Cancer Answers and Operative Approaches to Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, and edited three medical textbooks. In 2024 the National Consortium of Breast Centers gave him its Career Impact Award.

John Powers

Board of Directors

John is a seasoned C-level executive specializing in the commercialization and market introduction of high-tech and enabling technologies across the medical device and wireless industries. His career spans Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups, with a consistent record of bringing disruptive technologies to market and scaling revenue operations globally.

John has built and led international sales and operations teams, established distributor networks, and driven go-to-market strategies that accelerate technology adoption. He has navigated both public and private M&A transactions and has expertise in revenue generation and early-stage ventures.

Herb Haessig

Board of Directors

For more than 25 years, Herb has served on the boards of U.S. subsidiaries of German and Swiss companies with $20 million to $250 million in revenue and up to 1,000 employees. His board work focuses on organization and human resources, and he has served on compensation committees.

Trained as a civil engineer in Switzerland, Herb spent 25 years at Hilti, moving from facilities project manager to Vice President of Human Resources in Liechtenstein and then in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From 1998 to 2016 he was Managing Partner at J.R. Bechtle & Co., a Chicago retained executive search firm. As President of HH Board Consulting, he advises Swiss and German companies on their U.S. subsidiaries.