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Driven by purpose.

Infusion Access Foundation (IAF) works every day to make sure people can get treatment when they need it, so they don’t get sicker, and above all, so they can continue living their best lives.

Fighting for progress.

Living with the physical, emotional, and economic strain of disease is overwhelming. It’s easy to feel hopeless—until you get the right medication and it gets you back to feeling and living the way you want to.

Everyone deserves access to the right treatment that protects their health. Securing that access isn’t always going to be easy. We’re going to have to fight for it, but knowing you’re with us means everything.

The journey to achieve balance.

With work, family, friends, money, health, and self-care, leading a “normal” modern life is already a balancing act. On top of all that, your disease throws you so much more to deal with—nutrition, medication, treatments, comorbidities, insurance coverage, unplanned time off, out-of-pocket costs, and the roller coaster of emotional ups and downs. All of this stacks up and topples over, especially during a flare.

Our Infusion Champions are our heroes: patients like you. They’re working hard to grasp, shift, organize, hold, and ultimately carry all the shapes along the disease management journey. Finding and maintaining balance is how you can break through and live better. We’ve designed the IAF brand and community around this hopeful journey to balance.

1 – New to This: Newly Diagnosed

A chronic disease diagnosis is life-changing. Right away, there is an overwhelming stack of new shapes (specialists, medications, treatments, etc.) added to your life that you have to learn to balance. It’s a lot to deal with, especially at first.

IAF is a community of people who are balancing similar shapes and can help you figure out how to do the same. Come learn from their experiences and share yours.

2 – Teeter-Totter: Sub-Optimal Management

When your shapes are unbalanced, disease flares are ready to strike. IAF provides resources to help you recognize and navigate imbalances. You can also join in on advocacy efforts that help protect your access to treatment when you need it.

3 – Leveling Out: Restorative Management

Recovering from a flare is exhausting. It takes time to heal from physical and emotional pain, regain balance, and restore your sense of wellness. IAF is here for you with community support and educational resources to get you back in balance. Lean on us to help you through!

4 – Balance Beaming: Effective Management

With the right treatment and some lifestyle changes, you can carry everything and keep up with your life. It’s going to be hard sometimes. You’ll probably have setbacks (most of us do), but we’re here to support you and cheer you on. Join IAF to share your stories and fight for everyone’s access to treatment.

What to expect from us.

We are a dedicated safe space for people living through the ups, downs, and in-betweens of complex chronic disease.

Supportive

We have a library of community resources to empower patient voices and share their stories with the world.

Compassionate

We embrace the humanity of all patient experiences, from the joy of regaining hand function to the grief of missing life events due to disease.

Strong

We stand up against the great adversity and challenges patients face in accessing provider-administered therapies, so they don’t have to.

Dedicated

You can count on us for active advocacy, community support and educational materials 24/7/365.

Here for you, ready for anything.

Brian Nyquist, MPH

President

Brian oversees operations and runs the IAF headquarters in Austin, Texas. Brian is dedicated to exploring new avenues and building relationships with outside organizations in order to help key decision-makers understand the value of ensuring that patients have access to the provider-administered medications they need, when they need them.

Alicia Barron, LGSW

Executive Director

Alicia Barron, LGSW has more than 20 years of experience working with people affected by chronic illnesses and the healthcare providers who treat them. She cares deeply about the ways in which living with chronic illness impacts a patient in all areas of their life – from physical healthcare to psychosocial health.

Knowing that better outcomes for patients require teamwork, Alicia builds relationships with everyone involved in patient care – healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, other patient organizations, elected officials, and of course, patients themselves.

Kaitey Morgan, RN, BSN, CRNI

Director, Clinical Education

As a former infusion nurse, Kaitey focuses on developing resources to support IAF’s patient community, and serves as the organization’s clinical expert on staff. Kaitey is the go-to for patients with questions, concerns, or looking for direction on key access issues. She also collaborates with the team to create patient education materials.

Chris Counts

Director, Operations

Chris oversees the strategic operational planning and outreach of the organization to ensure IAF meets and exceeds the expectations and needs of the patients it serves. Additionally, he works with each team member to ensure their programs are advancing the mission and vision of IAF.

Kindyl Boyer, MPP

Director, Advocacy

Kindyl works to multiply IAF’s advocacy efforts at the state and federal levels, serving on numerous coalitions on behalf of the organization. She also works to create and expand community educational materials offered to patients of provider-administered medications.

Krista Hager

Director, Communications

Krista directs communication and marketing initiatives for IAF. She works with the team internally to produce and disseminate content that is relevant and valuable to patients. Krista ensures the patient voice is amplified to decision-makers and that your stories are heard.

Stephanie Santos

Chief of Staff

Stephanie supports leadership in coordination with all ongoing IAF projects and activities. She navigates external partnerships and integrates strategic communication with department leads to streamline efficiency, KPIs, employee growth, and productivity.

Grady Stewart

Digital Content Specialist

Grady is the Digital Content Specialist for the Infusion Access Foundation (IAF), where he guidesthe communications and content strategy for the organization internally and externally. Heworks to amplify the advocacy efforts of IAF by creating multimedia resources to support,educate, and uplift the patient community. He brings his personal experience as a patient, andhis professional skills in writing, design, video, and creative strategy together to positivelyimpact healthcare stakeholders and patients and to advance the mission of IAF. His experiencesin healthcare and communications motivate him to fight to ensure that all patients receive thecare and support they deserve. He looks forward to helping shape the future of healthcare anddeveloping his skills along the way.

Board members

Bryan Johnson

President

Charlie Schadewald

Treasurer

Brian Nyquist

Secretary

Katie Thackston

Director

Marissa Shackleton

Director

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I need help

Driven by purpose.

Fighting for progress.

The journey to achieve balance.

1 – New to This: Newly Diagnosed

2 – Teeter-Totter: Sub-Optimal Management

3 – Leveling Out: Restorative Management

4 – Balance Beaming: Effective Management

What to expect from us.

Supportive

Compassionate

Strong

Dedicated

Here for you, ready for anything.

Brian Nyquist, MPH

Alicia Barron, LGSW

Kaitey Morgan, RN, BSN, CRNI

Chris Counts

Kindyl Boyer, MPP

Krista Hager

Stephanie Santos

Grady Stewart

Board members

Bryan Johnson

Charlie Schadewald

Brian Nyquist

Katie Thackston

Marissa Shackleton

Your support means the world to us.