August 23, 2007 (Charleston, SC) — Mary Pat O’Connor, a consumer health education and marketing expert, joins the group of leading professionals who are committed to improving the quality of life of individuals experiencing incontinence, voiding dysfunction, nocturnal enuresis, and related pelvic floor disorders. Ms. O’Connor was promoted on a continuous basis during her 29 years as an employee with Fortune 100 global corporation Kimberly-Clark (K-C). K-C is the manufacturer of an array of products well-known worldwide. Some of the most common K-C brands, such as Poise®, Depend®, and DryNites®, maintain successful methods for the management of incontinence. Ms. O’Connor worked specifically in the realm of health and continence care, strategically developing research projects that directly engage consumers and address their lifestyle needs.

She has been the driving force behind the implementation of absorbent product information in the “U.S. Guidelines on Adult Incontinence,” published by the Agency for Research and Quality. She also played a key role in the establishment of the American Urogynecologic Society’s (AUGS) first organized philanthropic foundation for medical education and research, known as the June Allyson Foundation. Ms. O’Connor is the first non-physician AUGS Foundation board member as she is recognized for her knowledge of continence care and experience in consumer health education including direct involvement with top retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart and Walgreen’s.

Ms. O’Connor currently resides in Wisconsin where she continues to serve as the Secretary of the AUGS Foundation Board of Directors. No longer with K-C, she is an executive with a family real estate firm.

Beyond the recent addition to the Board, Yvonne C. Russell joins the NAFC Project Advisory Council. Mrs. Russell is a long-standing supporter of NAFC. She has played a key role in motivating women to faithfully perform a daily routine of pelvic muscle exercises (PME) by underwriting a portion of development and production costs in the release of  “PME Instruction Kit for Women.” It consists of a user manual and video to help women prevent or overcome mild to moderate stress urinary incontinence and manage symptoms of overactive bladder. A registered nurse with training in neurology, she is also the inventor of the patented Wellness WandTM, a device used to strengthen the pelvic floor of women and thus restore continence. Mrs. Russell resides with her husband in Columbia, South Carolina. She is active in a number of philanthropic endeavors and has a personal passion for yoga and gardening.