POCA of DuPage is managed by Co-Leaders Kellee Konieczny and Kristin Miller under the guidance of medical advisors and with the aid of several key volunteers who are members of the Leadership Team. Additional POCA members focus their attention on special projects.

Although our members are not trained in the medical profession, all of us have personal experience in living with food allergies and are committed to helping others live as safe and normal a life as possible in the face of life-threatening food allergies.

We have two medical advisors, Dr. Renee Lantner who is board certified in allergy and immunology.  Dr. Lantner is a former president of the Illinois Society of Allergy,Asthma and Immunology and attended Northwestern University. Our second medical advisor is Christine Szychlinski, APN, CPNP from Children's Memorial Hospital. We are lucky to have our advisors usually attend our quarterly meetings to present allergy information and/or answer general allergy-related questions.