eFundYourHealth is the ONLY Crowdfunding Solution for Alternative Medicine
We provide a service that accepts tax-deductible donations, expands the reach of Complementary and Alternative Medicine treatments and helps the practitioner provide services for those that may not otherwise be able to afford treatments.
Patients made
354
Million CAM visits
CAM increases survival
3X
the national average
Who uses CAM?
38%
of American Adults
Patients paid
$30.2
Billion out of pocket
* National Care Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Statistics | Spending | Cost
eFundYourHealth Founders
My son, Dane, was 23 years old when he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. We tried every form of conventional medicine imaginable. His doctors recommended removing his colon. This would mean he would lose the fight and be a slave to his disease for the rest of his life.
In desperation, we turned to Complementary and Integrative Medicine. He drastically changed his eating habits, lifestyle and learned to manage his stress levels. Today, Dane thrives in remission.
We started eFundYourHealth to provide a community willing to help others thrive where healthcare and health insurance was not enough.
With Love,
Phyllis Johnson, Founder
You can make a HUGE difference in the life of another person.
Donating to a General Fund allows you to channel your generous philanthropy to help other patients like Dane who are fighting chronic disease.
The Team
Creating a New Approach to Funding CAM
Phyllis Johnson
President & Founder
Phyllis "PJ" Johnson has held executive management positions within the IT, Medical and Scientific space for over 20+ years. She has led the management, acquisition and development of numerous divisions with prestigious companies such as Northrop Grumman, Cambridge Systems, and Absolute Software. While following her entrepreneurial spirit, she began her career by founding Computer Resource International, Inc. which sold hardware and software solutions to the federal government.
Her dramatic experience with her son, Dane Johnson, convinced her to integrate her strong business acumen with the passion to help others heal chronic disease. She began the Crohn's & Colitis Nutrition Foundation (Later changed to Nutrition Heals Foundation and now eFundYourHealth) designed to provide funding, lodging and expertise for those in need.
Phyllis Johnson
President & Founder
Phyllis "PJ" Johnson has held executive management positions within the IT, Medical and Scientific space for over 20+ years. She has led the management, acquisition and development of numerous divisions with prestigious companies such as Northrop Grumman, Cambridge Systems, and Absolute Software. While following her entrepreneurial spirit, she began her career by founding Computer Resource International, Inc. which sold hardware and software solutions to the federal government.
Her dramatic experience with her son, Dane Johnson, convinced her to integrate her strong business acumen with the passion to help others heal chronic disease. She began the Crohn's & Colitis Nutrition Foundation (Later changed to Nutrition Heals Foundation and now eFundYourHealth) designed to provide funding, lodging and expertise for those in need.
Dane Johnson
Co-Founder
Dane Johnson was finally diagnosed with Crohns/Colitis at the age of 23 years old after many years of symptoms. Determined to change things, he began a strict diet and moved to L.A. where he became a professional Model/Actor while pursuing his passion for Natural Medicine.
At its worst, Dane had 25-30 bowel movements in a 24 hour period, Chronic sleep apnea, drug induced Hepatitis, brain fog, extreme abdominal pain, extreme rectal inflammation and bleeding, blackouts, etc. After years of throwing away money on dangerous drugs and miracle supplements without any improvement, drastic diet, lifestyle, and stress changes made all the difference. Dane is now in remission without the use of any drugs and a Natural Health Practitioner consulting those suffering from IBD through CCLifestyle.
Dane Johnson
Co-Founder
Dane Johnson was finally diagnosed with Crohns/Colitis at the age of 23 years old after many years of symptoms. Determined to change things, he began a strict diet and moved to L.A. where he became a professional Model/Actor while pursuing his passion for Natural Medicine.
At its worst, Dane had 25-30 bowel movements in a 24 hour period, Chronic sleep apnea, drug induced Hepatitis, brain fog, extreme abdominal pain, extreme rectal inflammation and bleeding, blackouts, etc. After years of throwing away money on dangerous drugs and miracle supplements without any improvement, drastic diet, lifestyle, and stress changes made all the difference. Dane is now in remission without the use of any drugs and a Natural Health Practitioner consulting those suffering from IBD through CCLifestyle.
Bruce Demaine
COO & BOARD MEMBER
Bruce joined BPI in May of 2011 and now holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. A 25-year veteran of the environmental certification and accreditation field, Bruce led multiple American National Standards Institute accreditation and certification committees in the review of ISO standards and approval of certification bodies.
He most recently served as Vice President of Certifications for the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), where he was responsible for the certification of buildings to the LEED ratings systems. Prior to joining GBCI, DeMaine founded Precision Preservation and Inspection (PPI), a consulting firm specializing in areas of ISO quality systems, strategic planning, business process improvement, environmental compliance and safety initiatives. Before launching PPI, DeMaine spent ten years as Director of Corporate QA, Facilities and Safety for NSF International, a public health and safety company located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Bruce provides the operational and financial strategies for the eFundYourHealth and contributes to the successful direction of its mission! He is a passionate advocate of reaching the intended mission of the organization through a strong and clear strategy.
Bruce Demaine
COO & BOARD MEMBER
Bruce joined BPI in May of 2011 and now holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. A 25-year veteran of the environmental certification and accreditation field, Bruce led multiple American National Standards Institute accreditation and certification committees in the review of ISO standards and approval of certification bodies.
He most recently served as Vice President of Certifications for the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), where he was responsible for the certification of buildings to the LEED ratings systems. Prior to joining GBCI, DeMaine founded Precision Preservation and Inspection (PPI), a consulting firm specializing in areas of ISO quality systems, strategic planning, business process improvement, environmental compliance and safety initiatives. Before launching PPI, DeMaine spent ten years as Director of Corporate QA, Facilities and Safety for NSF International, a public health and safety company located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Bruce provides the operational and financial strategies for the eFundYourHealth and contributes to the successful direction of its mission! He is a passionate advocate of reaching the intended mission of the organization through a strong and clear strategy.
JEFF ULANET
CFO & ADVISOR
Jeff is the current Chief Executive Officer/ Principal Consultant of HealthSpend Solutions. He previously held the positions of Chief Financial Officer at Cigna and Avella Specialty Pharmacy, Chief Executive Officer at MinibarRx, and Chief Operating Officer at UHC-Dental.
His specialties include product design & strategy, sales and marketing, information system design and architecture (IT), business acquisition and restructuring, and financial modeling.
Jeff holds an MBA, Healthcare from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
JEFF ULANET
CFO & ADVISOR
Jeff is the current Chief Executive Officer/ Principal Consultant of HealthSpend Solutions. He previously held the positions of Chief Financial Officer at Cigna and Avella Specialty Pharmacy, Chief Executive Officer at MinibarRx, and Chief Operating Officer at UHC-Dental.
His specialties include product design & strategy, sales and marketing, information system design and architecture (IT), business acquisition and restructuring, and financial modeling.
Jeff holds an MBA, Healthcare from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Jan Kielmann
VP Corporate Development
Jan Kielmann is an Integrative Clinical Nutritionist, Board Certified Nutrition Specialist ®, Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and Registered Herbalist (candidate). He is currently working on a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition.
He has studied Nutritional Genomics and Environmental Medicine-, as well as Botanical and Functional Medicine extensively with some of the best practitioners in the country.
After working in clinical practice for several years he realized how many people can not afford integrative medical treatments and joined Efundyourhealth with full force to bring integrative medicine to the people and set it as the standard of care for chronic disease.
Jan is an internationally recognized speaker and very involved in the integrative medical world. He teaches Residents and Practitioners in Nutritional Genomics and Environmental Medicine worldwide, including in the US, Europe and China.
He is proud to be a part of the eFundYourHealth team and excited about helping as many patients as possible acquire funding and use it to get well.
Sharon Watson
Director of Clinical Advocacy
Sharon brings years of experience working with nonprofit organizations supporting people in all walks of life. Sharon has worked with Solutions for the Greater Good, a consulting organization which helps build thriving communities that value youth, the elderly, women, education at all levels, arts and culture, the environment and green space, rights for humans and animals, accessibility for the disabled and food, shelter, safe drinking water and a safety net of human services for the disadvantaged among us
Sharon has worn many hats with eFundYourHealth and does it extremely well. She has spearheaded projects which include marketing roll-out plans to helping patients directly through the process of getting help. Her passion for the health and wellbeing of others makes her the perfect team member as eFundYourHealth's current Director of Clinical Advocacy where she supports our practitioner members to ramp up their referral and grant fund programs. We are excited to have Sharon as a part of the eFundYourHealth community
Jan Kielmann
VP Corporate Development
Jan Kielmann is an Integrative Clinical Nutritionist, Board Certified Nutrition Specialist ®, Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and Registered Herbalist (candidate). He is currently working on a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition.
He has studied Nutritional Genomics and Environmental Medicine-, as well as Botanical and Functional Medicine extensively with some of the best practitioners in the country.
After working in clinical practice for several years he realized how many people can not afford integrative medical treatments and joined Efundyourhealth with full force to bring integrative medicine to the people and set it as the standard of care for chronic disease.
Jan is an internationally recognized speaker and very involved in the integrative medical world. He teaches Residents and Practitioners in Nutritional Genomics and Environmental Medicine worldwide, including in the US, Europe and China.
He is proud to be a part of the eFundYourHealth team and excited about helping as many patients as possible acquire funding and use it to get well.
Sharon Watson
Director of Clinical Advocacy
Sharon brings years of experience working with nonprofit organizations supporting people in all walks of life. Sharon has worked with Solutions for the Greater Good, a consulting organization which helps build thriving communities that value youth, the elderly, women, education at all levels, arts and culture, the environment and green space, rights for humans and animals, accessibility for the disabled and food, shelter, safe drinking water and a safety net of human services for the disadvantaged among us
Sharon has worn many hats with eFundYourHealth and does it extremely well. She has spearheaded projects which include marketing roll-out plans to helping patients directly through the process of getting help. Her passion for the health and wellbeing of others makes her the perfect team member as eFundYourHealth's current Director of Clinical Advocacy where she supports our practitioner members to ramp up their referral and grant fund programs. We are excited to have Sharon as a part of the eFundYourHealth community
The Board
Helping to Deliver Our Vision
Victoria Stephens
Board Member
Victoria has been in the healthcare industry 29 years in the areas of hospital management, health insurance and consulting.
At UnitedHealthcare for 19 years, Victoria specialized in managing the Employee Benefits of large corporate accounts including UPS, The Home Depot, The Coca-Cola Company, CISCO and Boeing. In addition to managing corporate accounts, Victoria was a liaison to UnitedHealthcare’s executive management on strategic initiatives, a mentor/coach to peers and a top sales producer for 8 of her years at UnitedHealthcare.
While at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Victoria was responsible for a statewide Hospital and Physician Network. Under her leadership, the network was developed, credentialed and marketed to Third Party Administrators (TPAs) nationwide.
Victoria Stephens
Board Member
Victoria has been in the healthcare industry 29 years in the areas of hospital management, health insurance and consulting.
At UnitedHealthcare for 19 years, Victoria specialized in managing the Employee Benefits of large corporate accounts including UPS, The Home Depot, The Coca-Cola Company, CISCO and Boeing. In addition to managing corporate accounts, Victoria was a liaison to UnitedHealthcare’s executive management on strategic initiatives, a mentor/coach to peers and a top sales producer for 8 of her years at UnitedHealthcare.
While at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Victoria was responsible for a statewide Hospital and Physician Network. Under her leadership, the network was developed, credentialed and marketed to Third Party Administrators (TPAs) nationwide.
Jason Dyer
Board Member
Jason brings his deep successes, knowledge, and insights from the consumer health, wellness, and natural products industries to the eFundYourHealth board. Jason has years of experience in Strategy Development and Execution, M&A, Negotiation, Organizational Development and Leadership, Consumer Product Marketing, and International Business.
He is the former CEO of QuickSilver Scientific and has held numerous critical roles with many of the most prominent supplement providers in the industry. His education includes specialties and focuse in Organizational Leadership from Northwestern University, Strategic Management and Innovation from Copenhagen Business School, and Advanced Competitive Strategy from LM University of Munich. We are excited to have Jason bring his expertise to our board to advance integrative medicine.`
Jason Dyer
Board Member
Jason brings his deep successes, knowledge, and insights from the consumer health, wellness, and natural products industries to the eFundYourHealth board. Jason has years of experience in Strategy Development and Execution, M&A, Negotiation, Organizational Development and Leadership, Consumer Product Marketing, and International Business.
He is the former CEO of QuickSilver Scientific and has held numerous critical roles with many of the most prominent supplement providers in the industry. His education includes specialties and focuse in Organizational Leadership from Northwestern University, Strategic Management and Innovation from Copenhagen Business School, and Advanced Competitive Strategy from LM University of Munich. We are excited to have Jason bring his expertise to our board to advance integrative medicine.`
ROBIN BERNHOFT,
MD, FACS, DABEM, FAAEM
Board Member
Owner & Medical Director of the Bernhoft Center for Advanced Medicine
After working for several years in a busy surgical practice, Dr. Bernhoft became ill. His life was threatened by an illness which left conventional MDs at a loss for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Bernhoft's search for underlying causes of his debilitating illness (he had severe respiratory and GI symptoms, numerous allergies, sensitivities to perfumes, car exhaust and other common odors and lost 35 pounds in four months) lead him to study environmental medicine.
His personal quest for survival carried him into cutting edge advanced medicine, including gene-environment interactions. He found out that his gene which codes for an enzyme called MTHFR was hypoactive, and a second which produces GSTM1 was absent, leaving him susceptible to poisoning by a wide range of metals and chemicals. Since the Genome Project has identified abnormalities of this sort, biochemists have found ways to improve performance of substandard enzymes like MTHFR and increase the amount of enzymes backing up GSTM1, allowing improved function. With this new information, he was able to begin clearing the metals, chemicals and surgical disinfectants which had poisoned him, and regain his health.
ROBIN BERNHOFT,
MD, FACS, DABEM, FAAEM
Board Member
Owner & Medical Director of the Bernhoft Center for Advanced Medicine
After working for several years in a busy surgical practice, Dr. Bernhoft became ill. His life was threatened by an illness which left conventional MDs at a loss for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Bernhoft's search for underlying causes of his debilitating illness (he had severe respiratory and GI symptoms, numerous allergies, sensitivities to perfumes, car exhaust and other common odors and lost 35 pounds in four months) lead him to study environmental medicine.
His personal quest for survival carried him into cutting edge advanced medicine, including gene-environment interactions. He found out that his gene which codes for an enzyme called MTHFR was hypoactive, and a second which produces GSTM1 was absent, leaving him susceptible to poisoning by a wide range of metals and chemicals. Since the Genome Project has identified abnormalities of this sort, biochemists have found ways to improve performance of substandard enzymes like MTHFR and increase the amount of enzymes backing up GSTM1, allowing improved function. With this new information, he was able to begin clearing the metals, chemicals and surgical disinfectants which had poisoned him, and regain his health.
REBECCA MURRAY
Board Member
Rebecca “Becky” Murray ARNP is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner specialized in Metabolic Syndrome, diabetes prevention and management, weight loss, hypothyroidism, and hormonal evaluation and balancing.
Becky attended Columbia University and obtained a Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care and Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Rhode Island. She was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing at Yale University (Adjunct Faculty) for 21 years.
Currently, she is the Endocrine Nurse Practitioner at Institute for Hormonal Balance. Becky is a member of Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), American College for the Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM), and Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG). She also lectures at national and international medical conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.
REBECCA MURRAY
Board Member
Rebecca “Becky” Murray ARNP is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner specialized in Metabolic Syndrome, diabetes prevention and management, weight loss, hypothyroidism, and hormonal evaluation and balancing.
Becky attended Columbia University and obtained a Master’s Degree in Primary Health Care and Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Rhode Island. She was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing at Yale University (Adjunct Faculty) for 21 years.
Currently, she is the Endocrine Nurse Practitioner at Institute for Hormonal Balance. Becky is a member of Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), American College for the Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM), and Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG). She also lectures at national and international medical conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.