
Learn More About Personalized Resources to Support You and Your Family Living with Multiple Myeloma
Myeloma Crowd community members can learn more about resources to empower you in Shared Decision Making and the new Janssen CompassTM patient program where Care Navigators can provide treatment education & reimbursement support.

Audrey Burton-Bethke
Audrey joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Myeloma Community Program Director in 2020. While not knowing much about myeloma at the start, she has since worked hard to educate herself, empathize and learn from others' experiences. She loves this job. Audrey is passionate about serving others, loves learning, and enjoys a nice mug of hot chocolate no matter the weather.

Kurt Kausch, MS, PhD, APN, AOCNS, ACRN
Kurt is excited to share how to have the most informed discussion with your care team. Kurt works as a Sr. Oncology Clinical Educator for Janssen in the Rocky Mountain territory. He is a Master’s prepared oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) who also holds a PhD in molecular biology/genetic engineering. He has nearly 15 years of oncology nursing experience within the inpatient & outpatient settings as well as the pharmaceutical sector as a nurse educator & Medical Science Liaison (MSL). Kurt holds ACRN, AOCNS®, & OCN® nursing certifications.

Heather Hanneman, BSN, OCN
Heather can’t wait to share the type of support available through Janssen Compass™, for which she currently works as a Care Navigator in the Illinois/Michigan territory. Heather is a lifetime “Michigander” completing my BA at Michigan State University in 1998 and her BSN at Wayne State University in 2007. Heather worked at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI for 13 years. Nine of those years were on an inpatient Oncology unit and four years in an oncology urgent care clinic. Heather became an Oncology Certified Nurse in 2019.

Brian Drennan
Brian has been with Janssen for 18 years across numerous roles in sales, leadership, training, and marketing across Oncology. He is leading the launch of Janssen Compass, a new program designed to personalize the patient experience with a nurse providing education and resources during a patient’s treatment journey on Janssen therapy.