Howland woman is an ACS stakeholder

HOWLAND — Barbara Kubiak spends much of her time these days making kolache in the basement kitchen of Sts. Cyril & Methodius School building in Warren. When she’s not baking ethnic Easter treats, Kubiak is helping the American Cancer Society to decide who will receive about $120 million annually in society grants.

Kubiak, 57, of Howland, is a lay member, or stakeholder, of one of 18 ACS peer review committees. Stakeholders have no formal science background. Each committee consists of a panel of 20 experts and two stakeholders whose role it is to identify the outstanding applications for funding.

“They [ACS] want input from people who use the system,” Kubiak said last week, during a break from baking.

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