Meet the Team

Laura Dill

Founder and President

Laura Dill is the founder and President of Slay Society, Inc. Her journey began when she became a caregiver for both her mother and her father within months of each other, who both battled Glioblastoma. Laura recognized the immense challenges caregivers face and the need for support. Through her experiences, she was inspired to establish Slay Society, Inc. with a mission to financially support families facing Glioblastoma and write her debut memoir ‘Daughter.’

Kerri Swail-Born

Board Member

Kerri lost her mother to GBM in 2005. She was not her primary caregiver as her mother refused to let her put her life on hold, even as hers was ending. Kerri watched from a distance the toll it took on her father and brother who played the role of caregiver. It has weighed on her ever since. She always had this feeling like she needed to make up for that. After hearing Laura’s story, she decided that getting involved in Slay would be the perfect way for her to ‘pay it forward’ in her mother’s honor.

Andy Lieffort

Board Member, Grief and Caregiver Support Group Facilitator

In July 2021, my partner Michelle was diagnosed with Glioblastoma. We had both witnessed GBM take loved ones and friends years earlier, so we entered this fight with clear eyes, knowing the road ahead was brutal and the outcome heartbreaking. Together, with family and friends, we faced every treatment, every recurrence, and every hard moment head-on.

During those exhausting “caregiving days”, I found Laura Dill and Slay Society. The weekly Caregiver Support Groups became my lifeline, offering understanding, practical advice, and the quiet strength I needed to keep showing up for Michelle and for myself.

After Michelle passed, the grief was overwhelming. With Laura’s gentle encouragement and guidance, I channeled that pain into purpose. I trained with Grief Support Specialists and Grief Educators, and we launched the Grief and Loss Support Group for those who have lost someone to GBM.

Now, we meet weekly to hold space for the raw, complicated sorrow, sharing memories, sitting with the silence, and slowly finding ways to carry love forward through the loss. What began as my own search for solace has become a place where others don’t have to grieve alone

Jennifer Savasta

Board Member

Jennifer found the Slay Society after hearing Laura's story on a podcast in the early days of her partner Ray’s GBM diagnosis in November 2021. 

She quickly joined the Caregiver group and attended weekly when possible. The caregiver support group became a lifeline she didn't know she needed. Having the ability to connect with other caregivers and carepartners who understood the unique challenges she and Ray were facing proved invaluable.

After Ray passed away in June 2023, devastated and missing the community and support from the Caregiver group, Jennifer joined Slay's weekly grief and loss support group.

Jennifer felt the desire to find purpose and meaning through Ray's GBM journey and loss; she soon began advocating to her representatives in the House and Senate in Washington, DC, for Glioblastoma and Brain Tumor legislation that would secure critically needed, life-changing research funding. 

In addition to her advocacy work, and with some gentle encouragement from Andy, Jennifer obtained a Grief Educator Certification from renowned Grief Expert, David Kessler. Today, Jennifer facilitates Slay Society's Grief Loss support group weekly on Mondays. She feels Ray's guiding light and love every step of the way and moves through life with a renewed purpose: honoring Ray's life and helping other families in the GBM community. It is an honor to now be a part of this charity that helped get her through the most challenging time of her life.

Michelle Holcenberg

Board Member

When Michelle's husband Reuben was diagnosed with GBM in 2024, she found Slay while falling down a late-night rabbit hole of internet searches. Slay's support groups led by people with personal experience with the disease were incredibly helpful, and she was so grateful to have found them. Reuben unfortunately passed away 13 months later. To honor his legacy, Michelle created the Reuben Antman Fund for Patient Advocacy, which is housed within Slay Society. She is honored to now be part of this amazing organization and to help support patients and their families as they navigate GBM.

Dylan Black

Honorary Media Member

Dylan knows the horrific pain of losing a parent. In fact, he knows the pain of losing two. He lost both of his parents close together. His father in August of 2019 and his mother in March of 2020. Just like Laura did. Dylan loves what Slay stands for and how an amazing community has been created through grief. He is very proud to continue helping Slay any way he can.