Meet Your COPD Foundation Captains!

COPD Foundation Captains are volunteers with COPD, caregivers, friends and family members or healthcare providers who use their contacts and talents and partner with the COPD Foundation to serve as state and community leaders.

Captains promote the importance of becoming a part of the COPD community. They work to spread COPD awareness in their state and local areas, mentor fellow COPD community members, and participate in online and in-person grassroots advocacy and community building activities focused on health policy issues that are important to those who have COPD. If you are interested in joining our group of volunteers, click here.

If you'd like to speak with a COPD Foundation Captain directly, please email statecaptains@copdfoundation.org and we will connect you with the Captain in your area of interest.


Marlyce Campbell

Marlyce Campbell Profile Photo Wakeeney, KS


As a respiratory therapist and a State Captain from Kansas, I hope to accomplish helping people understand how to live with COPD and to maximize medication, actives and daily living to their fullest.

As a COPD advocate, I have sent a letter to my members of Congress about COPD and I have participated in health fairs and community events to promote COPD awareness.

As a State Captain, I am most interested in connecting others in the COPD community to the resources available so they can live healthier, fuller lives, raising awareness by participating in health fairs and community events, and working with state, local, and national officials to improve COPD policy.

My proudest COPD moment has been when my patients tell the pulmonologist, "I'm doing better since Marlyce showed me how to use my medication and she got me a 6-month neb cup!”

My inspiration to share is, “Today is a good day to have a good day”

More about me: I’ve been a respiratory therapist for 30 plus years. Started in high school as an OJT. Have set up several respiratory departments in NW KS. In 2018, I was the proud recipient of the Hugh Mathewson Award, which is given to a therapist who continues to support and serve the respiratory care profession. I am currently the Director of Respiratory Care in Wakeeney, KS. I opened the department in September 2014. I'm very passionate about what I do!

 



COPD Foundation State Captain Program Informational Video

The COPD Foundation is looking for new State Captains to join our community to be champions for promoting COPD awareness, improving quality of life for those with COPD, to participate in research opportunities, policy, and much more. Email statecaptains@copdfoundation.org for questions and to start the onboarding process today!