Lincoln Howell
Lincoln Howell is the President of the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, overseeing all documentary and advocacy projects and grants to numerous local, national and international organizations. Since 2014, Lincoln has been proud to see through the foundation’s contribution towards the field of snakebite envenoming. Since the time the foundation became involved, the global health crisis has gone from the shadows and into the headlines. Many of the foundation’s actions, including the production of ‘Minutes to Die’ and investing in industry think-tank sessions, conferences and outreach programs, have contributed to snakebite envenoming being listed as a highest-priority neglected tropical disease at the World Health Organization.
Lincoln also serves as President of KTSF-TV, Channel 26. KTSF provides more than 30 hours of live and locally-produced Asian newscasts and programs for the greater San Francisco Bay Area. It is a mission he has carried on for his mother, the late Lillian Lincoln, who founded the station in 1976.
“My mother was a visionary in the broadcasting industry and a generous philanthropist. She took big risks in her life and created our station’s mission: to serve the underserved. That she did, and as her legacy, that we’ll continue to do.”
Barbara Bissell
Barbara Bissell brings over 40 years of corporate experience to the Lillian Lincoln Foundation board, acting as Board Secretary and also as President of the ‘Minutes to Die’ project and LLC that houses it.
In her role as President, Bissell oversees all operations related to documentary production, marketing and global outreach to the snakebite community. Additionally, Barbara sits on the boards of KTSF-TV, Channel 26, an Asian language broadcast station in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Wharton Club of Northern California, and Let’s Face It Together, a non-profit organization that provides facial reconstructive surgeries to patients in need.
Alisha Howell
Alisha Howell is Vice President of the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, moving into this position in 2013 after having served as a Board Director. Before returning to work towards the family’s non-profit mission, she attended the College of Natural Resources at the University of California Berkeley where she majored in Society and Environment.
In addition to her work on the ‘Minutes to Die’ documentary, Alisha supervised the foundation’s involvement in the production of ‘Enduring Democracy,’ a film about Monterey, California’s response to Japanese internment in the 1940s.
Gene Bissell
Eugene Bissell has over 17 years of public company board experience gained over a period of more than 30 years
in various senior management positions in the propane and industrial gases sector, including serving for 12 years as President, Chief Executive Officer, and director of AmeriGas Propane LP, a master limited partnership traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He currently serves on the board of directors of Superior Plus Corporation and KTSF-TV, Channel 26, along with several non-profit boards.
From 1981 to 1988, Bissell held various positions at AmeriGas’ parent company UGI Corp., before returning to UGI in 1995.
He is Past Chair of, and continues to serve as a member of the National Propane Gas Association. In 2011, Bissell received NPGA’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He also Past Chair and continues to serve on the Lantern Theater Company board of directors.
