Gail H. Hardin is Partnership Coordinator for the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) serving Tennessee and Alabama. She is based at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, where she assists organizations reaching minority and underserved audiences with coalition building, evaluation, communication strategies, training design, and information on the latest NCI publications. Ms. Hardin has 13 years of experience in cancer and tobacco education and holds a Master of Science degree in Health Promotion from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.