Our Leadership

Cure JM is led by a passionate team of volunteers, staff, and medical experts in juvenile myositis research and care.

Family Conference Planner

James Tealy

James Tealy has joined the Cure JM staff to support the 2025 National Family Conference. James also serves on Cure JM’s National Leadership Council and is the chair of the Music City Walk Strong event in Nashville, TN.

“When our eight year old Lucy was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis in 2022, we were terrified,” shares Tealy. “We soon found the Cure JM community and have been so encouraged by their work to advance treatment options and support families battling this disease.”

Outside of his work with Cure JM, James Tealy is an event planner, music industry executive, an award-winning songwriter, and educator. Tealy’s catalog of songs includes popular Christian worship songs, chart-topping radio singles and cuts on Grammy and Dove Award-winning gold and platinum selling albums from artists like Lauren Daigle, Kari Jobe, Josh Wilson, Gold City and more than 150 others. Tealy currently resides in Franklin, TN with his wife Jenny and step-daughters Annie (15) and Lucy (8).

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