About the American Society
for Meningitis Prevention

Our Story

The American Society for Meningitis Prevention (ASMP), formerly known as the Meningitis B Action Project, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization born out of the vision and resilience of two mothers, Patti Wukovits and Alicia Stillman.

Patti Wukovits and Alicia Stillman each lost their young, healthy daughters too soon to Meningitis B, a disease that is now preventable through vaccination. In 2012, high school senior Kimberly, 17, Patti’s daughter, died one week before her graduation. In 2013, college sophomore Emily, 19, Alicia’s daughter, died just 36 hours after her first symptoms.

In 2014, to educate the public about meningococcal meningitis and meningitis vaccination, both mothers established foundations named after their daughters—the Kimberly Coffey Foundation and the Emily Stillman Foundation. In addition to running their Foundations, Patti and Alicia have now joined forces to launch ASMP to make sure other families don’t needlessly suffer the same fate. Kimberly and Emily didn’t have a chance to be fully vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis. Today, you do.

The goal of ASMP is to empower all people to take action to prevent meningococcal meningitis. Help us achieve a world without meningococcal meningitis!