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Friends of Dana-Farber

Friends' Board and Bios

Co-Presidents

Rebecca Latimore
Cristina Peters

Vice Presidents

Nancy Berube
Nikki Lank Bialow
JoAnne Marshall
Marci Noller

Treasurer

Terri Hupalo

Assistant Treasurer

Maureen Champa

Recording Secretary

Amye Kurson

Members

Nancy Berube
Suzanne Fisher Bloomberg
Mary Ann Chase
Suzanne W. Conlin*
Alice Cutler*
Jennifer Drucker
Cheryl Eckel
Loren Baum Edwards
Jean Feuer
Diane Flynn*
Lauren Frei
Jayne Bennett Friedberg*
Nanci Gelb
Christina Glen
Elaine Goldenberg
Micki Hirsch
Nicole Hirsch
Jane M. Holt*
Audra Lank
Maxene Lieberman
Lisa London
F. Jane May
Jane B. Mayer
Roberta McNulty
Jane R. Moss
Marci Noller
Tobey Oresman
Jean F. Pearlstein*
Lesley Ann Prowda
Kristienne Perry Rassiger
Robin Reibel
Nancy L. Socol*
Kelly Sohn
Terri Tsagaris
Dana Gerson Unger

Members-at-Large

Lindsay Conlin
Heidi Fink
Stacy Gillis

Honorary Directors

Jean Speare Canellos*
Barbara Lapp
Louise S. Shivek
Susan F. Smith
Marilyn N. Wolman

Founding President

Sheila Driscoll Cunningham**

*Past President
**Deceased

In tough times, Dana-Farber has Friends

Diane Flynn, outgoing Friends co-president; Rebecca Latimore, incoming co-president; and Tina Peters, current co-president

In tough economic times, the Friends of Dana-Farber were steady in their commitment to raising funds for cancer research and care. Through its members' hard work, the Friends amassed more than $1.7 million for the Institute in 2009.
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Dana-Farber's Volunteer of the Year helps others find their way

Mary Ann Chase

She's moved just a couple hundred feet in nearly two decades of volunteer service to Dana-Farber, but Mary Ann Chase has covered plenty of territory at the Institute.

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Since its founding in 1976, the Friends has given more than $18 million to expand the Institute's cutting-edge research and care initiatives. Now, the 1,500-member organization is renewing that commitment by pledging $1 million to establish the Friends Head and Neck Cancers Research Fund as part of Dana-Farber's planned comprehensive capital campaign. Learn more