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Friends of Dana-Farber

Friends' Board and Bios

Co-Presidents

Diane Flynn
Cristina Peters

Executive Vice President

Kelly Pesek

Vice Presidents

Nancy Berube
Nikki Lank Bialow
JoAnne Marshall

Treasurer

Terri Hupalo

Assistant Treasurer

Maureen Champa

Recording Secretary

Mary Ann Chase

Members

Andrea R. Abraham*
Suzanne Fisher Bloomberg
Suzanne W. Conlin*
Alice Cutler*
Cheryl Eckel
Loren Baum Edwards
Annette Feinstein
Jean Feuer
Lauren Frei
Jayne Bennett Friedberg*
Nanci Gelb
Christina Glen
Elaine Goldenberg
Micki Hirsch
Jane M. Holt*
Audra Lank
Barbara Lapp
Rebecca Latimore
Maxene Lieberman
Lisa London
F. Jane May
Jane B. Mayer
Roberta McNulty
Jane R. Moss
Marci Noller
Tobey Oresman
Jean F. Pearlstein*
Kristienne Perry Rassiger
Robin Reibel
Nancy L. Socol*
Kelly Sohn
Terri Tsagaris
Dana Gerson Unger

Members-at-Large

Jennifer Drucker
Nicole Hirsch
Marci Katz
Michelle Kubec
Amye Kurson
Lesley Ann Prowda

Honorary Directors

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

Founding President

Sheila Driscoll Cunningham**

*Past President

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