Leadership & Collaboration

Board of Directors

Chair of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington; Raisbeck Endowed Chair for Collaborative Cancer Research

Nancy E. Davidson, M.D.

Board Chair, The V Foundation for Cancer Research

Evan Goldberg

Director of Translational Research Career Development

Robert C. Bast Jr., M.D.

Co-Head of Baseball

Jeff Berry

College Basketball Analyst

Jay Bilas

Retired Executive Chairman

George Bodenheimer

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer

Steve Bornstein

Retired Senior Partner

Tom Cabaniss

President and CEO

Julie Chase

Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur, Author

Ciara

Retired Senior Partner

George W. Dennis III

President, Advertising Sales

Rita Ferro

President & Chief Operating Officer

Matt Hong

Chair Elect of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute; William and Jane Shingleton Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Professor of Pediatrics

Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Mark King

Clark Kinlin

Retired Head Coach, Men’s Basketball

Mike W. Krzyzewski

Fortune 100 CEO • Board Member • Global Business Executive & Advisor

Carl C. Liebert

Retired President and Vice Chairman

Joe Loughrey

Retired Executive Chairman of the Board

Michael C. MacDonald

Clinical Professor

Nancy Major, MD

Founder & General Partner

Julie Maples

CEO/Executive Producer

Geoffrey S. Mason

Executive Vice President | Chief Brand Officer

Marc Mentry

Retired Medical Director, Duke Raleigh Hospital; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute

Joseph O. Moore, M.D.

Retired Chief Executive Officer

Robert C. Nakasone

Immediate Past Chair of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Marion I. Knott Professor of Oncology and Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Founder & CEO, Orender Unlimited & Generation W; Former President, The Women's National Basketball Association

Donna Orender

James Pitaro

Founder, Executive Chairman and Brand Chief

Kevin Plank

Former Major League Baseball Player

Buster Posey

Former Chairman of the Board, Electronic Arts

Lawrence F. Probst III

Harry E. Rhoads, Jr.

NBA Hall of Famer

David Robinson

Retired Managing Partner, Board Member

Constance Skidmore

SportsCenter Anchor

Sage Steele

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Stuart A. Taylor II

Transformational Global Leader

John Thiel

President Emeritus and former V Foundation CEO

Nicholas P. Valvano

College Basketball Analyst

Robert Valvano

Pamela Valvano Strasser

Sports Commentator

Dick Vitale

Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support

Dereck Whittenburg

Retired Senior Vice President

David W. Williams

Executive Vice President, Production

Norby Williamson

NFL Quarterback, Entrepreneur, Community Leader

Russell Wilson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Larry Woodard

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Scientific Advisory Committee

Chair of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington; Raisbeck Endowed Chair for Collaborative Cancer Research

Nancy E. Davidson, M.D.

Director, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center; Associate Dean of Oncology Programs, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.

Director of Translational Research Career Development

Robert C. Bast Jr., M.D.

Director, UNC Cancer Care; Director, Lineberger Cancer Center; Lineberger Professor of Cancer Research; Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine

H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp, M.D.

Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Surgery and Founding Chair of the Department of Immunology

Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and Genetics; Director of the Stanford Cancer Genetics Clinic and the Stanford Clinical Cancer Genomics Program

James M. Ford, M.D

Professor, Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Resource, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Faculty Senator, Baylor College of Medicine

Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Ph.D.

Chair Elect of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute; William and Jane Shingleton Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Professor of Pediatrics

Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine and Executive Associate Dean for Cancer Programs, UC Davis School of Medicine

Primo N. Lara, Jr., M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Associate Director, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Dr. Elizabeth R. Lawlor

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan

Theodore S. Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research; Professor, Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

John D. Minna, M.D.

Retired Medical Director, Duke Raleigh Hospital; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute

Joseph O. Moore, M.D.

Immediate Past Chair of the V Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee; Marion I. Knott Professor of Oncology and Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology, Mayo Medical School; Director, Mayo SPORE in Brain Cancer; Principal Co-Leader, Neuro-Oncology Program

Brian Patrick O’Neill, M.D.

Director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dean for Oncology in the Biological Sciences Division, and the Abbvie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago

Kunle Odunsi, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging

David Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice Provost of Science; Professor of Experimental Radiation Oncology

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, McMaster University; Senior Statistician, Ontario Clinical Oncology Group; Scientist, Escarpment Cancer Research Institute; Senior Investigator, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Gregory R. Pond, Ph.D., P.Stat.

Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Associate Director Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics Core

Dr. Naim Rashid

Chief Science Officer and Medical Director

Jonathan W. Simons, M.D.

Director, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UAB

Barry P. Sleckman M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center; President, Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation; Latta Endowed Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pediatric and Neonatal Pathology, UCLA

Michael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, UCSF Pancreas Center; Rombauer Family Distinguished Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Clinical and Translational Science; Professor in Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Margaret A. Tempero, M.D.

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Staff

Chief Executive Officer

Shane Jacobson

Chief of Staff/Executive Director of Administration

Jackie Aanes

Vice President of Human Resources

Chanda Douglas-Ward

Chief Financial Officer

Devin Gilreath

Chief Scientific Officer

Susanna F. Greer, Ph.D.

Chief Development Officer

Lauren Hall

Honorary

Martin D. Abeloff, M.D.

Scientific Advisory Committee In Memoriam

Jim Allegro

Board of Directors in Memoriam

Rosa M. Gatti

Board Member Emeritus

Bob Lloyd

Board Chair Emeritus

John Saunders

Board of Directors In Memoriam

Anthony F. Smith, Ed.D.

Board of Directors In Memoriam

R.C. “Bucky” Waters

Board Member Emeritus

Our Founding Partner

The V Foundation’s national corporate sponsors promote our brand across the United States. They raise awareness, launch national activations and fundraise for the V Foundation. They are stewards of our vision
– Victory Over Cancer®.

SPB Hospitality

Shady Rays

PSD

Pepsi

PatientPoint

NC State + Hanes

Miami Dolphins

First Watch

Dillard’s

Delta Chi

Bubba’s 33

American Kennel Club

Hooters

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE)

Constellation Brands

Bristol Myers Squibb

We are proud to work with those who are dedicated to helping us realize Jim Valvano’s dream of defeating cancer. Thanks to these collaborators, we’re able to fund essential research that can someday cure the more than 100 diseases that are collectively known as “cancer.”

Gastric Cancer Foundation

Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund

Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation

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