Almost everyone has been touched by cancer in some way. Some have battled it personally, and many others know a family member, a friend, or a colleague who has had cancer.
In 2023, more than 192,000 Californians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer and nearly 60,000 are expected to die from the disease. ACS CAN focuses its policy and advocacy efforts on increasing funding for cancer research and prevention, preventing youth tobacco use through evidence-based tobacco policies, and ensuring that access to care and early detection programs meet the needs of the communities we serve.
What is the ACS CAN California Leadership Council?
- The California Leadership Council (CLC) is comprised of leaders from corporations, state and local businesses, nonprofit foundations and associations, health care systems, and research institutions in addition to philanthropists and advocates who are willing to invest in ACS CAN’s mission of saving lives from cancer.
- CLC Members serve as champions for ACS CAN by utilizing their experiences and relationships to influence policymakers and engage their connections in attending and sponsoring ACS CAN’s events in order to fund its life-saving work.
- You can help end cancer as we know it by joining the ACS CAN California Leadership Council. Joining ACS CAN at this level enables you to play a critical role in supporting our work to ensure that elected officials make fighting cancer a top priority at all levels of government.
ACS CAN California Leadership Council Members (as of August 1, 2023)
- P. Kay Coleman, Chair - California Leadership Council & State Lead Ambassador
- Daniel (Stony) Anderson, MD - California Colorectal Cancer Coalition
- David Bonfilio
- Nichole East – Medical Oncology Society of Southern California, Inc.
- Jamie Escoto Vice State Lead Ambassador
- David Ford
- Tad Heitmann - VP, Marketing, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
- Allison Jones Thomson
- Jeff Kean
- John Killpack
- Mary Lippman
- Charlie Matthau
- Jim Murphy
- Ujwala Deshmane Rajgopal, MD, FACS, MBA - CEO, UDRMDPC
- Jose Ramos - VP, Marketing, United Way Bay Area
- Carolyn Rhee
- David F. Veneziano
- Carolyn Williams-Goldman, JD
For more information please contact Lynda Barbour at [email protected] / 619.624.1517