Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Sherry Lansing
Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Board of Directors
Roberta Ashkin, Secretary
Ashkin Law
Michael Cantrill, Treasurer
rbz, LLP
Uh-Oh Productions
Peter Kash
Two River Group Holdings
Cary Presant, MD
Wilshire Oncology Medical Group
Christine Warnke
Hogan & Hartson LLP
STAFF
Laurie Meadoff – Chief Executive Officer
Shikha Gulati Vasaiwala – Executive Director
Jordan Brown – Director, Policy & Public Affairs
Susan Holland – Special Events Coordinator
Jessica Liss – Program Coordinator
Erika Strauss – Executive Assistant to CEO
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Beth Karlan - Director, Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center
Dr. Christina Lord - Obstetrics & Gynecology at Byrd Regional Hospital
Dr. G. Larry Maxwell - Director, Gynecologic Disease Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dr. Edmundo Muniz - President and CEO of Tigris Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Nimesh P. Nagarsheth - Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY; Englewood Medical Center
Dr. Cary Presant - Hematologist & Oncologist - Wilshire Oncology Medical Group
Nutrition Advisory Board
Kathryn A. Allen, MA, RD, LD, CSO -
Manager of the Department of Nutrition, Moffitt Cancer Center
Carolyn Katzin, MS, CNS -
Nutrition Consultant, Beverly Hills Cancer Center
Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, LDN -
Senior Clinical Nutritionist - Adult Cancer Care, Dana Farber Cancer Insititute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carolyn Lammersfeld, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD -
National Director of Nutrition, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Amanda Luekenga, RD, CD, CSO -
Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Linda B. and Robert B. Wiggins Wellness Center
Alisa Vitti - Founder & Director of the Laughing Sage Wellness Group
Advocacy Advisory Board
Art Dimopoulos
– Odyssey the World of Greece
Jill Rathbun
– Galileo Consulting Group, Inc.
Patti Russo
Joel Segal
– Office of Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Finance Advisory Board
Audrey Newton – Johnson Lambert & Company
Steve Shapiro – City National Bank
Legal Advisory Board
Roberta Ashkin, Chair – Ashkin Law
Susan Brooks – William Morris Agency
The Honorable Gray Davis – Former Governor of CA, Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Erik Huey – Venable, LLP
James Williams – Loeb & Loeb, LLP
Marketing/PR Advisory Board
Glenda Bailey – Harper's Bazaar
Jason Binn – Niche Media
Linda Roth Conte – Linda Roth & Associates
Cindy DaSilva – da Silva Artists
Janet Donovan – Washington Life Magazine
Scott Elberg – Air America
Nina Kaminer – Nike Communications
Lori Levine – Flying Television
Fran McMahon – The Hill
Jay Rosenberg – Rosenberg Media Group
Debbie Sansevero – Desan Productions
Merchandise Advisory Board
Judi Mann – Judith Autumn Interiors
Philanthropic Advisory Board
Pennie Abramson
Aviva Dubin
Beth Dozoretz
Donna Dixon
Maya Ezratti
Lonni & Scott Glickson
Anne Hearst
Susan Hess
Marianna Jones
Abigail Pollak
Adam Drescher – SuiteSpotNYC
Emily Frances – CW11 New York
Dana Richie – Backlot Productions
Jen Rothlein – Speedway Films
Web/Graphic Design Advisory Board
Ranjan Chari – BigAppleDesigns.com
Armen Ohannesian – UptheSide Productions
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Breast Cancer Fund
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
Laughing Sage Wellness Group
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Media Partners
Air America
Conde Nast Publications
Colon Clarify
DivineCaroline
Intent
Lifetime Television
Niche Media
The Hill
WTOP
About Cancer Schmancer
Based on her second New York Times best seller, Cancer Schmancer, Fran Drescher launched two charitable organizations, the Cancer Schmancer Foundation and the Cancer Schmancer Movement, both dedicated to ensuring that all women with cancer are diagnosed in Stage 1, when it most curable. The Cancer Schmancer Foundation educates women on the risk factors, early warning signs, and tests that are available for early detection of women’s cancers. The Cancer Schmancer Movement advocates for improved women’s cancer healthcare legislation.
Fran Drescher has been described as a “Russell” —she has the comic timing of Rosalind Russell, the curves of Jane Russell, and the tenacity of a Jack Russell!
Fran received two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of the lovable ‘Miss Fine’ on the CBS hit series, The Nanny, a show she also created, and executive produced.An accomplished film actress, Fran won Esquire Magazine’s Five Minute Oscar for her memorable performance in the mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. She has co-starred in countless films throughout her career with the likes of actors Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Robbins, and Billy Crystal as well as such esteemed directors as Rob Reiner, Milos Forman and Francis Ford Coppola. But she is most proud of her starring role opposite Timothy Dalton in The Beautician and The Beast, a film she also developed and executive produced.
Fran is an accomplished author. Her first book, Enter Whining, was a New York Times best seller which humorously described her experiences as an ordinary girl from
Fran is an outspoken healthcare advocate in
Among many honors, Fran has been the recipient of the John Wayne Institute’s Woman of Achievement Award, the Gilda Award, the City of
Most recently, Fran has been honored by the US Department of State with the distinguished position of Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women’s Health Issues to speak globally to women in Middle Eastern, Eastern European, third world, and emerging nations on prevention and education of women’s cancers.
Fran’s public speaking efforts encourage women everywhere to take control of their bodies, challenge their physicians and learn the early warning symptoms for women’s cancers. To this end, she has launched the Cancer Schmancer Movement, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women’s cancers be diagnosed while in STAGE 1, when it’s most curable. Fran’s vision is to galvanize women into one collective voice to alert our elected officials that our vote means more than that of the most powerful corporate lobbyist. Her goal is to live in a time when women’s mortality rates drop as their healthcare improves and early cancer detection increases.
