ACS CAN Welcomes Dan Glickman to its Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC – September 17, 2014 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is pleased to announce the addition of Dan Glickman, the former the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, nine-term congressman and current executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, to its Board of Directors.

“Secretary Glickman’s breadth of leadership and experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors is an enormous asset to ACS CAN’s efforts to support public policies that help prevent and treat cancer,” said Christy Russell, MD, ACS CAN Board Chair and Co-Director of the Norris Breast Cancer Center at the University of Southern California. “People with cancer and their families nationwide will benefit from Secretary Glickman’s contributions to ACS CAN’s lifesaving mission.”

Secretary Glickman’s term on the ACS CAN Board extends through December 2015. The Board’s unanimous vote Sept. 14 in support of his membership took place as more than 600 cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from nearly every congressional district nationwide gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Advocates met with lawmakers
Tuesday to urge Congress to protect federal funding for cancer research and prevention programs, support legislation that improves patients’ quality of life during and after treatment, and ensure that lifesaving colon cancer screenings are affordable for seniors.

“Secretary Glickman knows well that the compassion and commitment of a group of people dedicated to a cause such as defeating cancer can effect major change,” said John R. Seffrin, chief executive of ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society.

“Under the leadership of Secretary Glickman and our other volunteer leaders, ACS CAN will continue to build its nationwide organization of grassroots advocates and ensure the voices of patients are heard in policy debates that impact the fight against cancer,” said Christopher W. Hansen, ACS CAN president.

“Members of my family, like millions of others nationwide, have been treated for various forms of cancer,” said Glickman, whose brother is currently in treatment for prostate cancer. “I am honored to join the ACS CAN Board in support of the organization’s critical work to save lives from cancer.”

Glickman emphasized the roles of diet and nutrition in preventing diseases such as cancer and improving public health as the elected representative of the 4th Congressional District of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977-1995, a member of the House Agriculture Committee during his service in Congress, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1995-2001, and in his work since then. In 2012 and 2013, Glickman chaired an Institute of Medicine Panel on “Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention.”

As executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, Glickman leads the organization’s efforts to provide lawmakers with a stronger grasp of critical public policy issues by bringing legislators together with internationally-recognized academics, experts and leaders to explore various policy alternatives. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, which was formed in 2007 by
former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell to develop and promote bipartisan solutions to the country’s problems and to promote civility in government.

Glickman served as Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) from 2004 until 2010. Prior to joining the MPAA, he was the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2002-2004).

Following are the members of ACS CAN’s Board of Directors 

· Pamela K. Meyerhoffer, FAHP, Chair of the American Cancer Society Board of Directors and Executive Director for Wickenburg Community Hospital Foundation

· Dr. William Boykin, Jr., MD, Urology Center of Northeast Kentucky

· William E. (Ed) Coulter, Ed.D., Chancellor Emeritus of Arkansas State University Mountain Home

· Lori G. Bremner, Commercial Real Estate Manager for Orion Partners, Ltd

· Sandra Cassese, MSN, RN, CNS, Vice President for Oncology Services, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

· Kristi DeLaurentiis, Director of Government Affairs and Community Development for Metro Strategies, Inc.

· Richard L. Deming, MD, Medical Director of Mercy Cancer Center

· The Honorable Dan Glickman, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program

· Joel T.S. Greer, Esq., Partner of the firm Cartwright, Druker & Ryden

· John Hamilton, DDS, a practicing dental surgeon in Williston, North Dakota

· Daniel P. Heist, CPA, Director of Internal Audit at Pennsylvania State University

· Bernard A. Jackvony, J.D., Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC

· Allison Jones Thomson, Marketing Strategy and Communications Consultant

· Sherry Lansing, The Sherry Lansing Foundation (SLF), and Co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer

· Maureen G. Mann, MS, MBA, FACHE, Executive Director of the Michael and Dianne BienesbComprehensive Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital

· John J. Manna, Jr., First Vice President of the American Cancer Society’s Eastern Division Board

· Michael T. Marquardt, Founder and CEO of Global Kompass Strategies, Inc.

· William J. Mayer, MD, MPH, Vice President for Community Health and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Bronson Healthcare

· Rick Q. Ngo, MD, FACS, Southwest Surgical Associates, LLP

· Christy Russell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Southern California and Co-Director of the USC/Norris Breast Cancer Center

· Ken Scherer, Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation

· William P. Underriner, President and Owner of Underriner Motors

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need
to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Steven Weiss or Alissa Crispino
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Phone: 202-661-5711 or 202-661-5772
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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