Meet the Winners

Meet our 2012 Man & Woman of the Year Winners

We are honored to introduce this year's winners. All of our candidates did an outstanding job of raising funds to help advance LLS's mission to find cures for blood cancers.

Tommy Cleaver, CBRE, with Honored Patient, Sophia Becraft

Tommy Cleaver | CBRE
with Honored Patient, Sophia Becraft

Mary Pillsbury Wainwright, Mary Pillsbury Fine Jewelry Co., with Honored Patient, Evan Pina-White

Mary Pillsbury Wainwright | Mary Pillsbury Fine Jewelry Co.
with Honored Patient, Evan Pina-White


LLS commends all of the 2012 Man & Woman of the Year local recipients who have made a difference in the lives of people battling blood cancers.

Alabama

Mobile

Jeb Shell
Hargrove Engineers + Constructors

Louise Houston
LLB&B Real Estate

California

Fresno

Tom Gustafson
Gap Inc.

Janice Gunlund
Dr. Harold Coulston

Los Angeles

Marc Friedenberg
AEG Live

Kina Grannis
Run Team Kina

Monterey

Ben Beesley
Keller Williams

Jennifer Dickson
Care for a Cure

Orange County Inland Empire

Dr. Wayne Hogrefe
Focus Diagnostics

Felicia Alcaraz
99.1 KGGI

Sacramento

Kris Vogt
Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage

Prakashni Shandil
Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region

San Diego

James D. Thompson III
Federal Aviation Administration

Betsy Sears
CSI Financial Services

San Francisco

Roger Royse
Royse Law Firm

Brianna Haag
Eventbrite

San Jose

Jerry Nabhan
Specialty Solid Waste
and Recycling

Laura Peterson
State Farm Insurance

Colorado

Denver

Marc Paolicelli
RK Mechanical, Inc.

Kelly Bar-Or

Connecticut

Orange

David Pollak
Pegasus Capital Advisors

Sandra Dawson
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

Delaware

Wilmington

Dr. Frank V. Beardell
Delaware Clinical & Laboratory Physicians, P.A.

Michele Tiberi Jenkins
Dingle & Kane, P.A.

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

Tommy Cleaver
CBRE

Amanda Tiede
Cassidy Turley

Florida

Boca Raton

Benjamin Werber
Shapiro, Fishman & Gaché

Nicole Lord

Fort Lauderdale

Matthew F. Sacco
Sunrise Sports & Entertainment - Florida Panthers

Vicky Garcia
Cruise Planners/
American Express

Miami

Paul Murphy
Chartis, US

Suzzanne Thomson Quintero
Baptist Health South Florida

Orlando

Craig Mestel
NuSkin

Paula McCormick
Seacoast National Bank

Tampa

Rahul Mehra, M.D.
MehraVista Health

Tazine Jaffer
Flippers Express Car Wash/Cantera Construction Services

West Palm Beach

Zachary Potter
Fisher & Bendeck, P.A.

Brittany Tallon
Aflac

Georgia

Atlanta

James Beasley
First Communities Management

Victoria Slocum
greenplaterule.com

Augusta

Russell Head
Group & Benefits Health Consultants, Inc.

Rebecca Brown
River Ridge Elementary School

Illinois

Chicago

Brian Sladek
Goldman Sachs

Ruth Myers Tresnak
J. Crew

Indiana

Fort Wayne

Craig Vanderwall, Jr.
General Petroleum, Inc.

Jill Sample
Granite Ridge Builders, Inc.

Indianapolis

Steve Wohlford
Johnson Memorial Hospital

Sara Morris
Sara Morris Photography

Iowa

Des Moines

Brian Leech
Service Legends

Kimberly Heemstra
Bella Salon & Spa

Eastern Iowa

Curt Van Order
Aerotek Professional Services

Rosi Disterhoft
Patient Grandmother

Kansas

Wichita

Dan McDonald
Crate Tech., Inc.

Fe Vorderlandwehr
Dept. of United States
Air Force

Kentucky

Louisville

Brad Sublett
AXA Advisors, LLC

Vickie Mobley
Sysco Foodservice Co.

Louisiana

Lafayette

Chad Dartez
FM Bank

Becky Berthelot

Maryland

Baltimore

Dr. Douglas Miller
Dr. Douglas Miller & Associates

Blaney Spinelli
Wee-cycle Mart & LegalShield

Massachusetts

Boston

Robert Lewis
RE/Max Executive Realty

Christy Cashman
Saint Aire Productions

Michigan

Metro Detroit

Ryan LaFontaine
LaFontaine Automotive Group

Pam Yanis
In honor of Blake and in memory of Mike and Bill

Minnesota

Minneapolis

Paul Lambert
KFAN Sports Radio

Nadine Babu
Babu Social Networks

Missouri

Kansas City

Matt Thompson
CRES Management

Heather Good
Amgen

Springfield

Chad Plein
KY3, Inc.

Arana Arth
Mercy Clinic Cancer
& Hematology

St. Louis

Joshua Baker
US Foods

Mary Pillsbury Wainwright
Mary Pillsbury Fine Jewelry Co.

Nebraska

Omaha

Tony Sorrentino
SilverStone Group

Kathy Simpson

Nevada

Las Vegas

Vince Durocher
Niche Media & Greenspun Media Group

Donni Weaver
United Healthcare

New Jersey

Princeton

Gary Cohen

Beth Wiesner

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Dr. Ethan Sims
Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Dara Ambriz
Cardinal Health

New York

Albany

Michael Lanides
Merrill Lynch

Sabrina Mosseau
Samaritan Hospital Cancer Center
St Peter's Health Partners

Nassau

Pete Macaluso
FMI

Andrea Matzner
Prüv Vodka

New York City

Manu Nathan
IMG

Erin Zammett Ruddy
Freelance Writer & Blogger

Rochester

Mark Chiarenza
Murphy's Law/Nikko

Julie Rinaudo
Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics

Suffolk

Michael Wootton
Kammas Trading

Cindy Aronstam
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Westchester

Mervyn Tugendhaft
Saw Mill Club

Eileen Mannion & Team Trinity
Eileen's Country Kitchen

North Carolina

Charlotte

Dr. Raymond J. Haigney, II
Lake Norman Oral
& Facial Surgery

Bygie Dixon
Boston National
Settlement Services

Triangle

John Strader
UNC Cancer Hospital

Amy P. Abernethy, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Ohio

Cincinnati

John Bowman
GE Aviation

Katie Youngblood
The Perfection Group

Cleveland

Eric Shanaberger
Integrated Wealth
Management, Inc.

Louise Warner

Columbus

Jonathan Juravich
Liberty Tree Elementary School

Natalie Knutsen
Caraustar

Dayton

Anthony Stayman
ARC Abrasives, Inc

Patricia Abboud, M.D.
The Dayton Children's
Medical Center

Oregon

Portland

Matt Elmgren
Mercer

Julie Peterson
Pinnacle Capital Mortgage

Pennsylvania

Erie

Tim Tassick
SST

Kristi Bailey
The Erie Federal Credit Union

Harrisburg

Bob Carey
Harrisburg Magazine

Lindsay Drew Coulter
iChase Solutions

Lancaster/York

Matthew DePrato
Liquid Hero Brewery

Lani Todd
Plum Salon and Spa

Lehigh Valley

Dan Dortic
Major Hyundai

Eileen Budd
Budd Agency Insurance

Philadelphia

Anthony Falco
Strategic Wealth
Management Advisors

Dawn Scardino
Thomas Jefferson University

Pittsburgh

Dan Coast
Henderson Brothers

Stephanie Bortoluzzi
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Neuropathology

Puerto Rico

San Juan

James Mendez
Mendez Internet
Management Services, Inc.

Livi Suarez, Esq.

Rhode Island

Newport

Tim Robey

Cathy Edington
Cox Communications

South Carolina

Greenville

Andre Hawkins
A.D. Hawkins Enterprises, LLC

Cecilia Brock
C.F. Sauer Company

Tennessee

Knoxville

Dr. Wahid Hanna
University of Tennessee
Medical Center -
Cancer Institute

Christine Bell
BGT Recruiting and
Consulting, Inc.

Nashville

Rick Olszewski
LP Building Products

Dawn Delvo
Black River Entertainment

Texas

Austin

Caleb Warren
Sac N Pac

Angela Helmer

Houston

Brian Ross
Gibbs & Bruns, LLP

Verr Soltes
PDR, Inc.

San Antonio

Rick Kuper
Kuper Sotheby's
International Realty

Corie Boldt
Corie Properties

Utah

Salt Lake City

Craig Johnson
Hired Guns LLC

Kaye Jorgensen
O.C. Tanner, Retired

Virginia

Richmond

Lee Hyde
VCU Medical Center

Sande Snead
Pulsar Advertising

Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Daniel Einhorn
Capital Midwest Fund

Anna Zuckerman
AC Zuckerman, Inc.

Madison

Howard Cagle
Capitol Bank

Beth Viney
Affiliated Communications
of Wisconsin


 

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