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Greater San Francisco Bay Area
Celebrating 20 Years of Advancing Cures for Cancer
Photograph courtesy of Frank Pryor.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) 2010 Man & Woman of the Year Candidates raised a record breaking $813,000 in just over ten weeks. LLS announced the winners of the 2010 campaign at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco on June 7, 2010. Congratulations to our 2010 Man of the Year, Tom Klein, Regional Vice President of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and General Manager of the Fairmont San Francisco and to our 2010 Woman of the Year, Carolyn Balling, a corporate trainer who serves as the National Advisory Hike Coach for LLS's Team In Training program.
The complete list of 2010 Candidates includes: Carolyn Balling; Isabella Blass; Andy Collins from Summit Partners; Dan Darcy from Salesforce; Lisa Dunn from UCSF Medical Center; Kimberly Drury-Lightning; Dr. Dean Felsher from Stanford Medical Center; Tom Klein from the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; Ken Loo, a Contra Costa County Firefighter; Holly Pranger, owner of Pranger Law Firm; Yuliya Singo, founder of Arts 4 Cure; Dr. Kimberly Stearns-Weil; Jeff Taylor from Unishippers Sonoma; Bianca Velishek ; and John Welsh from TEI, Inc.
In addition to Klein and Balling, candidates Dan Darcy, Lisa Dunn, Andy Collins and Yuliya Singo all received top honors for raising over $50,000. Darcy raised over $182,000 in the close race for Man of the Year.
We are proud to say that the competition began here in San Francisco twenty years ago! The first event was held in remembrance of John Spencer, a valued Hastings Department Store employee who died of leukemia at the age of 39. It was in John's memory that Hastings began supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Since 1990, more and more chapters have added the Man & Woman of the Year Campaign. Now, hundreds of men and women in over 60 cities across America vie for the title each year in a ten-week fundraising competition.
You are crucial to help continue the fight. Join other Bay Area leaders and philanthropists in the Man & Woman of the Year campaign and discover how much you mean to the community. If you are interested in nominating a candidate or learning more about the campaign, please contact Emily O'Brien at (415) 625-1145.
Congratulations to our 2010 Man & Woman of the Year Winners
Carolyn Balling
Training That Fits
Tom Klein
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
