CELEBRATING
2
YEARS
Annual Report
JULY 1, 2012 – JUNE 30, 2013
Our
Mission
We support people touched by breast cancer by providing
comprehensive, personalized services in an atmosphere
of warmth and compassion.
Guiding Principles
1
We place the needs of our clients first.
2
We empower clients by providing education that helps
them make informed decisions.
3
We provide personalized services directly and through
partnerships across the continuum of care.
4
We value the experience, knowledge, and involvement
of volunteers, breast cancer survivors, their families,
and caregivers.
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We are committed to providing our services free of charge.
Letter
from the
Board
It is our pleasure to share with you Breast Cancer Connections’
Report for Fiscal Year 2013.
Exciting News!
BCC is expanding
our programs and
services to support
both breast cancer
and ovarian cancer
clients.
Learn More
Click here to check out our VIDEO
Dear Friends,
This past year, we have been celebrating our two decades
of service by remembering the lives we have touched and
changed, by honoring those who have been a part of BCC,
and by embracing the future through a series of festivities.
Twenty years ago, BCC was founded to fill an unmet need
in the community for those facing breast cancer. Today,
that gap in services still exists for ovarian cancer patients
and their families. Women with ovarian cancer need support,
hope, and inspiration from others who have faced, survived,
and lived with ovarian cancer. When these women come to
our center looking for information and support, they express
how much they wish there was a place like BCC for them.
In response to this overwhelming need for emotional
support for ovarian cancer patients, and in honor of our
20th Anniversary, BCC is expanding our programs and
services to support both breast cancer and ovarian cancer
clients. As an organization committed to ensuring that no
one faces breast cancer alone, we feel privileged to be able to
fulfill that same commitment for those facing ovarian cancer.
This is an exciting time for the future of BCC’s cancer
support and we thank you for your loyal friendship to BCC.
Sincerely,
Did You Know?
For five consecutive years, Breast Cancer Connections has
received Charity Navigator’s highest rating of four stars
for financial accountability and transparency – an honor
bestowed upon only 4% of U.S. charities.
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Karen Nelson
Executive Director
Karen Nierenberg
Board President
Jill Freidenrich Co-Founder
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New
Programs
2,522
INDIVIDUALS
SERVED
We are committed to maintaining and growing a set of comprehensive programs that meet the
needs of the breast cancer community. Pilot programs offered during the period of July 1, 2012
through June 30, 2013 include:
Pilates Matwork
for Rehabilitation
Creating
Connections
This class focuses on postural alignment,
flexibility, and core strengthening. Exercises
and the flow of the class are designed to
address limitations specific to breast cancer–
related surgeries and subsequent treatments.
Once a month, Breast Cancer Connections
extends our office hours and features a guest
speaker who presents topics relevant to clients
during their treatment and beyond, such as:
Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a martial art that has proven
benefits for health, especially related to
maintaining strength and balance. The
class teaches Tai Chi as a moving meditation.
Students learn Tai Chi movements specifically designed for those who are currently
undergoing or completing medical treatment
for breast cancer.
• Nutrition
• Lymphedema
• Health Benefits of Tea
My Personal
Decision Guide
We developed this tool to help our clients
consider their cancer treatment options
intellectually, emotionally, and practically,
then organize those thoughts to make
informed decisions.
Caregivers
Support Group
This group enables caregivers to discuss the
challenges of their role, and to gain support
and education from other caregivers. Selfcare is emphasized as an important part of
effectively caring for others.
Learn more about Breast Cancer Connections Programs and Services at:
http://bcconnections.org/
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147
4
PEER SUPPORT
Clients Received
an End-of-Life
Buddy Matches
WISH
735
Uninsured Clients Received
EARLY DETECTION
SERVICES
57
Clients Met with a
THERAPIST
318
Clients Received
PERSONALIZED
RESEARCH
To Help Them Understand
Their Diagnosis
121
COMFORT
TOTES
Were Given to
Newly Diagnosed
Clients
Breast Cancer Connections brings together breast cancer specialists and survivors to provide
emotional support, breast cancer education, early detection services, complementary
therapies, and much more. Whether a client is newly diagnosed or seeking wellness after
treatment, our compassionate staff and volunteers can help them every step of the way.
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Gabriella Patser Program
for Early Detection
Breast Cancer Connections’ Gabriella Patser Program provides free screening and diagnostic
services for at-risk women and men under 40 who are uninsured. The program is designed as
a safety net to help those who otherwise would not have access to care.
EARLY DETECTION
SERVICES
FY 2013
This year more than
13,000
YOUNG WOMEN
UNDER 40
WILL BE DIAGNOSED
!
M E ET EVA N G E L I N E
with breast cancer in the U.S.
E
$3,252,643
1045
735
322
301
267
180
25
18
EXPENSES
Breast Ultrasounds
Breast Health Education
Follow-up Visits
Diagnostic Mammograms
Surgical Consultations
Biopsies
Screening Mammograms
Breast MRIs
TOTAL AMOUNT
735 UNINSURED
INDIVIDUALS
WOULD HAVE PAID
FOR MEDICAL CARE
without the Patser Program
Breast Cancer Connections wishes to thank the 96 referral clinics which help make the Gabriella Patser
Program possible, as well as following medical care providers for their dedication to this program:
Affiliates in Imaging; Alta Bates Summit Medical Center; Alta East Bay Pathology, Inc.; Anesthesia Consultants of Marin; Associated Anesthesiologists; Bay Area Breast
Surgeons; Bay Imaging Consultants Medical Group, Inc.; Martin Bronk, M.D.; California Advanced Imaging Medical Associates; CalPath; Kenneth Chang, M.D.; Jocelyn
Dunn, M.D.; East Bay Anesthesiology Medical Group, Inc.; Fresno Imaging Center; Diana Guthaner, M.D.; Jessie Jacob, M.D.; Leah Kelley, M.D.; Marin General Hospital;
Marin Medical Laboratory; Modesto Advanced Imaging Center; Bruce Moorstein, M.D.; Huy TT Nguyen; Tad Nishimura, M.D.; NorCal Imaging; John O’Holleran, M.D.;
Michael O’Holleran, M.D.; Peninsula Diagnostic Imaging; Peninsula Pathologists Medical Group; Quest Diagnostics; Radnet, Inc.; Michael Reardon, M.D.; Sequoia Anesthesia Consultants; Sequoia Health Services; Lynn Smolik, M.D.; Stanford Hospital & Clinics; Stanford Pathology; Stockton Diagnostic Imaging; Tony Tam, M.D.; Vacaville
Imaging Center; Valley Radiology Medical Associates; West Coast Pathology Labs; WRI–Palo Alto Imaging; Yosemite Pathology Medical Group
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vangeline, 39, was working part-time and
caring for her two young children when she discovered a lump while breast-feeding. “I went to
a clinic and the doctor told me that I needed a
mammogram and an ultrasound. I didn’t know
how I was going to pay for those tests,” recalled
Evangeline. The doctor referred Evangeline to
the Gabriella Patser Program, where the Program
Coordinator, Donaji Olivares, quickly became her
advocate. In addition to setting up financial aid for
Evangeline’s ultrasound, mammogram, and biopsy, Donaji provided emotional support and help
in navigating the medical system.
“Being low income, and with no medical insurance, I thought I would never get treatment for
my cancer. It was a very scary time,” Evangeline
said. After her diagnosis, she hit roadblocks while
trying to get referred to a treatment program. “I
was nervous because it was taking a long time,”
continued Evangeline. “I called Donaji to see if she
could help and she got me into a different hospital
the next day!”
“Being low income, and
with no medical insurance,
I thought I would never get
treatment for my cancer.
It was a very scary time.”
Since her treatment began, Evangeline has visited
BCC’s resource center and participated in programs like the Mad Hatter Tea Party Scarf and Hat
Workshop. “I loved this event because they taught
me how to look better, which made me feel better,”
she said. “BCC’s nutrition classes were also very
informative. I learned what foods to avoid to help
my body fight the cancer.”
Evangeline is grateful for the community support
she received from Breast Cancer Connections. “I
don’t know where I would be now if it wasn’t for the
Patser Program. Everyone, even the less fortunate,
should be able to receive care. BCC helped to save
my life. I’m so grateful for programs like Patser,
and glad they can help so many women like me.”
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Volunteers
Arlene Abastillas
Margaret Abe
Hildy Agustin, Psy.D.
Linda Alderman
Maria Allo, M.D.
Judy Amarena
Emily Anderson
Marilyn Anderson
Kasey Arnold-Ince
Merry Astor, MFT
Elizabeth Augustus
Jan Austin, MFT
Karen Backer
Erica Baham
Patricia Bargetto
Julie Barrow
JoAnn Semones
Carol Bartz
Ben Hess
Karen Bayuk
Natasha Bazely
Avis Begoun, Ph.D.
Jeff Belkora, Ph.D.
Leslie Berlin, Ph.D.
Lucy Berlin
Jane Berman
Rebecca Bernat
Ricka Berns
Betty Blanco
Margaret Bloom
Rebecca Bloom
Lisa Boohar, M.D.
Janet Borgens
Barbara Bowden
Nancy Bowker
Susie Brain
Dave Braker
Cheryl Branco, R.N.
Mary Brayton, MFT
Susan Breit
Mary Jane Brooks
Kathrin Brown
Michele Brown
William M. Buchholz, M.D.
Amy Budd
Maria Cacho
Jen Brown, M.D.
Gabriel Kind, M.D.
Alessandra Capella
Theresa Carlomagno
Robert W. Carlson, M.D.
Yuk Ying Chan
Sarah Chandra
Sandy Chang
Chat Chatterton
Kristin Chen
Lauren Chen
Celia Cheng
Christine Clark
Urban Cummings
Janet Clark
Mayla Clark
Lori Coates
Fran Codispoti
Reba Cohen
Natalia Colocci, M.D.
Michael Conant
John Coombs
Ursula Cooney
Judith Cornez
Evelyn Cozakos
Marian Crompton
Bess Crowe
Linda Davis
Marcia Davis-Cannon
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Elizabeth Day
Margaret Day
Tula del Busto
Frank delaRama, R.N., MS, AOCN
Tina Delfino
Amy L. Delson, AIA
Joyce DeMattei
Nancy DeSantis-Vannice
Chanda Dharap
Martha Diaz
Traci Diggs
Judie Dodson
Sarah S. Donaldson, M.D.
Maureen Dooher Ryan
Elaine Duan
Jocelyn Dunn, M.D.
Sharry Dunn
Lanelle Durst
Ann Duvall
Barbara Dyszynski
Meghan Ede
Nidia Edfelt
Maura Eggert
Connie Eisenstat
Shane Dormady, M.D.
Bobbi Emel, MFT
Lorela Fajardo
Rhonda Scherber Farrar
Marnie Fehrer
Ellen Feigenbaum
Marianna Feldmansky
Janice Fowler
Freida Freeman
Janice Freeman
Leah Freeman
Jill Freidenrich
Suzan Freitas
Haya Fried
Lisa Friedman
Margaret Gabil
Sarah Gaffney
Aruna Gambhir
Riva Gavartin
Kalia Geeta
Fern Geschwind
Charlene Gibson, NCTMB
Kate Gibson
Pam Giesen
Joyce Gilbertson
Rachel Gingold
Betty Glisson
Vimal Goel
Gloria Golden, Ph.D.
Marcia Goldman
Bill Gong
Ariella Goodwine, MFT
Miriam Green
Lauren Greenberg, M.D.
Robin Greene
John Griffin, M.D.
Denise Griffiths
Pat Groshong
Kathy Groves
Ms. Diana Gu
Margaret Coyne Gutierrez
Debby Hagenmaier
Emily Hagenmaier
Carol Hague
Phyllis Hall
Joyce Hanna, M.A., M.S.
Christine Hamilton
Judy Hamilton
Carroll Harrington
Helen Harris
Diane M. Heditsian
We sincerely thank our volunteers for offering their
time and talents to help people facing breast cancer
in our community.
Lou Heine
Leslie Herzberg
Connie Y. Ho
Jan Hockman
Sue Hoffman
Ward Hoffman
Anne Hoge
Hagar M. Holan
Patty Holbert
Adena Holmes
Mary and Bill Holst
Ginny Hom
Karen Horton, M.D.
Claire Houston
Patty Hurley
E. Shelley Hwang, M.D., MPH
Kingsley Jack
Julia Jaroch, MFT
Jane Jensen
Carole Jevons
Chang Jia
Della Bouligny Johnson
Andrea Johnston
Etsuko Kagawa
Nancy Bitar-Godfrey, M.D.
Geeta Kalia
Stephen Kandel
Mila Kelman
Jeanne D. Kennedy
Denise Kent
Ilene Kerness
Kathy Kesten, MFT
Susan Kinder
Arden King
Barbara Kirsch, Ph.D.
Howard Kleckner, M.D.
Jane Klickman
Liz Kniss
Kelly Kogen
Juliet Kral, M.D.
James Kunde
Donna LaCroix
Joan Lane
Jennifer Lapole
Karen Latina
Ginny Latta
Inna Lauris
Mary Lavigne-Butler
Phuong Le
Rozanne Lee
Vivian Lee
Nancy Morgan Leon
Kathryn Leonard
Jessica Les
Sharon Leslie, P.T., DPT
Ronit Lev, MFT
Ginger Levick, MFT
Heather Levy, Ph.D.
Patty Lewis
Lillian Lieberman
Lynne Liptz
Janet K. Littlefield
Baird Lloyd
Melissa Loerch
Linda Logan
Annelle Long
Claudia H. Loo
Patricia E. Lund, Ph.D.
Erin Macartney
Janice Madruga
M. Ellen Mahoney, M.D.
Rebecca Mankey
Dominic Maratukulam
Denise Marcus
Judy Marcus
Sueann Mark
Terry Markle
Jane B. Marmor, M.D.
Lisa Martz
Nancy Mason, M.D.
George Masters
Nancy McGaraghan
Linda McIntyre
Anne McLean
Mary-Helen McMahon
Andrea Metkus, M.D.
Lezlee Miller
Simonetta Mocci
Dee Modderman
Amy Moody
Patti Murray
Susan Murray
Fran Mylod
Alice Nagle
Bettina Neumann, RPT, CST, LLCC
Virginia Ng
Helene Hong
Marta Nichols
Cindra Nicholson
Shirley Nickolai
Karen Nierenberg
Karoline Nowillo, M.D.
Laura Nugent
Linda O’Maley
Tina Okawa
Montserrat Zamora
Rebecca Olson
Suzanne Olson, LCSW, MSW
Marcie Pais, MFT
Jayah Paley
Priya Chakravarthi, M.D.
Runi Chattopadhyay, M.D.
C. Denise Ching
Erica Framsted, R.D., CSO
Jane Woo, M.D.
Jin Park
Nancy Parungao
Susan Patick
George Patser
Jennifer Paulsen
Debbie Penvenne
Diana Peterson
Diane Peterson
Laura Pexton
Miss Zage Phillips
Franca Pialorsi
Michael Pierantozzi
Katie Planey
Klaus Porzig, M.D.
Melissa Powar
Paula Powar
Danette Prock
Anita Pu
Diane Putterman
Moira Quacchia
Diane Quenell
Sally Rau
Anne Ream
Marcia Rehmus
Margit Reichner
Evelyn Resurreccion
Karen Ricardo
Jean Rice
Ann Rivello, LCSW
Linda Robbins
Mary Robins
Stanley Rockson, M.D.
Patricia H. Rogers
Roxanne Roman
Linda Romley-Irvine
Deborah Rosenberg, LCSW
Barbara Rosenthal
Ronda Rosner
Nanette P. Rowe, Ph.D.
Judy Russell
Carmen Saint
Robin Salafia
Luz Marina Sanchez
Dianne P. Schilling
Jill Schubart
Carol Schultz
Qing-Yuan Sha
Eleanor Shandell
Shaliza Shorey
Ann Shradar
Beth Shuman
Mark Simon
Sandra Skolnik
Beverly H. Smith
Cathleen Smithwick
Lynn M. Smolik, M.D.
Valerie Smrtic
Francie Soito
Beth Solomon-Casper
Ann Sonnenberg
Susan Sorensen, M.D.
Lisa Sortino
Joanne Sperans
David Spiegel, M.D.
Karin Streiff
Lara Streiff
Gwendolyn Stritter, M.D.
Rosemary Stuebing
Zenda Su
Laurie Symcox
Lena Tailo
Lori Tancer
Marita Trobough
Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Harriet Borofsky, M.D.
Judy Thompson-Melanson
Leah Thrush
Indira Tojaga
Jackie Tornes
Mike M. Turbow, M.D.
Greta Macaire, R.D., CSO
Hilary Valentine
Matt van de Rijn, M.D., Ph.D.
Joan Venticinque
Robert Venticinque
Barbara Voester
Betty Jo Wade
Kathy Walters
Drew Wanderman
Yolanda Wang
Jeanne Ware
Karlette Warner
Margaret Weil
Wendy Wheaton, M.D.
Helen Wiant
Linda Williams
Shantila Williams
Shaquela Williams
Amanda Withrow
Lauren Womack
Xian Li Wu
Beth Wurzburg
Michael Wyant
Jeffrey Yeung
Catherine Zinn
Lilia Zundelevich
Volunteers
147
BUDDIES
Provided Peer Support
7,006
VOLUNTEER
HOURS
Were Donated
423 HOURS = $77,915 VALUE
Valuable Hours Donated by Medical & Other Professional Volunteers
PHYLLIS HALL
Volunteer of The Year
W
hen Phyllis Hall was diagnosed with
breast cancer in 1995, Dr. Ellen Mahoney, a BCC
Co-Founder, was her breast surgeon. “As soon as
she gave me my diagnosis, she sent me upstairs
to the Community Breast Health Project [Breast
Cancer Connections], where I received education
and support. That was when CBHP was just above
my doctor’s Palo Alto office,” Phyllis recalled.
When her treatment ended, Phyllis wanted to help
others facing breast cancer. She began volunteering
at CBHP as a Helpliner in 1998, providing emotional
support to newly diagnosed women. Over the past
15 years, Phyllis has helped thousands of individuals
and has been instrumental in the growth of BCC’s
programs. With her background in information
systems, she helped establish a Client and Buddy
database—an essential and valuable tool for the
organization. She served a six-year term on the
Board of Directors, and continues to volunteer as
a Helpliner every week.
“I really enjoy how BCC has evolved,” Phyllis said.
“The staff is not afraid to do more than one thing
and neither are the volunteers. There is such a core
group of dedicated people here. My best memories
are the people, from Board to staff to volunteers
to clients.”
BCC would not be the organization it is today
without Phyllis’s outstanding contributions and
commitment to the clients’ well-being.
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Donor
Spotlight
Fran Codispoti and Ken Schroeder are equally passionate about giving
locally. “We believe that if you have the means to help, you should do
something for your community,” Ken said. The couple proudly support
Breast Cancer Connections’ mission and have been donating since 1998.
“BCC is a unique and vital resource in the Bay Area,” Fran said. “They
meet the needs of early detection, treatment support, and survivorship
—so clients can concentrate on healing. It’s a vital and worthy cause.”
Fran strongly believes in women helping women—the primary reason
she was drawn to the organization. “It’s a powerful energy,” she said. Fran
has volunteered with BCC since 2005, where she has served on the Board
of Directors, provided fundraising guidance and support, and most recently
co-chaired the 20th Anniversary Gala: A Night in the Mediterranean.
74%
Donations
Come from
Individuals
Fran continues to support BCC for many reasons: “I love that we help
low-income uninsured women and men because I’m always trying to help
the underdog,” she said. “I also love that as BCC grows, it adapts to meet
the evolving needs of clients. Now in our 20th year, we have done just that
by developing programs for ovarian cancer support.” She continued, “And
I care about these people—the professional staff, dedicated volunteers, and
everyone in our community who has been touched by breast and, now,
ovarian cancer.”
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Fran and Ken for their continued support
of Breast Cancer Connections.
“I care about these people – the professional
staff, dedicated volunteers and everyone in
our community who has been touched by
breast and now, ovarian cancer.”
— Fran Codispoti
Institutional Funders
$20,000+
Genentech sponsored BCC’s 9th Annual Breast Cancer Conference
and provided a grant to help fund our Medical Information Services,
which educates clients about their breast cancer.
Marguerite Casey Foundation
A grant from the Marguerite Casey Foundation is helping to fund
screening and diagnostic services for at-risk women and men under
40, who are uninsured, through BCC’s Gabriella Patser Program.
Donald
and Rachel
Valentine Foundation
Oracle’s grant supports BCC’s general fund for programs
and services. Oracle was also the presenting sponsor for
BCC’s 9th Annual Breast Cancer Conference, and donated
their state-of-the-art conference center for this special event.
Sutter Health
BCC’s partnership with Sutter Health Access to Care Program
helped us expand the Gabriella Patser Program to Marin County.
Funds helped pay for free breast screenings and diagnostics to
uninsured women and men living in Marin County.
The Donald and Rachel Valentine Foundation has supported BCC
since 2004 and is committed to helping uninsured young women
and men through BCC’s Gabriella Patser Program.
$10,000 – $19,999
Koret Foundation
Koret Foundation supports BCC’s mission
and general fund. Their donation helps BCC
continue to provide all our services free of
charge.
National Cable and Telecommunications
Association
National Cable and Telecommunications
Association has sponored BCC’s fundraising
events since 2006. Last year they supported
our 5th Annual Spring Benefit featuring
author Cheryl Strayed.
Palo Alto Professional Firefighters
In October 2012, Palo Alto Fire Fighters held
a pink t-shirt fundrasier to show support
for people in our community facing breast
cancer and raise awareness for the cause.
The Safeway Foundation
The Safeway Foundation has supported
BCC since 2005. Their grant supports
BCC’s Gabriella Patser Program and comes
from customers and employees of Safeway’s
Northern California Division.
Sand Hill Foundation
The Sand Hill Foundation has supported
BCC’s general fund since 2006. Their
donation helps BCC continue to provide
all our services free of charge.
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Stanford Hospital & Clinics has supported
BCC since 2007. Most recently they sponored
our 5th Annual Spring Benefit featuring
author Cheryl Strayed.
To Celebrate Life Foundation
Since 2006, To Celebrate Life Foundation has
funded screening and diagnostic services for
women and men under 40 through BCC’s
Gabriella Patser Program.
Seiler LLP
Seiler LLP sponored BCC’s 5th Annual
Spring Benefit featuring author Cheryl
Strayed.
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$25,000 +
$2,500 – $4,999
Anonymous (1)
Brown Family Foundation
John and Jill Freidenrich
The John and Marcia Goldman Philanthropic
Fund at the Jewish Community Federation
Endowment Fund
Judy and George Marcus
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Laurence and Sue Spitters
Sutter Health Access to Care Program
Donald and Rachel Valentine Foundation
Anonymous (1)
Agendia Inc.
Maria Allo, M.D.
Atherton Lane Advisors, LLC
Atkinson Foundation
Avidbank
James E. Baer
Bank of America Foundation
Dave and Flo Braker
Elizabeth Day and Bill Goldman
Nancy DeSantis-Vannice – Justice Fund at
the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Peggy and Steve Dow
Eileen Fisher Companies
First Republic Bank
James and Ines Franklin
Friends of Faith, Inc.
Gorjana and Griffin, Inc.
Home Care Assistance
Nathalie and Leo Joseph
King Asset Management
Catherine and James Koshland
Drs. Jane and Michael Marmor
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
Susie Richardson
Paul and Carley Rydberg
Helen Schwab
Ruth Seiler
Sequoia Health Services – Dignity Health
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Kakshi Singh
TM Financial Forensics
The James Vannice Charitable Fund at
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
William H. Cilker Family Foundation
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
$15,000 – $24,999
Isobel Christensen
Fran Codispoti and Ken Schroeder
Genentech, Inc.
The Morgan Family Fund at Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
Oracle
To Celebrate Life Foundation
Jeanne and Leonard Ware
Lida and Alejandro Zaffaroni
$10,000 – $14,999
Giving
Breast Cancer Connections
is grateful for the support
of the individuals, foundations,
corporations and organizations
whose generous contributions
make our programs and
services possible.
The following list reflects gifts received
between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
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Liz and Rick Kniss
Koret Foundation
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation
Don and Beverly Lorenz
The Mervin G. and Roslyn G. Morris
Educational and Philanthropic Fund
at the Jewish Community Federation
and Endowment Fund
National Cable and Telecommunications
Association
Palo Alto Professional Firefighters
Jin and C.S. Park
Robert E. Hopper Family Fund
The Safeway Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Seiler LLP
Synopsys
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Hilary Valentine and Don Listwin
Marcella Yano
$5,000 – $9,999
The Ayer Family Foundation
Comerica Bank - Western Market
Anita and Kevin Del Grande
DLA Piper US LLP
El Camino Hospital
Mrs. Donald Fisher
Genomic Health, Inc.
Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.
Janice Lee
Marta McLeod
Nektar Therapeutics
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund
Peninsula Beauty Supply, Inc.
Planetz/Echelon, Inc.
Sacred Heart Schools
Wendy Schmidt
Simon-Strauss Foundation
Stanford Cancer Institute
The Renee B. Fisher Foundation at Silicon
Valley Community Foundation
The Vermeil Family Fund at Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
$1,000 –2,499 Cont…
Ruth Diane Gross
Karen Grove and Julian Cortella
Judy Hamilton
Dana Seeley Hayse
Anne Hoge Milliken and Michael Milliken
Leslie and George Hume
IBM Employee Services Center
Roshan Isaac
Della Bouligny and Samuel Johnson
The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation
at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Kelly Shea Gallo Foundation
Judy Koch
Laurie Lacob
Joan Lane
The Laura and Gary Lauder Philanthropic
Fund at the Jewish Community Federation
and Endowment Fund
Gail Lee
Debra and Mark Leslie
Douglas and Virginia Levick
John and Daryl Lillie
Marilyn Loftesness
Melinda and Michael Longaker
Virginia and Jim Lyons
Mr. Richard and Dr. Charlene Maltzman
Terry and David Markle
Carole Marks
Nancy Mason, M.D. and Mr. Christopher Poda
Duncan L. and Shirley C. Matteson
Kathie and Bob Maxfield
Nancy and Patrick McGaraghan
Mary-Helen and Kevin McMahon
Burton and Deedee McMurtry
Linda and Anthony Meier
Phyllis Moldaw
Amy and Michael Moody
Mike Neil
Karen and Michael Nierenberg
$1,000 – $2,499
Omidyar Network Fund Inc.
Kent Peacock
Anonymous (2)
Kathryn and Tom Perry
Alain Pinel Realtors
Ann Alexander Rando - Silicon Valley Commu- Leonilla Perry
Jane Webb Power
nity Foundation
Presentation High School
Merry and Steve Astor
Mrs. William A. Preston
Dr. Frank D. Berry
Jill Ramleth
Helen Bing
Roxy and Michelle Rapp
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Anne and Christopher Ream
Jane and Hardin Bryan-Jones
Marcia and Fred Rehmus
Susan and Scott Carey
Sharon Ridge
Theresa Carey
Linda Romley-Irvine and Perry Irvine
Church of the Holy Cross - Greek Orthodox
Lisa and Steven Schatz
Mayla and John Clark
Meryl and Bob Selig
Gloria and Jack Clumeck
Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club
Peggy and Yogen Dalal
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Simon
Sydney Davis
Morton and Jacqueline Slater
Neal and Janet Dempsey
Phyllis and Ken Sletten
Susan and John Diekman
Joyce Hanna and Gerald Smith
Christine Douglas
The Madeline and Isaac Stein Family Fund
Gary and Jeff Dunker
at Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Bill and Barbara Edwards
Takeda California, Inc.
Connie and Albert Eisenstat
Taube Family Foundation
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Nancy Unger and Don Whitebread
The Marion and Jack Euphrat Philanthropic
Fund at the Jewish Community Federation and United Methodist Women
Joan and Robert Venticinque
Endowment Fund
Karlette Warner and Ward Hoffman
Beverly Ewing
Margaret and Curt Weil
Executive Women’s Golf Association SonomaCarolee White
Marin Napa Chapter
Jackie Whittier Kubicka
Facials by Tamara
Linda and John Williams
Guilherme Fujiwara
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School
Jeanette and Ike Goodman
Google Matching Gifts Program
Barbara and Michael Gross
$500 – $999
$500 – $999 Cont…
Anonymous (2)
Liane Aihara
Apple Matching Gift Program
The Mona and Robert Armistead Fund at
the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Alexander Barna
Patty and Harry Battat
Bay City Capital Foundation
Paul and Mildred Berg
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Berger
Palmer H. Bleichner
Bloomingdale’s
Books Inc.
Carolyn and David Brady
Pamela Brandin
Theresa A. Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bronfman, II
Carolyn and Preston Butcher
Calafia & Market A Go-Go
Elizabeth Cilker
Llagas Foundation
Margaret Day
Jocelyn Dunn, M.D. and Ron Dalman
Lisa Earnhardt
Jennifer Edwards
Silvia Edwards
Melissa Eisenstat and Jonathan Blau
Shirley Ely
Sue Epstein
Daniel and Sandy Feldman, M.D.
Elyse and Chuck Feldman
Robert and Judith Fenerty
Sanford and Susan Fitch
Robert and Barbara Foy
Ledger and Dottie Free
Suzan and Manuel Freitas
Judy and Otis Frost
Aruna and Sanjiv Gambhir
The Golovin Family Philanthropic Fund
at the Jewish Community Federation
and Endowment Fund
Judy Gordon
Andrea Gregory-Schoen
Mimi Haas
Bill and Phyllis Hall
Nancy and Mike Hall
Helen Harris
Hawley Peterson Snyder
Diane Heditsian
President and Mrs. John Hennessy, III
Alan Herzig
Hispanic Business Education Network
Reylonda Jackson
Esther John, Ph.D.
Yvette Jonnson
Christopher Kantarjiev
Mary Kasaris
Karen Kayel Rhodes and Bill Rhodes
Kate Keating
Andrew Le
Judy Lin
Amy Lit and Andy Rittenberg
Janet Littlefield and Bill Coggshall
James and Lorraine Mann
Barbara McLellan
Riz Mithani
Betsy Morgenthaler
Alex Neuhold
The Neukermans Family Fund at the
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Marta Nichols and Michael Hubly
Dr. and Mrs. Michael O’Holleran
Kristine Paaso
Erica and Rich Pelavin
Jim and Alma Phillips
William Phillips
Michael Pierantozzi
Annette Rado
Read/Hickenbottom Family Fund
Barry and Janet Robbins
Beth and Peter Rosenthal
Susan and Marvin Rothman
Mr. Gordon Russell
The Sanders Family Fund at the Silicon
Valley Community Foundation
Kathryn Saxton, D.O.
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Schilling
Ms Randee Seiger
Roger and Elizabeth Sherman
Bob and Beth Shuman
Kathryn Singh
David Spiegel, M.D.
Sports Gallery Authenticated
Harise Staple, MD
Star One Credit Union
Kathryn Stivers
Cindy Stokes
Lea Stublarec and Curt Peterson
Ellen Sussman
Barbara and Chuck Taubman
The Terry Family Fund at Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
The Dollar Company
Susan and Carl Thomsen
Tziporah and Sam Tramiel
Patty Van Kirk
Cheryl and John Volckmann
Alice Wallace
Elizabeth Holly Ward and Scott P. Spector
Warrior 4 Charity
Mary Watson
Don and Kay Willoughby
Woodline Works Corp.
Jennifer Yount
$250 – $499
Anonymous (3)
Maryan Ackley
Marian and Jim Adams
Karen Allen
Almaden Valley Youth Athletic Association
Alice and Forrest Anderson
Kezya Materon Arum
Asian Box Palo Alto LLC
Astor Gift & Home
Dennis and Jan Austin, MFT
David Bagshaw
Jeff and Amy Belkora
Leslie Berlin, Ph.D. and Rick Dodd
Lucy and Robert Berman
Annette Bialson and Gary Sharron
John and Stacei Bible
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Bleichner
Mr. and Mrs. James Bochnowski
Susan Bock
Lisa and Mark Brandin
Alice and Donald Brown
Marcie and Chet Brown
Theresa and Paul Brown
Barry and Linda Brummer
Marda Buchholz
Eva Chan
Shirley Choy-Marshall
Lyn and Larry Christenson
Cisco Matching Gifts Program - JustGive
Christine Clark and Urban Cummings
Walter and Anne Clark
George Clifford
Mary Jo Colton
12
6
$250 – $499 Cont…
Carolyn Compton
Ursula and Paul Cooney
Judith Cornez
Paula Cornyn
Kathleen Coryell and David Weinberg
Amy and Scott Darling
Elizabeth Dawes
Lena and William Dawson
Frank delaRama, R.N., MS, AOCN
Myn Demmon
Peggy and Reid Dennis
Mary Devlin Rouleau and Bert Rouleau
Judy and Allan Dorosin
Alison and John Draper
Carol and Bob Dressler
Gil Ellenberger
Michelle and Ed Farrell
Jeanne Fischer
Leland & Kathleen Kaiser Charitable
Foundation
William and Doris Formby
Marianna Fowler
Liz Frome
Elisabetta Gaiani
Denise Gibson
Amy Gillis, M.D.
Jackie Graf
Marcia Guzy
Mary Hafner
Christine Hampel
Kimberly J Hamrick
Gary and Helen Harmon
Jennifer and Hugh Harris
Diane and Bill Hawkes
Mary Ann Hayward
Sally Hazard Bourgoin and John Bourgoin
Barbara Hazlett
Heiken Group, Inc./Village Cheese House
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation
Susan Hoffman
Joel and Susan Hyatt
Russell and Hanako Iimura
Elaine Iverson
Kingsley Jack
Judith Jacoby
Judi and Wilf Jaeger
Carol Jeans
JPMorgan Chase
Michelle Jung
Bob and Edie Kirkwood
Barbara Kirsch, Ph.D.
The Kitch Family Fund at the Silicon Valley
Community Foundation
Patty and Warren Kourt
Janine Kramer
William Lau and Charmaine Lee
Leland & Kathleen Kaiser Charitable
Foundation
Hanna Levenson, Ph.D. and Larry Ginsburg
Robin Levy and Warren Beifer
Carol and Hal Louchheim
Diane and Louis Matagrano
Betsy and Matt Matteson
Susan and Jim McDonnell
Mary Grable McLeod
Marilyn R. Melvin
Patricia E. Meyer
Terry and Stephen Miller
Ms. Sarah Montgomery
Patricia Morrissey
Patti Murray
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Nadel
Pam Priest Naeve
Alexandra Niederauer
Peggy Nute
13
$100 – $249 Cont…
Patty O’Leary
David Pearce and Lydia Snape
Patricia and Don Pecko
Susan Phillips Moskowitz and
Dr. Peter Moskowitz
Robert and Kathy Piziali
Peggy and Phil Pizzo
Susan Post
Carol and Mike Ramsay
Robert M. and Shirley Raymer
William E. Reller
Paul Resnick and Joan M. Karlin
Roberta and Richard Rhudy
Lisa Rosen
Ferenc E. and Diane E. Rosztoczy
Michele Schiele
Dianne and Mike Schilling
Barbara Schroeder
Jeannie Sedgwick
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp, Jr.
David Sherman
Mark and Kathryn Simon
Allan and Barbara Smirni
Beverly and Pat Smith
Beth Solomon-Casper
Lisa St. John
Stanford Golf Club, Women’s Section
Dawn Stansfield and Nick Almonte
Tom Stevens
Katherine Strehl
Myra H. Strober and Jay M. Jackman, M.D.
Mary Sweeney
Barbara and Bruce Swenson
Eunice L. Swenson
Patricia Thomas
Michele Thompson
Dr. and Mrs. Mike M. Turbow at the
Jewish Community Federation
and Endowment Fund
Suzanne Voll
Jeanne Wahl Halleck and Charles Halleck
Julie Weinstein
Cynthia and Mark Welton
Beth and Marvin Wenger
R. Jay and Sallie Whaley
Connie Wolf
Lauren and Mike Womack
Stacey Wueste
Patricia Wyrod
The Yanowitz Family Philanthropic Fund
of The Jewish Community Foundation
of the East Bay
$100 – $249
Anonymous (20)
2B Mom, Inc.
Beverly Aarts
David and Susan Abernethy
Jerianne Alberti and Jack Trollman
Sylvia and Frank Albertson
Michael Alexander
Barbara Alhouse
Ambassador Toys
Arnold and Sylvia Ambrosini
Tamra and Robert Amick
Jeannie Anderson
Lynette Baranski
Zelda Barnett
Jennifer Basiji
Ann Baskins and Thomas Defilipps
Christine Bauer
Susanne Baumann
Elizabeth Bechtel
Marla Becker
Ginger and John Beman
Edgar Benhard
Julene Bennion
Peggy Berlese
Peter Berman
Harriet Berner
Ralph and Leah Bernstein
Megan Bleichner
Susan Bogar
Gerard Bourguignon
Barbara Bowden
Michelle Boytim
Susie and Sam Brain
Sheldon and Mimi Breiner
Louis and Nancy Brenner
Marty Breon
Charles Victor Briscoe and
Betsy Harrington Briscoe
Carol and John Brittain
Susan Brock-Utne
Julie and Jeffrey Brody
Daphne Brooks
Julie Brooks
Claudia Brown
Marni Brown and Gabriel Garcia
Gaye Bruce
Sharolyn Burkoth
Catherine Byers
Shirley and Bob Caine
Heather Calder
Joan and Gordon Campbell
Shelley and Rich Casey
Chat Chatterton
Marge Chauvel
Helen and Lawrence Chew
Samantha Chin
Eileen Chou
David and May Chu
Ann Clarkson
Maren Coates
Andrea and Edward Cohen
Janet Cohen
Reba Cohen
Natalia Colocci, M.D.
Cathy and Steve Combs
Community Health Charities of California
Evelyn Cozakos
Margaret Craig
William and Patricia Critzer
Ann and David Crockett
Donna Cronin
Lynne Crowell
Pat Crowley
Alan Cummings
Joan Davenport
Davy Davidson
Nancy and Niel Davidson
Mark and Patricia Davis
Priscilla Dawson
Stephanie M. Day and John F. Day III
Donna Dean
Lynne and Mark Del Bono
Amy L. Delson, AIA
Glenda and Win Derman
Joyce and Bob Dewater
Jan DiJulio
Joanie Dinsmore
Leslie Doherty
Margaret M. Dolan
Inna and Dmitry Dolinsky
Maureen Ryan
Douce France
Tim Dougherty
Lory and Alex Drukarev
Sylvia Dunn
$100 – $249 Cont…
Meredith G. Durant
Barbara Dyszynksi and Richard Smolen
Eastside College Preparatory School
Nidia Edfelt
Gina Elduayen
Charles L. and Patricia Ellingson
Mary English-Freeman
Alice Erber and Rob Steinberg
Barbara C. Erny, M.D.
Dolores Esparza
Kathy Essick
Bonnie Hopper Evans
Sally and Craig Falkenhagen
Mrs. George M. Fern
Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC
Nancy Fiene
Kay Filler
Jeri Fink
Larry Fitzgerald
Gayle Flanagan
Patricia Fobair, LCSW
Nancy and Michael Fogel
Julie Forbes
Julie Foster
Jean Franco
Gretchen Frank
Betsy Frazer
Janice and Richard Freeman
Amy and Eric Freidenrich
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Friedberg
Dr. and Mrs. Joel P. Friedman
Enaam and Maher Gabor
Phyllis Garcia
Jennifer and Wesley Gardiner
Thomas and Julie Gaston, M.D.
Donald and Holly Gautier
Barbara Gehlen
Virginia Gelczis and Mitchell Diamond
Rhonda Gessow
Sheila Gholson and John Duhring
Marie Gielens
Joyce Gilbertson
Michael Glafkides, M.D.
Nancy Glasenk
Kate Godfrey
Leslie and David Goldman
Bill Gong
Pamela and Patrick Goodenough
Hon Mai and Joseph Goodman
Judge and Mrs. Charles Gordon
Dorothy Gravelle
David and Lee Gregg, M.D.
Laura Griswald
Kathy and Pat Groves
Diana Guthaner, M.D.
Margaret Coyne Gutierrez
Kathryn Halliday
Harry and Victoria Hambly
Joan Hancock
M. June Hansen
Joan Harrington
Joan Harrington
Robert and Margaret Harrington
Julie Harris
Gloria Hart
Nancy and Howard Hassen
Candace Hathaway
Carrie and Barton Hechtman
JoAnne Hewett
Judy Higgerson
Stephanie Hinds
Sheila Hoar
Sharon and Thomas Hofstedt
Howard “Skip” and Sue Hoyt
Harriette Huff
Gordon G. and Glenda Hughes
Jacqueline Huie
Debra Hummel
Barbara Hunt
Leannah Hunt
Nancy Hwang
Idem Translations
Kayoko Iguchi
Marilyn Israel
Jessie Jacob, M.D.
Monica and Brian Jenkins
Joyce Johnsen
Vicki Johnston
Claiborne Jones
Janet Jorgensen
Dorothy Justen
Kaiser Permanente Community
Giving Matching Gift Program
Donna Kasprowicz
Angela Keller
Shirley Kendall
Jeanne D. Kennedy
Gerald and Eunice Kenner
Susan Ker-Seymer
Lisa Kerner
Arden King
Suzi King
Mrs. Frank W. Knowles
Betty Kong
Cheng and Karin Kong
Ina and Michael Korek
Avram Kornberg
Chandra Krishnan
Stephanie Krist
Nancy Kux
Jenny Kwan
Kathryn and Michael Ladra
Joan Lambert and Mark Silverman
Lydia Lambert
Pamela and Chip Lambert
Pam Lampkin
Miriam Landesman
Jessica and Sterling Lanier
Barbara Lanzone
Linda Larson
Lasecke Weil Wealth Advisory Group, LLC
Mary Lavigne-Butler
Karen Leakins
Ronald LeCount
Marion Lee
Lorraine Lee Nelsen
Sara and Josh Leslie
Karen Leu
David and Sandy Levison
Mrs. Dale Liebes
Helgard E. and Charles Liechti
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lit
Carol Little
Xin Liu
Patti Livingstone and Todd Finkle
Suzanne Lowd Fellenz
Dr. Patricia Lund
Patrick and Suzanne Lynch
Kim Macko
Fern Mandelbaum and Dan Dorosin
Deanna Mann
John Mariano
Mindy Markowitz
Patricia Marriott
Mary and Bruce Marsh
Robert Marsh
Sally Marshall
Mary Kay Marvin
Francis Marzoni, M.D.
Priscilla and Tony Marzoni
Bernadette McDonald
Amy McGaraghan
Maureen McGee
Lore and Patrick McGovern
Linda McTeigue
Kathleen and Paul C. Meagher
Andres Mediavilla
Amelia Meffert
Dorothy Meier
Sonya Meissner
Michael Mendoza
Menlo College Athletic Department
Dr. & Mrs. Alan C. Merchant
Debbie Metcalf
Margaret Meute
Amy Meza
Alison Miller
Carolyn Miller
Cindy and Buff Miller
Paul and Jane Millman
Gail and Marty Mintz
Steven and Jackie Moats
Judith A. Moody
Sheila and Wayne Moore
Robert Morgan
Sandra Morse
Maridel and John Moulton
Elizabeth and Daniel Muller
Kimie and Bob Nebrig
Ann Nelson
Raymond L. Nelson
Sally Nettleton
Greg Neukirchner and Melissa Powar
Chiun Ng
Grace and Ching Ng
Jenness Nichols
Donna and John Novitsky
Laura Nugent
Susan H. Nycum
Anne O’Neil Dauer
Joan O’Rourke
Barbara Ogle
Christie Olsson Brush
Merle Orelove and Alan Polish
Shari Ornstein
Susan Overman
Sharon Ow-Wing
Colleen and James Patell
Patrick James, Inc.
Richard Paul
Julie Pearce
Ms. Sandra Pearson
Sandra Peters
Christine Pezzi
Jane Phillips
Wendy Phillips
Carole Phipps
Franca Pialorsi
Patricia Blair Pierce
Arleen Pietrzak
Stephen and Nancy Player
Norma Pollock
Barry Posner
Mike Powers
Diane Quenell
Joan and Bob Rabin
Michael and Gabrielle Rabinovitch
Jean Rapoport
Marla Rathbun
Sharon and Peter Rau
James Reber
Carolyn Reese
Janet Refvem
The Steve and Missy Reller Fund at the
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Amy Renalds
Levon M. Reposa
Michaelene and Eric Risley
Ann Rivello and Charles McBrian
Vanessa Roach
Joe and Linda Roark
Jean Robertson
Judy and Steve Rock
Joanie Roeschlen
Lisa Romano
Dr. Antoinette Rose and Dr. Dey Rose
Deborah Rosenberg, LCSW
Ronda Rosner
Karen and Steve Ross
Scott Ross
Nancy and Norm Rossen
Maggie Rotzin
John Edward Ruark, M.D.
Nicole Rubin
Phyllis Rutner
Susan and Nate Saal
Claudia and Roger Salquist
Samaritan Cancer Foundation
Kim and Alex Samek
Karen and Joseph Saracino
Michelle Sasson
The Loren and Shelley Saxe Philanthropic
Fund at the Jewish Community
Federation and Endowment Fund
Paul and Judith Scannell
Carla Scheifly
Carol Schultz
Pamela and Larry Schwab
Carol Schwartz
Daniel Schwartz
Jan Schwartz and Robert Baden
Drusilla Scott
Bob Scoville
Marjorie Seashore
Kurt Seibert
Wendi Selig-Aimonetti and Steve Aimonetti
Elizabeth Semmelmeyer
Paul and Betty Shaft
Sharkey’s
Edna Shochat
Catherine Shoven
Barbara and Arnold Silverman
Fred Silverman and Gerard Buulong
Terry and Stu Silverman
Wendy Sinton
Sally Slavin
Ruth A. Sloan
Catherine and Fred Smith
Susanne Smith
Lydia Snape
Ann Sonnenberg
Susan and Ted Sorensen
Sue Spangler
Kelly and Ian Spaulding
Verdin Sproat
Nancy Stanwood
Art Stascausky
Joan and Michael Stauffer
Christine Stavem
Mary Steele
Laura Stefanski
The Barbara and Charles Stevens Fund at
the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Judy and Timothy Stevens
Frank and Betsy Stockdale
Natalie Strong
Carmen and Roger Stuhlmuller
Victoria and Larry Sullivan
Katsy Swan
Elizabeth Swindells Hulsey
Robin Taylor
The Business Journals
The McAfee, Inc. Matching Gifts Program
Victoria Thoits
Andrea Thomas
Carol J. Thomas, M.D.
Linda Gail Thomason
Meg Thompson
Robin Tobias
Toss Designs Inc.
Nancy Tuck
Ken and Maxine Tucker
Beverly and Michael Turner
Charlotte and Harry Turner
Barbara Tyler and Tom Curran
U Threads, Inc.
Paula Uccelli
Charlie Ukwu
Cecile Vaughter-Johnson
Linda Vlasic
Cathy Von der Porten
Mary Ann Waldo
Deanna Walston
Donna Rae Webbe
Mary Beth Weigert and Charles Biton
Susan Weisberg, LCSW
Richard and Beverly Wheat
Sarah and George Wheaton
Jack Wiecks
Wilby Optical, Inc.
Jo Ann and Bob Will
Diana Wilson
Roni Wolfe
Valerie Wolk
Jolaine and Jack Woodson
Susan L. Woolf
Beth Wurzburg
Patricia and Christopher Wycliff
Jane Yates
Your Cause, LLC (Trustee for Hewlett-Packard)
Suzanne and Chris Zaino
Kamran Zargahi
Richard and Margaret Zuanich
$1 – $99
Anonymous (7)
A Street Bike Named Desire
Vivian Abbott-Grenier
Jean Abeles
Deann Acton
Ankit Agarwal
Angie Agleham
Mattie Al-ghani
Linda Alepin
Mr. James R. Allen, Sr.
Sandra Allen
Linda Alter
Yoshiko Amemiya
Pauline Amo
Lila Anastas
Celia Jane Ante
Rita Aquino
Harriett Arnold
Seyem Arslan
AstraZeneca
Helene Atkin Zimmerman
Chantal Awad
Lisa Awbrey
Tom and Terri Bailard
Ms. Katheryn Gail Bailey
Gloria Bares
Beth and Patricio Barraza
Elysa Barron
Ellen Barton
14
$1 – $99 Cont…
Leo Becker
Christine Beirne
Bilha and Mike Bender
Joanne Benjamin
Adrienne Bennett
Atsuko and Keith Bennett
Lauren and Stuart Bennett
Ms. Barbara Bennetti
Laurence Berkowitz, M.D.
Mary Beshere
Bespoke LLC
Marvee Bessey
Blanca Betancourt
Parul Bhat
Anya Bibergal
Krystyna Binkiewicz
Fran Blitstein
Carol and Roy Blitzer
Jennifer and Roger Bly
Brian Boblenz
Eileen Bocci
Brenna Bolger
Sheri Lee Bortz, M.D.
Nancy Bower
Marianne Boyce
Carolyn Bradford
Sarah E. Braugh
Phyllis Brede
Kathleen Brennan
Edie Brent
Elizabeth and David Brigham
Nitza Broide-Miller
Scottie Brooks
Christine Brown Kitch
Sharon Brummitt
Judy and Dick Bryer
Carol Bulkeley
Pam Burlee
Carolyn Burrous
Susan Cadena
Niki Calastas
Marie Carbonneau
Lilyan Carew
Jessica Carlberg
Barbara Carlitz
Diane Carr
Maria Nucci Carter
Guada Casil
Stephanie Castor
Craig and Debbie Cates
Shirley Chan
Susana Chan
Adrianne Chang
David Cheal
Derek and Connie Cheong
Roger Chevalier
Linda Chew
Margaret Choy
Francie Christenson
Pamela Christie
Cindy Church and Victor Valencia
Cisco Foundation
Christine Clark and Vince O’Hara
Jennifer Claudio
Jane Clay
Suzanne Close
Lois and John Coash
Coldstone Creamery
Marilyn Cole
CompreCare
CompreCare Health Center-Gardner
Maggie Conley
Carol and Russ Coop
Machelnil Cormier
15
$1 – $99 Cont…
Grete Cost
Marisha Cousins
Astrid Cowen
Lan Crabtree
Create It Ceramics
Francia Cruz
Laura Crystal
Maryann and Bob Cutone
Francesca D’Amato
Robert Dahl
Susie Danzig
Esther Dareau
Janet and Larry Darrow
Tula del Busto
Vered DeLeeuw
Mr. and Mrs. Gary DeLorenzo
Andria Dewitt
Quresh and Lubena Dhoon
Kristen Dilzell
Leslie and Sean Dineen
Gina Dinh
Beth Djernes
Jean Doble
Susan Dompe
Margaret Donohoe
Yolanda Donohoe-Ciotek
Lisa Douglass and Jeffrey Fisher
Patricia Douglass
Kamal Dulai, M.D. and
Ms. Rani Dosanjh-Dulai
Judie Duque
Anna Dyer
Barbara and George Edmonds
Jill Egerbrecht
Robin R. Eidsmo
Lara Elamin
Rochelle Elayda
Eunice Eligado
Alana and Robert Emmons
Corrie Engelson
Ann Enthoven
Melissa Erausquin
Mary Helen Ewan
Wardene Exley
Hilarie Faberman
Hillary Farkas
Trish Fay
Ellen Feigenbaum and Peter Schwab
Victoria Fernandez and Benjamin Negrete
Rosa Ferrer and Inaki Lecue
Suzanne Ferry
Eleanor Field
Peter and Kathryn Fitzgerald, M.D.
Sally Fong
Jean and Robert Fontes
Carmen Forrester
Joan Forte-Scott
Catherine Crystal Foster
Lynne S. Fovinci
Laurel Francesconi
Paula Frederick
Lani Freeman
John French
Connie Frenzel
Sheri Frumkin
Mary Fullam
Jose Antonio Galindo Tapia
Martha Gaspich
Cesar Gilana
Cheri Gillies
Vera Goldsmith
Margarita Gomez
Patricia Goo
Sharon Gordon
Sharon Grace
Katherine Graham
Irene Grant
Alisa Gray
Carol Gray
Miriam Green
Tiffany Greenfield
Susanne Grousbeck
Lynda Grundy, MFCC
Lilian Guadamuz
Christine Guerra
Julie Guidace
Susan Guiste
Jeannine Gutierrez
Susan Hackett
Becky Hall
Deborah Atkins Hall
Barbara Hansen
Barbara Harper
Anne Hartman
Taiyo Hasegawa
Mayumi Hashimoto
Sheila Hasser
Cindy Hawkins
Pamela Hayes
Tracy Haysbert Citrano
Antoinette Heath
Brandon Heiken
Ella and Pinchas Herman
Julie Herndon
Sylvia Hill
Susan and Herbert Hinstorff
Kathy Hobson
James and Marjorie Hodel
Judy Holcomb
Linda Holden
Robin and Todd Hollands
William Holzapfel
Donald Hom
Ginny Hom
Le Hong
Melissa Horgan
Michelle Hostrup
Rose Hsieh
Alexandra Hulten
Sylvia Hutchison, RN, MPH
Martin Hypolite
Carol Iantorno
Karen Imatani
Naomi Ishii
Karen Iyer
Karen Folger Jacobs
Chris (Bud) and Teresa Jacobsen
Kathleen Jalalpour
Paul and Anita Jarvis
Margaret Lackner Jensen
Jeffrey Jimenez
Don and Carole Johnson
Heather Johnson
Leanne Johnson
Karen and Lonn Johnston
Margie Jones
Arie Jongejan
Chaula Joshi
Patricia Joshi
Etsuko Kagawa
Linda Hageboeck Kaiser
Kaiser Permanente - Redwood City
Kaiser Permanente Santa Teresa
Sherry Kamhi
Christina Kamra
Celia Kaplan
Kristien Karmarkar
Ann Kato
Mary Katz
Mila Kelman
Deb Kennedy
Richard and Janet Kersteen
Loreta Kho
Kyoko Kikuchi
Myung Soon Kim
Tracy King
Stephanie Kirtland
Philip B. Kivitz, M.D.
KK Wealth Advisors, LLC
Barbara Klein and Stan Schrier
Betsy Knapp
Mary Knippel
Sally Knorp
Naphtali and Marian Knox
Ruth Kohan
Brett Komanovsky
Yelena Korobochkina
Mary Ellen Krishnan
Betsey Kuzia
Rachel Lai
Kwang In Landucci
Jennifer Lapole
Farzana Latifi
Latina Breast Cancer Agency
Ginny Latta
Lori Laub
Pam Laughlin
Jennifer Laurent
Barbara Lawler
Jennifer Lazarus
Kim Le
Joan LeBanc
Dottie and Wayland Lee
Kay Lee
Nanette Lee Miller
Ping Lee
Christine Leffler
Mary Lemmon
Joanne Lemson
Petra Lentz-Snow
Katherine Lerer
Sharon and Seth Leslie
Jackie Leung
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lev
Karen and Gregory Levin
Pamela Levy, MFT
Mimi Lew
Marina Lewis
Martha K. Lewis
Irene Liana
Wendy Liang
Liberty Mutual Foundation Match
Lillian Lieberman
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Liebman
Diane Lindberg
Rosalinda Lindsey
Nancy Little
Cheri Livingston
Baird Lloyd
Terry Lock
Melissa Loerch
Isabelle Long
Claudia H. Loo
Maria Teresa Lopez
Melissa Los Banos
Yinghai Lu
Gwen Luce
Kathleen and Robert Luchini
Martha and Hans Luemers
Hassan Maarefi
Erin and Rob Macartney
Macy’s
Jennie Madlem
Janet Maisen
Heidy Maldonado
Ellen A. Mann
Ethel Mann
Elaine Mansfield
Linda Markkula
Lorne and Gail Marmet
Susan Marsch
Carol Maynard
Nicole Mazzetti
Russ and Chantal McAlpine
Isabel McCarthy
Lorri McCarthy
Leslie McGarry
Ethna McGourty
Mardi McKeever
Brandi McWade
Catherine Medal
Inga Mghebrishrili
Mia Tempo LLC
Laura Miller
Yvonne Milligan
Pauline D. Milone
Lillian Mirzabagi
Peter Monk
Susan Montalbano
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Oracle Corporation
Margie Osborn
Sachie Oshima
Marcie Pais, MFT
Dabhne Palacios
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Janet and Tony Pappalardo
Christine Pappas
Chandra Parekh
Carol Park and Daniel Arbor
Marlene Passarello
Prashant Patel
PathGroup of San Francisco
Jennifer Paulsen
Ms. Christie Pearl
Liwayway Pena
Geraldine Perez
Teri-ann Peri
IN KIND DONORS
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D. Pernell
Dale Clyde Peterson
Joan Phelan
Lynn Pieron
Elizabeth Plaschke
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Plunkett
Patricia Prickett
Diane Putterman
Tina Quarles Gulley
Barbara Radmacher
Margaret Rafaty
Chip and Nettie Ramsay
Gail Ray
Evelyn Resurreccion
Evelyn Richards
Katie Richey
Emily Robbins
Carol Roberts Presley
Susan and James Roberts
Mary Robins
Diane Robson-Boris
Les Roche
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Yvonne Ross and Robert Khamashta
Pnina and Mike Rothenberg
Pat Rupel, R.N.
Marie Russo
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Jinny Sakumoto
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Touleh Pet Boutique
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Truist
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United Way of the Bay Area
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Audrey Wood
Susan Woodman
Jasmine Worrell
Yuki Yamazaki
Jan Yedinak
Jane Yee
Kristine Yee
P Yee
Cindy Yeh
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Your Cause, LLC (Trustee for Zynga.org)
Grace Zales
Anne Abreu
Laura Ackerman-Shaw
Erica Agiewics
Barbara Arnoldussen
Kezya Materon Arum
Maciej Ceglowski
Dianne Child
Kerry Ellen Clark
Roxanne Cohen
Rebecca Davis
Theresa Davis
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Exerstrider Products Inc.
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Lauren John
K & L Wine Merchants
May Kao
Joyce Kellner
Mary Komatsu
Kate Kostrzewa
Ruth Krumbein
Nana Kurosawa
Catherine Kusnick, M.D.
Donna Largent
Heidy Maldonado
Raymond Mar
Robbyn McHugh
Rose Merryman
Inga Mghebrishrili
Elizabeth Nash
Lois Olson
Julia Paduano
Palo Alto Networks
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Yvette Rudolph
Lena Russel
Judy Sack
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San Francisco 49ers
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The Next Step
Dorothy Tong
Trustee Help
Connie Wai
Jane Woodward
Linda Yasukawa
Robin Yurash
Hilary Zarrow
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Financials
REVENUE & SUPPORT
EXPENSES
Program Services
Investments
$1,607,583
$80,802
$265,455
Fundraising
$1,447,474
$139,796
$154,886
Total Revenue and Support
$1,953,840
Total Expenses
$1,742,156
Donations
In-Kind / Donated Services
Management & General
MEET SUSAN
E
veryone who meets Susan, 57, describes her
as strong. Tall and confident, she is boisterous and
loves to tell stories, always with wit, humor, and a
charming Tennessee accent. When her breast cancer
diagnosis came in May 2012, she was stoic. She
faced her cancer alone, with no significant other,
close friends, or family to lean on. “It all happened
so fast,” recalled Susan. “I’ve lived on my own since
I was 15 and have always been in control of my life.
I was scared but had no one to talk to.”
Susan learned about BCC at her doctor’s office and
was immediately drawn to our new Tai Chi program.
“Tai Chi gave me something to focus on that I had
control over. It was a healthy distraction. It has
made me more aware of what’s going on inside my
body and made me stronger.”
What’s most impressive about Susan’s strength is
how it inspires others. After participating in Tai
Chi for over a year, she’s become the star pupil
in the Tai Chi course, helping other students and
lifting their spirits with her humorous stories and
encouragement.
Like many cancer patients, survivorship for Susan
meant starting over in some ways. “Everything
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has changed. It’s like a whole new life. Like a baby.
After chemo, I had baby fresh hair growing out of
my 56-year-old head,” she laughed. But for Susan,
surviving cancer means a whole lot more. In a
9-month period, she was not only diagnosed with
breast cancer but treated for melanoma as well,
and a rare adrenal cancer diagnosis has given her
a prognosis of five years. As Susan struggles to
define her “new” life, she’s finding strength and
comfort from BCC’s therapists and support groups.
“I’m finally learning how to ask for help,” Susan
said through tears.
REVENUE SOURCE
EXPENSES
64% Individuals
14% Dividends & Investments
8% Corporations
8% Organizations
6% Foundations
83% Program Services
9% Fundraising
8% Management
FY 2012–2013
FY 2012–2013
“Somebody you know needs
this place. I was lucky to find it.
BCC saved my life.”
When asked what survivorship means to her,
Susan replied, “I’m happy to be here, but I hope
to improve myself as I go on surviving.” Always
incredibly giving and selfless, she added, “I’d really
like to be able to help others. That’s what truly
makes me happy.” When asked why people should
support BCC, Susan didn’t hesitate: “Somebody
you know needs this place. I was lucky to find it.
BCC saved my life.”
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Board of Directors
President
Karen Nierenberg
Vice President
Michael Pierantozzi
Secretary
Frank delaRama,
R.N., M.S., AOCN
Treasurer
David Braker
Co-Founder
Jill Freidenrich
Medical Advisory Group
Maria Allo, M.D.
Lucy Berman
Julie Brooks
Albert Eisenstat
M. Elizabeth Day
Frederick Dirbas, M.D.
Joyce Hanna
Anne Hoge
Della Johnson
Vivian Lee
Erin Macartney
Paula Powar
Marcia Rehmus
David Spiegel, M.D.
Joan Venticinque
Catherine Zinn
Emeritus Board
Chair
Judy Marcus
Carol Bartz
Jeff Belkora
Leslie Berlin
Lyn Christenson
Fran Codispoti
Connie Eisenstat
Marcia Goldman
Diana Guthaner, M.D.
Margaret (Meg) Gutierrez
Phyllis Hall
Judy Hamilton
Diane Heditsian
Sue Hoffman
Andrea Johnston
Harriet Borofsky, M.D.
William Buchholz, M.D.
Robert Carlson, M.D.
Sarah Donaldson, M.D.
Jocelyn Dunn, M.D.
Diana Guthaner, M.D.
Daryl Hoffman, M.D.
Stefanie Jeffrey, M.D.
Juliet Kral, M.D.
Jane Marmor, M.D.
Nancy Mason, M.D.
Klaus Porzig, M.D.
Lynn Smolik, M.D.
Susan Sorensen, M.D.
David Spiegel, M.D.
Myron (Mike) Turbow, M.D.
Matt van de Rijn, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founders
Jill Freidenrich
M. Ellen Mahoney, M.D.
Staff
Jeanne D. Kennedy
Joan Lane
Janet K. Littlefield
Terry Markle
Marta Nichols
George Patser
Sally Rau
Anne Ream
Maureen Dooher Ryan
Dianne P. Schilling
Beth Shuman
Mark Simon
Beverly Smith
Hilary Valentine
Jeanne Ware
Karlette Warner
Linda Williams
Executive Director
Karen Nelson
Development Officer
Natalie Morales
Manager of Medical
Information Services
Erika Bell
Marketing Manager
Jill Nelson
Director of Programs
and Services
Rina Bello
Program Assistant
Mira Geffner
Program Associate
Trang Le
Program Coordinator
Donaji Olivares
Development Coordinator
Kelly Spaulding
Manager of Volunteer
Resources
Joan Venticinque
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Graphic Design donated by Carte Blanche Creative
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