2020 Winners
We’re excited to celebrate the four changemakers helping to make a difference in the lives of people affected by cancer. Learn more about their stories.
We’re excited to celebrate the four changemakers helping to make a difference in the lives of people affected by cancer. Learn more about their stories.
CEO, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC)
Bonar is a Fellow American College of Healthcare Executive (FACHE) and a member of the Navajo tribe. As CEO, she oversees more than 1,000 employees at: TCRHCC, a 73-bed hospital, more than 20 outpatient clinics, a mobile medical and dental van and four satellite clinics; Sacred Peaks Health Center in Flagstaff; LeChee Health Center; Cameron Dental and Bodaway/Gap Health Clinic.
Founder and CEO, Chemo Buddies
In 2009, Jill Kincaid walked into a treatment room for the first time with her sister, Karen Williams, who was being treated for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. During her 8-hour treatment day, the two sisters wrote a proposal for “Chemo Buddies,” a program that would allow volunteers into the treatment room as support for patients while they receive chemotherapy.
Vice President & Chief of Precision Health and Academics, Intermountain Healthcare
Lincoln Nadauld founded the Intermountain Precision Genomics program with a vision of finding solutions to improve health and disease through genomics and precision medicine without increasing costs. With his vision in mind, he oversees the clinical implementation of precision genomics across Intermountain’s 24 hospitals and 160 physician clinics.
Volunteer, Patient and Family Advisory Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital
After retiring from the U.S. National Security Agency, Rich started the Cradlerock Children’s Center and taught at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Rich has had a lifelong history of participation in volunteer organizations. When his wife Janet developed ovarian cancer in 2009, he took on the role of her caregiver. He later took on that same role for his daughter Samara when she developed ovarian cancer in 2010. He then welcomed an invitation to help start a Patient and Family Advisory Council at Johns Hopkins.
Congratulations to the finalists who have been recognized by their peers for the inspiring work they do each day – all collectively working to make a difference for those living with and affected by cancer.
Finalists for this award bring high-quality cancer care to underserved populations. Consequently, their work drives change at the community-, neighborhood- or hospital-level that results in better cancer care for more people.
This group of finalists improves the cancer care experience for patients and their loved ones. As a result, the work of these finalists makes a patient’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time.
A finalist for this award significantly advances precision medicine in oncology to bring new, more personalized tests or treatments to patients. As such, these finalists enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.