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A celebration of INNOVATION RESEARCH CARE DISCOVERY HopeTEAMWORK EXCELLENCE — 2019 ANNUAL GALA — THE LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION gives its sincerest thanks to its Board Members Emeritus for their service to our organization and their contributions to the greater lymphoma community. Joseph R. Bertino, MD | Scientifi c Advisory Board Past Chair Errol M. Cook | Past Chair Barbara Freundlich | Founder Jerry Freundlich | Founder and Past Chair Donna Reinbolt | Past Vice Chair Welcome to the THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 THE PLAZA HOTEL • NEW YORK CITY dear friends, We welcome you to the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s By being part of this year’s Gala, you have made a direct (LRF) 2019 Annual Gala – an evening to celebrate this impact on the life of somebody touched by lymphoma. year’s honorees and all that we have accomplished together Your contributions will allow LRF to invest in innovative in support of the Foundation’s mission to eradicate research and the next generation of lymphoma scientists. lymphoma and serve those touched by this disease. The legacy and lasting impact of this evening’s event will touch patients, caregivers, physicians and the entire medical Tonight, we are delighted to recognize two pioneers community in ways beyond measure. in lymphoma research and advocates for patients. Anas Younes, MD will receive LRF’s Distinguished We thank you for your support of the Foundation and our Leadership Award for his many contributions to lymphoma shared mission. clinical trials, the development of novel treatments for people with lymphoma, and his commitment to patients Sincerely, through a relentless search for a cure. The Foundation will present its Corporate Leadership Award to Genentech, a pioneering biotechnology company whose commitment to the development of innovative therapies to treat cancer is rivaled only by its passion to serve patients whose lives have been impacted by a cancer diagnosis. Michael Werner Meghan Gutierrez Chair, Board of Directors Chief Executive Offi cer Lymphoma Research Lymphoma Research Foundation Foundation WELCOME STORY OF HOPE Michael Werner Katie Palay Chair, LRF Board of Directors Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivor & Advocate Meghan Gutierrez DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD Chief Executive Officer, LRF Anas Younes, MD CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD Special Advisor to the Chairman of Medicine for Research Steven Greenberg Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Genentech Presented by Presented by Andrew D. Zelentez, MD, PhD Meghan Gutierrez Chair, LRF Scientific Advisory Board Chief Executive Officer, LRF Member, LRF Board of Directors Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center LIVE AUCTION Christy Williams Coombs RAISE IT FOR LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Vice President Director, Corporate Art Services Sotheby’s | Museum, Private and CLOSING Corporate Art Services DINNER DESSERT & REFRESHMENTS — 2019 ANNUAL GALA — DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD ANAS YOUNES, MD Dr. Younes has published more than 250 papers and has Dr. Younes joined Memorial Sloan served as the principal investigator of more than 60 clinical Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) trials. He is the principal investigator of a National Cancer in 2013 and served as the Chief of Institute–funded Specialized Program of Research Excellence the Lymphoma Service from 2013 to (SPORE) in lymphoma. This collaborative research program 2019. Currently, he serves as a Special brings together researchers from MSK, Weill Cornell Medicine Advisor to the Chairman of Medicine and Columbia University. The SPORE focuses on developing for Research. Before coming to MSK, novel treatment strategies for people with lymphoma. He is he worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center for 20 years, as also leading a Specialized Center of Research collaborative he led the lymphoma clinical and translational research for grant funded by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For almost a decade. this, he is focused on the development of immune therapy for lymphoma and CAR T-cell therapy. In addition to caring for patients at MSKCC, he directs laboratory research focused on translating scientific discoveries In 2009, Dr. Younes joined the Lymphoma Research into new treatment strategies for lymphoma. He has served as Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board and during his tenure the principal investigator for numerous clinical trials. He led served on the Grant Oversight Committee. He was also the efforts to develop the first targeted drug approved by the U.S. Grand Marshal of the 2018 New York City Lymphoma Walk Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Hodgkin and this year was a member of the International Marginal lymphoma, brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris®), and, most Zone Lymphoma Scientific Workshop Steering Committee. recently, the first immune checkpoint inhibitor approved for lymphoma, nivolumab (Opdivo®). CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD GENENTECH Founded more than 40 years ago, Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions. The company, a member of the Roche Group, has headquarters in South San Francisco, California. For additional information about the company, please visit www.gene.com. THANK YOU LIVE AUCTIONEER TO OUR BENEFIT COMMITTEE CHRISTY WILLIAMS COOMBS Ashley Ames, PA John A. Nelson Christy Coombs joined Sotheby’s in August of 2005 as a member of the Sotheby’s Press Connie Lee Batlevi, Katie & Dan Palay Offi ce, where she liaised with external media MD, PhD Debbie & Steve Prince and assisted with press releases and corporate Joseph R. Bertino, MD affairs. Mrs. Coombs has since worked in Stephanie & Steven Old Master Paintings (2006-2010). She has Stacey & Eric Cohen E. Rosen been in her current role in Museum and Corporate Art Services since August of 2010. Joyce & Morton Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld She too also works with private clients and advisors, managing Coleman, MD relationships with over 100 private collectors, museums and Susan & Jeffrey Sussman corporations to facilitate deaccessions, acquisitions, valuations and Gladys & Errol Cook cultivation events. She has participated in auctions such as The Studio Nikki Vianna Debbie & Kevin Fennessey Museum in Harlem Benefi t Auction, sales from the Baltimore Museum Florence & Bob Werner of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Detroit Institute of Barbara & Jerry Freundlich Arts, The Museum of Modern Art museum sales and the Neuberger Laura & Michael Werner Berman, General Mills, Bank of America and UBS corporate Lynn & Mike Froy collection sales. Ms. Williams received a BA in English and art history Andrea & Bruce Yablon from the University of Virginia. Maria Antonella She became a licensed and bonded auctioneer in December of 2016 Juilland-Younes and has conducted numerous Sotheby’s sales and benefi t auctions for Bank of America, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Girl Rising, Leah & John P. Project Sunshine, the Japan Society, the Queens Museum, the Norman Leonard, MD Rockwell Museum and other nonprofi t organizations. In 2018, she raised over $1.5M benefi ting various institutions and organizations and the communities they serve. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Werner Morton Coleman, MD Kim Metcalf MEMBERS EMERITUS Chair Chair, Medical Landenberg, PA Chicago, IL Affiliates Board Joseph R. Bertino, MD New York, NY John A. Nelson Scientific Advisory Board Kevin Fennessey Westport, CT Past Chair Vice Chair Tom Condon New Brunswick, NJ Naples, FL Santa Barbara, CA Sheri Rosenfeld New York, NY Errol M. Cook Steven J. Prince Michael Froy Robert Werner Past Chair Treasurer and Past Chair Chicago, IL Boca Raton, FL Purchase, NY Aventura, FL Thomas E. Goldstone Barbara Freundlich Leigh Olson New York, NY Bruce Yablon Chappaqua, NY Founder Secretary New York, NY Miami Beach, FL Keith Hoogland Glenview, IL Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD Jerry Freundlich Michael Akinyele Founder and Past Chair Upper Marlboro, MD John P. Leonard, MD Chair, Scientific Past Chair, Scientific Advisory Board New York, NY Eric Cohen Advisory Board New York, NY Donna Reinbolt Chicago, IL New York, NY Past Vice Chair Houston, TX Bob McAuley Charlottesville, VA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s volunteer Scientific Advisory Board, comprised of 45 world-renowned lymphoma experts, guides the Foundation’s research activities, seeking out the most innovative and promising lymphoma research projects for support. 2019-2020 MEMBERSHIP Andrew D. Zelentez, MD, PhD Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB Sandeep Dave, MD, MS Chair George Washington University Duke University Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Children’s National Medical Center Kieron M. Dunleavy, MD Sonali M. Smith James Cerhand, MD, PhD George Washington University Chair-Elect Mayo Clinic GW Cancer Center The University of Chicago Ethel Cesarman, MD, PhD Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD Ranjana Advani, MD NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital University of Pennsylvania Stanford University School of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine Perelman School of Medicine Ash A. Alizadeh, MD, PhD Bruce D. Cheson, MD, FACP, Andrew M. Evens, DO, MSc Stanford University School of Medicine FAAAS, FASCO Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Past Chair, 2010-2012 Stephen Ansell, MD, PhD Georgetown University Hospital Christopher R. Flowers, MD, MS Mayo Clinic, Rochester Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Nancy Bartlett, MD Morton Coleman, MD Washington University Medical School Chair, Medical Affiliates Board Jonathan