This year, with a committee of more than 100 people, Friends for the Cure’s focus is to raise as many research dollars as possible to fund outstanding research and innovative patient care in our own backyard at the University of Chicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center.
Chair
- Margery Teller
Co-Chair
- Laura Albensoeder
Communications Chair
- Mary Kissane
Décor Chairs
- Michael Nugent
- Joy Wingren-Duggan
Webmaster
- Erik Kesteloot
Branding and Printing
- Michael Coleman
Kovler Leadership Board
- Dr Graeme Bell
- Robin Berman
- Berle Blitstein
- Kara Boyle
- Andrew DeYoe
- Peggy Hasenauer
- Laurie Jaffe
- Sally Kovler
- Dr Lou Philipson
- Dr Upendra Shah
- Alexander Taylor
- Eve Tyree
- Lisa Walker
- Bruce Young
Committee
- Tim Brennen Abell
- Kathleen Albrecht
- David Araiza
- Jarrett Banwart
- Steve Becker
- Erik Blinn
- Deirdre Bormes
- John Brazzale
- Jim Bright
- Cindy Bromelmeier
- Peter Brown
- Denise Bruscher
- Meaghan Burdick
- Patricia Callahan
- Jen Cherry
- Carrie Daly
- Tom Dillavou
- Suzanne Donnels
- Madeleine Donovan
- Ann Duffy
- Colleen Flanagan
- Helen Flanagan
- Grace Fox
- Anne Gallagher
- Brian Golinvaux
- George Gomez
- Michelle Greaves
- Anuj Grover
- Marisol Guereca
- David Hall
- Carla Henault
- John Howe
- Ellen Itskovitz
- Neeraj Jain
- Mary Jaeger
- Shery Johnson
- Heather Jane Johnston
- Judy Kaye
- James Kennedy
- Joseph Kissane
- Tammy Kohl
- Sally Kovler
- Travis Larson
- Rachel Lieberman
- Michael Mannis
- Sara Martens
- Monica Martinson
- Thomas Masters
- Reggie Mayhorn
- Todd McCarthy
- Kathy McGlynn
- Adam McLain
- Sheila McShane
- Marni Meloni
- Susan Miller
- Neil Morganstein
- Elka Nelson
- Mark Oberrotman
- Julie O’Brien
- Mark Oberrotman
- Alex Perazzi
- Pam Petersen
- Tony Pomorski
- Cindy Printer
- Kathryn Rezek
- Joseph Rickard
- Tricia Thomas Roberson
- Shira Saville
- Karen Scalise
- Maura Schuster
- Barbara Shact
- Neal Shact
- Louise Silberman
- Michael St. John
- Brandy Staib
- Iliana Sweis
- Judith Teller
- Jean Tremblay
- Patricia Trudeau
- Pallavi Verma
- Julie Walker
- Nancy Waller
- Leanne Waters
- Stephen White
- Julie Willis
- Cindy Wilson
- Tad Wilson
- Victoria Wolfman
- Franny Zucker