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Board of Directors
Peter Kovler, Chair, Washington, D.C.
Laurie MacCaskill, Vice Chair, Los Angeles, Calif.
Stephanie R. Davis, JD, MA, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Tim Ennis, North Port, Fla.
Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA, President and CEO, Los Angeles, Calif.
Stevan Holmberg, MBA, DBA, Potomac, Md.
Jason Kuhn, Tampa, Fla.
Terrence Meck, New York, NY
Jai Pausch, Chesapeake, Va.
Stuart Rickerson, Treasurer, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Jeanne Ruesch, Chevy Chase, Md.
Cynthia Stroum, Founding Chair Emeritus, Seattle, Wash.
www.pancan.org/TakeAction
Take action today!
• Go to www.pancan.org/TakeAction
and follow the simple steps to send an
email to your members of Congress
so that they know you care about
pancreatic cancer related issues.
• Join other local advocates by emailing
us at advocacy@pancan.org.
• Attend our annual Pancreatic Cancer
Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.
Learn more at
www.pancan.org/AdvocacyDay.
Scientific Advisory Board
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, New York University
Michael Hollingsworth, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Christine Iacobuzio-Donohue, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Craig Logsdon, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Anirban Maitra, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Margaret Mandelson, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS, University of California, San Fran
Gloria Petersen, PhD, Mayo Clinic
Anil Rustgi, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Diane Simeone, MD, University of Michigan
Margaret Tempero, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Craig Thompson, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Bob Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey Wahl, PhD, Salk Institute
Medical Advisory board
Jordan Berlin, MD, Chair, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Marcia Canto, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Christopher Crane, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jason Fleming, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jane Hanna, RN, OCN, Georgetown University Hospital
Mokenge Malafa, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center
Mary Mulcahy, MD, Northwestern University
Eileen O’Reilly, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Maria Petzel, RD, CSO, LD, CNSD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vincent Picozzi, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Mark Pochapin, MD, Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health
Mark Talamonti, MD, NorthShore University HealthSystem
We have a vision to double the survival
rate for pancreatic cancer by the year
2020 by intensifying our own efforts to
combat the disease. To learn more, go to
www.pancan.org/vision.
Government Affairs & Advocacy Office
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
is a nationwide network of people dedicated
to advancing research, supporting patients
and creating hope for those affected by
pancreatic cancer. That starts with raising
awareness for the need for more federal
attention on pancreatic cancer. Only six
percent of those diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer will survive for more than five years.
Despite being one of the deadliest cancers,
the federal government has not made
pancreatic cancer a research priority.
You can change that.
FIGHT IT BY ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED
FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING
While the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network raises
funds to award its own research grants, we also
strongly advocate for increased federal research
funding for pancreatic cancer. The federal government
is the primary funder of cancer research through the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National
Institutes of Health. Although pancreatic cancer is
the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.,
little of the NCI’s current budget is spent on finding its
causes, diagnosis and treatment. Congress controls
NCI funding and can create other policies that impact
pancreatic cancer research and patients—that’s why
your elected officials need to hear from you loud and
clear. Join us in the fight to make pancreatic research
funding a priority.
FIGHT IT BY URGING CONGRESS TO
TAKE ACTION
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will provide
you with everything you need to serve as an effective
advocate and to make a difference in the lives of
pancreatic cancer patients. We’ll keep you informed and
let you know when you should take action. Don’t let the
federal government make decisions about pancreatic
cancer without getting all the facts. When you join us,
you become part of a nationwide grassroots network
of people raising their voices to create awareness,
funding and hope.
END IT WITH YOUR HELP
• Congress considers a variety of policies all year
long that can impact pancreatic cancer research
and patients. Make sure that your elected officials
make the right decisions for pancreatic cancer
patients by going to www.pancan.org/TakeAction
and sending them a message.
• Join an advocacy committee or become an
Advocacy Coordinator with your local volunteer
affiliate or a Community Representative. We’ll help
you organize local advocacy events and activities
such as group visits, call-in’s and petitions to gain
the attention of your members of Congress.
• Join hundreds of other advocates from across
the country at our annual Pancreatic Cancer
Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. We’ll train you
how to become an effective citizen activist for
pancreatic cancer research and patients.
TOGETHER WE CAN
KNOW IT. FIGHT IT.
END IT!
www.pancan.org/TakeAction
ADVOCATE and TAKE ACTION today!
EMAIL ADVOCACY@PANCAN.ORG OR CALL OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & ADVOCACY OFFICE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT 202-742-6699, M-F, 9AM-5PM, EST.