Sarah Ford | June 30, 2015

LIVESTRONG Announces New Leadership Team Hires

Donna Palmer Named Chief Development Officer; Katie Merrell Joins as VP of People

LIVE厂罢搁翱狈骋听Foundation President and CEO Chandini Portteus announced today the addition of two seasoned professionals to her leadership team with Donna Palmer joining as Chief Development Officer and Katie Merrell as Vice President of People. Both will report directly to Portteus. Palmer comes to LIVE厂罢搁翱狈骋听with impressive nonprofit industry experience, most recently with the 精东影业n Diabetes Association (ADA), and will lead the Foundation鈥檚 overall revenue-generation efforts. Merrell has more than 25 years of experience in organizational management, including more than ten years at Susan G. Komen, most recently as vice president for human resources, and will be in charge of people management at LIVESTRONG.

鈥淒onna brings the perfect combination of experience and innovation that the LIVE厂罢搁翱狈骋听Foundation needs today. She will help us find new ways to engage constituents and donors and her enthusiasm is infectious,鈥 Portteus said. 鈥淎lso, I have worked with Katie for many years and value her intuitive and professional approach to understanding and shaping cultures. She brings to the LIVE厂罢搁翱狈骋听family an innate ability to build seamless, mission-driven teams and identify key talent.鈥

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