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2008 GUEST LINEUP

January 7, 2008

Doug Ulman
3x Young Adult Cancer Survivor
Founder, The Ulman Cancer Fund For Young Adults – [website]
President, The Lance Armstrong Foundation – [website]
Dan Shapiro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Psychology
The University of Arizona
Author, Mom's Marijuana: Life, Love and Beating the Odds – [website]

January 14, 2008

Jon Imerman
Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivor
Founder, Imermans Angels – [website]
Tracy Maxwell
Young Adult Cancer Survivor
Authority, Singles Dealing With Cancer
Author/Blogger, A Single Cell – [website]

January 21, 2008

Marcia Donziger
Young Adult Ovarian Cancer Survivor
Founder & President, MyLifeLine – [website]
Eric Ibsen
Founder and Chief Science Officer
Studylog Systems, Inc. – [website]

January 28, 2008

Matthew Wexler
Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivor
Communications Manager, Miracle House – [website]
Ajom & Jane Ali
Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivor/Caregiver
Songwriter/Producer, "Survivor Celebration" – [website]
Founders, Survivor Celebraton – [website]

February 4, 2008

Melissa Godoy
Creator and Project Director
MyLion – [website]
Teen-Based Community Service Learning Project On Cancer
Katharine Ray
Long-Term Young Adult Survivor, Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Director Of Communications
The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation – [website]

February 11, 2008

Kris Miller
Young Adult Survivor, Pituitary Tumor, Acromegaly
Life Coach and Inspirational Speaker
Singer/Songwriter, – [website]
Ali Ansary
Chairman, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council – [website]
Director, The National Melanoma Awareness Project – [website]

February 18, 2008

Therese Brewitz
Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivor
Singer/Songwriter – [website]
Marisa Acoella Marchetto
Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivor
Author, Cancer Vixen – [website]

February 25, 2008

Brian Kirkendall
Young Adult Cancer Survivor
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, i[2]y New Orleans Chapter
Page Tolbert, LCSW, Senior Social Worker
Penny Damaskos, LCSW, OSWC, Program Coordinator
Post-Treatment Resource Program,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – [website]
Authors, 100 Questions and Answers About Life After Cancer – [website]

March 3, 2008 — NO SHOW

March 10, 2008

Sydney Bays
Young Adult Cancer Survivor, Malignant Melanoma – [myspace]
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, i[2]y Bay Area Chapter
Ellen Tupman
Young Adult Cancer Survivor, Ovarian Cancer – [Facebook]
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Co-Chair, i[2]y Bay Area Chapter
Jonathan Alter
Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine
Contributing Correspondant, NBC News
Author, The Defining Moment, – [amazon]

March 17, 2008

Scott Joy
Young Adult Survivor, Testicular Cancer
Founder, TC Cancer Forums – [website]
Scott Slater
Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivor
Musician/Producer/Performer – [myspace]

March 24, 2008

Donna Zurick
Young Adult Thyroid Cancer Survivor
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Co-Chair, Washington DC Metro Area Chapter
Heidi Adams
Young Adult Survivor, Ewings Sarcoma
Founder, Executive Director
Planet Cancer – [website]

March 31, 2008

Vicki Blankenship
Singer/Songwriter, Young Adult Survivor – [website]
Founder, Indie Music For Life &nash; [website]
Contributing Artist, I'm Too Young For This! Vol.1, (the i[2]y Benefit CD)
Zach DeRidder
Young Adult Liver Cancer Survivor
Michael Hallstrom
Young Adult Cancer Advocate
Co-Founders, Zach DeRidder Foundation – [website]

April 7, 2008 — National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week

Tom Murdock
Young Adult Cancer Survivor, Hodgkins Lymphoma
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, i[2]y Boston/New England Chapter
Selma Schimmell
Long-Term Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer
Host, The Group Room® Cancer Talk Radio Show
Founder & CEO, Vital Options – [website]

April 14, 2008 – Partner Special: YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION

Randi Rosenberg
Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivor
Founding Member, Past President, Board of Directors
The Young Survival Coalition – [website]
Lanita Moss
Young Adult Breast Cancer Advocate
President & Co-Founder
The Young Survival Coalition – [website]

April 21, 2008

Jennifer Steinman
Young Adult Survivor, Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, Chicago Chapter
Robert Schimmell
Survivor, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Comedian – [website]
Author, Cancer On $5 A Day – [amazon]

April 28, 2008

Leah Shearer
Young Adult Survivor, Thryoid Cancer + Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, Southern Tier New York State Chapter
Dan Wood
Young Adult Survivor, Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Founder, Young Adult Cancer Survivors of Central NY – [website]
OMG! A Cancer Conference for Young Adults - Syracuse, NY – [website]
Evan Handler
Long-Term Young Adult Survivor, AML
Actor, Author, Screenwriter – [website]
Sex And The City, Californication, Ransom, Lost, Studio 60
Author, Time On Fire – [amazon]
Author, It's Only Temporary – [amazon]

May 5, 2008

Jonna Tamases
Young Adult Survivor
Hodgkin's & Large-Cell Lymphoma + Breast Cancer
Writer and Actor, "Jonna's Body, Please Hold" – [website]
Film Star, "Jonna's Body, Please Hold: The Movie" – [website]
Aaron Spicer
Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivor
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, Ohio
Missy Whitis
2x Young Adult Cancer Survivor: Ovarian, Thyroid
Member, i[2]y Young Adult Leadership Council
Regional Chair, Ohio
Creative Consultant, Improv In The Business World
Co-Founder, House That Jack Built

May 12, 2008

Joanna Morales, Esq.
Director, Cancer Legal Resource Center – [website]
Adjunct Professor of Law
Loyola Law School – [website]
Raymond Francis, M.Sc.
Founder/President, The Project To End Disease – [website]
President , Northern California Chapter of Cancer Victors – [website]
Author, "Never Be Sick Again" – [amazon]
Nutritional Specialist, – [website]
Radio Show Host of "Beyond Health" – [website]

May 19, 2008 — NO SHOW

May 26, 2008

Therese Brewitz
Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivor
Singer/Songwriter – [website]
Scotty Brown
Testicular Cancer Survivor – [myspace]
Celebrity Realtor, Coldwell Banker Malibu
Bravo TV's 'Million Dollar Listing' – [website]

June 2, 2008

Tom Willner
Young Adult Survivor, Testicular Cancer
Musician/Songwriter/Speaker – [website]
Writer, Performer of "Turning Thirty, The Musical" – [website]
Devra L. Davis, PhD, MPH
Director, Center for Environmental Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute – [website]
Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer – [website]

June 9, 2008

Eric Spencer
Young Adult Cancer Advocate
Host & Executive Producer
The Creative Mind Behind with Eric Spencer – [website]
S. Lochlann Jain
Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer
Assistant Professor of Anthropology – [website]
Stanford University
Author, "Cancer Butch," and "Living in Prognosis."

June 16, 2008

Erin Ley
Long Term Young Adult Survivor
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Cancer Patient Advocate & Liaison – [website]
Author, The Will to Live: The Perks of Cancer – [b&n]
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June 23, 2008 — NO SHOW

June 30, 2008

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July 7, 2008

Kenneth Getz
Chairman, CISRP – [website]
Senior Research Fellow, Tufts CSDD – [website]
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July 14, 2008 – Stupid Cancer 'Fem-tastic Chemo-tacular!'

Christine Baze
Young Adult Survivor, Cervical Cancer
Singer/Songwriter – [website]
Contributing Artist, I'm Too Young For This! Vol.1, (the i[2]y Benefit CD)
Founder, Executive Director
The Yellow Umbrella Organization – [website]
Tamika Felder
Young Adult Survivor, Cervical Cancer
Founder, CEO
Tamika & Friends – [website]
Maimah Karmo
Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer
Founder, Executive Director
Tigerlily Foundation– [website]