OUR MISSION
Rutledge Cancer Foundation works to ease the impact of cancer on the lives of teens and young adults, raise survival rates and find a cure for sarcomas and other solid tumor cancers.
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EASE THE IMPACT
We fund patient programs that address unmet emotional and physical needs.
RAISE SURVIVAL RATES
We work as a catalyst to increase awareness and early detection.
FIND A CURE
We support research for less toxic, personalized cancer therapies.
OUR STORY
Rutledge Cancer Foundation was founded in 2011, after 15 year old Carley Rutledge was diagnosed with stage IV Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer. When friends and family learned that patient care and survival rates of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer lagged far behind other age groups, they decided to take action.
For those diagnosed, life during and after cancer can be devastating for a myriad of reasons; interruption of education or career, infertility, chronic health issues, emotional issues, financial stress and many times, secondary cancers as a result of toxic treatments. Patients try to maintain a “normal” life, but suffer from the isolation that cancer brings and the life changing, and often deadly, side effects from toxic treatments. Rutledge Cancer Foundation was started to fill the care and research gap for this underserved cancer population.
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Chris Kroeger
Board Member
Lisa Williams Sarvadi
Board Member
Tamara Reese
Board Member
Grant Rutledge
Board Member
Angela Donahue
Board Member
Molly Mitchell-King
Board Member
Erin Esterlein
Board Member
Felice Adler-Shohet
Medical Advisor
Alex Bishop, D.Phil
Medical Advisor
James Graham
Medical Advisor
Jason T. Yustein
Medical Advisor
Laura Rutledge
Executive Director
Carolyn Roberts
Director of Development
Ellen Clarke
Patient Programs Manager
Gina Hudson
Business/Systems Manager
Ingrid Schaffenburg
Communications Manager
Celia Stibbens
Director of Finance
Melissa Tapp
Events Manager
