About the BCRFA

In December 1995, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center introduced two people who had a shared experience with breast cancer. Dolly O'Neal, an 18-month breast cancer survivor, was one of those people. The other was Bruce Sokol, whose wife D. D. was undergoing breast cancer treatment at the time. Both shared an energy and desire to do something to fight this disease.

Since 1996, the BCRFA has raised and invested nearly $3 million dollars of seed money to pave the way for the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center to receive sought-after and sustaining grant dollars. These funds have been instrumental in developing the following:

  • $11.5 Million Dollar Grant Pilot funding that led to the receipt and renewal of the Breast Cancer SPORE Grant (Specialized Program of Research Excellence)
  • Microarray Facility Helped create the UAB CCC Microarray Facility that can determine the genetic footprint of breast cancers
  • $6.4 Million Dollar Grant Pre-clinical lab testing to prepare for a $6.4 million Promise Grant from the Komen Foundation to change the prognosis and treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • Imaging Facility Helped fund the In Vivo Imaging facility which supports Three Distinct Research Studies in breast cancer
  • Talent Funds to recruit and retain world-class breast cancer researchers

How We Raise Money

Community support for BCRFA comes from Event Sponsorships and Attendance, Specialty License Plate #86 as well as Corporate and Individual Donations.

By donating its proceeds to the UAB CCC, the BCRFA allows funds to remain in Alabama. The Foundation takes great pride in knowing the money it raises is used to discover tomorrow's therapies today.

Our Mission: "To help find a cure for breast cancer by funding promising Breast Cancer Research and to motivate community awareness and funding for that research."

2010-2011 Board of Directors Breast Cancer Research Foundation of AL

Pictured Back Row (L to R):
Cindy Owen, Margaret Whiteside, Dale McIntyre, Jason Harpe, Jill Carter, Kate Darden

Pictures Front Row (far L to R):
Kate Kiefer, Jean Thompson, Carol Sue Mitchell, Marion Walker, Dianne Mooney, Rosalind Griffin, Dolly A. O'Neal, Mary Steiner, Carole Marcus Pizitz, Cathy Friedman and Dr. Edward Partridge, Director, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center


2012 Board of Directors Roster

2012 Board Officers

Dianne Mooney – Founder
Southern Living At HOME (retired)
President, BCRFA

Donna Clark – Comptroller
Russo Corporation
Treasurer, BCRFA

Kimberly F. Mitchell – Director of Account Services
Med Management, LLC
Russo Corporation
Secretary, BCRFA


2012 Board of Directors

Jennifer Andress – Community Advocate

Jill Carter – Senior IT - Network Design
AT & T

Kate DeWitt Darden – Partner
Darden-Tatum

Dr. Jennifer F. De Los Santos – Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Kirklin Clinic at Acton Road

David P. Elmore – Director of Operations
Elmore Construction

Dr. Andres Forero – Professor, Hematology/Oncology Director, Clinical Studies Shared Facility UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center/ Kirklin Clinic

Rosalind Griffin – Contract Supervisor
Alabama Power

Jason Harpe – Partner
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC

Susan Hughes – CLK Multi Family Management
Property Manager

Dr. Helen Krontiras-Anderson – Associate Professor Surgery
Co-Director UAB Breast Health Center

Melinda Mathews – Attorney
Sirote & Permutt

Carol Sue Nelson Mitchell – Attorney
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Carol Myers – VP and Senior Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch

Melinda Mathews – Attorney
Sirote & Permutt

Carole Marcus Pizitz – Community Advocate

Alan Register – BBVA Compass Bank
BBVA Compass Bank

Dr. Sharon Spencer – Professor of Radiation Oncology Radiation Oncology Chair Office, UAB

Jean C. Thompson – Community Advocate

Mary Welden – Community Advocate

Margaret D. Whiteside – Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Affairs The Altamont School


Directors Emeritus

Charles E. Baker – C Retired CFO Xerox

Susie H. Denson – Community Advocate

Cathy O. Friedman – CITY AD SPECIALTIES
A Division of City Paper Co.

Dolly A. O’Neal – Community Advocate
BCRFA Co-Founder

Betsy L. Printz – Owner
Betsy Prince, Inc., Brookwood Village

Bruce Sokol – Financial Advisor
Raymond James Financial Services
BCRFA Co-Founder

Marion F. Walker – Attorney
Law Offices of Marion Walker

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