The mission of the Young Leadership Council (YLC), a group of young professionals, is to represent a new generation of leaders who are advancing the cause of social and emotional support for people living with cancer by raising awareness and organizing philanthropic initiatives to benefit the Cancer Support Community.

The YLC is tasked with ensuring that the support for the Cancer Support Community continues. It was established in 2004 by GCWW Board Member Evan Berkley, who lost his father to cancer at age 19 and subsequently created the Be a Buddy Foundation to improve the lives of people living with cancer. YLC members work in the fields of film, television, marketing, entertainment law, corporate law, finance, and publishing.

Since the group's inaugural event in September 2005, the YLC has successfully raised over $850,000 and brought the mission of Gilda's Club, and now the Cancer Support Community, to hundreds of new friends. 


For more information, or to purchase tickets to the Red Ball, please visit: http://ylc.cancersupportcommunity.org


 
YLC Board of Directors
Michael Rocks, Chair
Liz McGovern, Vice Chair
Marissa Ain
Adam Block
Emily Long
Maria Macioce
Brandon Miller, Past Chair
Melanie Lewis Sarver
Tameka Simmons
Elyse Weissman
Melissa Mariola Wurman