Stefan has been a leader in the community and now a public voice through experiencing the heartbreaking disease that his thirteen year old daughter had to endure.
Stefan has initiated the start of Cancer Response Team, Inc. to help families cope and to give hope after receiving a diagnosis that their child has cancer. He understands the emotional and physical pain that is experienced by the entire family when a child is diagnosed with cancer. Every individual deals with circumstances and situations in different ways, but experiencing that moment of terrifying shock, feeling of helplessness and disbelief that comes with a cancer diagnosis is indescribable, and something that no family should have to endure.
Before Stefan’s daughter, Ashley, passed from astrocytoma brain cancer, he made a promise to Ashley and committed that he will do everything in his power to help make a significant change for families whose children are affected by cancer.
Tara Gollihugh Chief Operating Officer
Tara is happily married to her husband, Steve, and is the mother of three daughters. She is a stay at home mom after a 15-year career in consulting with a background in program, project and organizational management. Her family lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Tara enjoys spending her time volunteering at her daughters’ schools, cooking and exercising.
She was an original CRT board member and is thrilled to be serving the organization now as Chief Operations Officer. She is passionate about supporting families of children with cancer that wish to seek complementary and integrative treatment options. These families deserve the opportunity to explore a variety of ways to treat this awful disease while experiencing some relief from the coinciding financial burden.
Kelly is a Nonprofit and Higher Education Finance Professional with over 23 years of experience in policy, finance, accounting, and management for not-for-profit organizations. Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA, and began her career working for the Quechan Tribal Housing Authority, in Winterhaven, CA. Later, she served religious and child-focused charities in Arizona, including The Catholic Community Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, and Make-a-Wish Foundation of America. She is currently serving as Controller at Arizona Christian University. Throughout her career, Kelly committed to investing her expertise in organizations that truly make a difference in the community.
Kelly confesses, though, that her the most important title and role throughout her life has been Mom to her three sons: Eric, Brennan, and Hayden. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she and her husband reside in Phoenix, Arizona. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, cooking, gardening, traveling, and decorating. Kelly feels so blessed that CRT selected her to join its Board of Directors as its Chief Financial Officer. As a cancer survivor, she is passionate about its mission and committed to assist CRT to provide supportive care to children with cancer and their families. Kelly Bullock Chief Financial Officer Kbullock@CancerResponseTeam.org
Jacquelyn Hunter Chief Growth Officer
Jacquelyn is a finance professional with over 15 years of experience in strategy, financing and management for high-growth early stage ventures. She began her career in banking and then worked for Fortune 500's like Ecolab and Medtronic. After her MBA, she founded an incubating and advisory firm providing interim-CFO services to early stage ventures and SMEs both domestically and globally. Then, she served as CFO for Sol Organica, a high-growth natural products company based in Illinois and Nicaragua for 7 years. She has helped place over $20M in funding of debt, equity and grants, and has consulted entrepreneurs in the US, India, China, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America helping to plan, finance, and grow over 500 enterprises. Jacquelyn has committed her career to working with companies and organizations with strong social/environmental missions.
Jacquelyn earned an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, her Bachelor’s in International Business from the University of San Diego, and is currently pursuing her CPA license. She also served in the Peace Corps in Belize for over 2 years as a Small Business Consultant. She has lived and worked internationally for over 12 years, and enjoys traveling, hiking and scuba diving.
She is excited to be part of CRT’s Board of Directors as the Chief Growth Offer to help grow the positive impact CRT will have on the lives of families of children with cancer.
Originally from Brazil, Lilian brings 14 years of experience managing global marketing and communications, creative strategy and social media plans for non-profits and universities. After calling Arizona home for 15 years, she moved with her family across the country to experience life in beautiful North Carolina, where she works as the executive director for communications and marketing strategies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this role, she is responsible for planning, developing and implementing an integrated, comprehensive communications and marketing vision for the Office of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance division. Prior to that, she worked as Director of Creative Strategy and Implementation for Arizona State University’s central marketing department.
Lilian holds a master’s in Higher and Post-Secondary Education from ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Communication with a focus in International Business from the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU.
She is an avid traveler and has visited 24 countries around the world. When she’s not editing and proofing, reviewing design concepts or building comm plans and creative briefs, you’ll find her either hiking with her dog Tally or enjoying the Triangle culinary with her husband. She is excited to be part of CRT’s Board of Directors as the Chief Marketing Officer and help support the lives of many CRT families.
Lindsey has such a caring heart for children and has been a big influence for Cancer Response Team, Inc. She has such a tremendous passion for helping families who are going thru a difficult time. She has executed several successful fundraisers to help families who have a child with cancer. If you have not met Lindsey, you will love her from the first time you meet her.
Lindsey’s background has been in the hospitality industry and has also worked in the banking industry for several years. She feels privileged and honored to be a part of Cancer Response Team, Inc. and she truly believes that every individual should have the choice to pursue any treatment option they wish when being presented with a cancer diagnosis.
We appreciate the many hours and dedication that all of our Board and Team Members, past and present, have contributed to Cancer Response Team. We could not have made the strides of progress without each individual's amazing contribution. Thank You.
Robert Krueger - Chief Financial Officer November 2021 - February 2022
Jared Ehm - Chief Financial Officer July 2020 - November 2021
Christina Lopez - Chief Marketing Officer October 2018 - October 2020
Scott Manson - Chief Financial Officer April 2018 - June 2020
Kayleigh Wall - Chief Family Outreach Officer November 2018 - March 2020
Scott Chaverri - Chief Family Outreach Officer June 2017 - February 2019
Jacki Wilson - Chief Marketing Officer November 2017 - October 2018
Shannon Woodruff - Social Media Director March 2018 - October 2018
Anita Gotcher - Content Marketing Manager February 2018 - April 2018
Kristen Rock - Chief Financial Officer May 2016 - February 2018
April Hooper - Social Media & Research Specialist March 2015 - November 2017
Jeremiah O'Brien - Board Member July 2013 - August 2017
Traci Randolph - Chief Marketing Officer May 2016 -April 2017