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 substitute teaching, 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.
Lilian brings 15+ years of experience in global marketing and communications to her role as CMO at Cancer Response Team. She is currently the Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Front Range Community College, the largest community college in Colorado, serving more than 30,000 students. She is responsible for building a top-tier marketing team that delivers exceptional creative services to their college community while aligning with their college’s strategic priorities. She provides oversight and leadership in various critical areas, including brand development and execution, strategic communications, digital marketing, web development and design, internal and executive communications, and media relations.
Prior to joining Front Range, Lilian led large marketing and communications initiatives and helped advance brand reputation on local and global scales for universities such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University.
Lilian holds a master’s in Higher and Post-Secondary Education, a bachelor’s in Business Communication and a certificate in International Business from Arizona State University. She is originally from Brazil and has called the United States home for nearly 20 years.
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, Make-a-Wish Foundation of America, and Arizona Christian University. She currently serves as CFO for the Lung Cancer Research Foundation in New York City. 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 [email protected]
Jeff Akervik Social Media Director
Jeff is a creative and marketing professional with 20 years of experience ranging from working at small design firms to Fortune 500 companies, such as Best Buy and GameStop. Graduating from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a degree in graphic design, Jeff most recently served as creative director for the gaming media outlet Game Informer. As creative director, he built from scratch the in-house creative/production team and led design for branding and content across all of GI’s digital and print platforms. He also helped direct a team Game Informer staff members to strategize and execute engaging, branded social media content across Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Outside of his creative endeavors, Jeff is the proud father of his two amazing daughters, Josephine and Zelda, and partner to his wonderful wife, Alexis. He also enjoys volunteering at both of his daughters’ schools, coaching youth basketball, supporting Memorial Blood Center, and, most importantly, spending time with his family and traveling.
A survivor of two rare and aggressive forms of cancer – one of which he was born with – Jeff is passionate about helping families whose lives have been forever altered by this horrible disease. Jeff is incredibly honored to serve as social media director for Cancer Response Team to help further the organization’s ability to help as many children and their families as possible. It’s a battle we can and will win, together.
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.
Jacquelyn Hunter - Chief Growth Officer October 2021 - September 2022
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