Leslye Schulman Named Executive Director Of Cure Breast Cancer Foundation

Leslye Schulman has been named the new Executive Director of the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF). End Quote

(1888PressRelease) March 02, 2011 - CLIFTON, N.J. - Leslye Schulman, who has more than 13 years overseeing non-profit organizations and spearheading significant fundraising efforts, has been named the new Executive Director of the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization which supports breast cancer research efforts of Dr. Larry Norton Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs and the Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

In her new role, Ms. Schulman will be responsible for the overall management of the non-profit, including day-to-day operations, fundraiser event planning, donor recruitment, increasing exposure, communication with Board of Directors, distribution of donations, implementing charitable goals and initiatives and much more.

"We're very excited to bring Leslye on board with CBCF," says Andrew Abramson, secretary of CBCF. "She's been responsible for raising $25 million for charitable organizations through a variety of creative annual fundraising events, including telethons, radiothons, golf outings, etc. Her knowledge and talents will unquestionably allow CBCF to grow and reach new heights under her leadership."

Prior to joining CBCF, Ms. Schulman served as Assistant Executive Director/Executive Director at New York City-based Variety-The Children's Charity where she was chief administrative officer and spokesperson for the group, overseeing operations, administration functions, fundraising, special events and marketing and public relations. She's also performed as the Special Events Coordinator for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in New Haven, CT where she coordinated all major events to raise funds for children with cancer to attend the camp.

Since its inception in December 2007, CBCF has raised in excess of $1.8 million through events such as the annual golf tournament, walk-a-thons and other fundraising events. Fully 100% of its net fundraising proceeds received by the foundation are donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and other research facilities to support the ground-breaking research being conducted by noted oncologist Dr. Larry Norton and his colleagues.

Dr. Norton's research focuses on the theory of breast cancer "self seeding": the ability of breast cancer cells to move and start new cancers growing, not only in distant organs like the bones and liver (called metastases), but in the breast itself. This behavior is referred to as "self seeding" as it recalls the way weeds take over a garden: not by the growth of each individual weed plant, but by the seeding of new weed plants that grow in a confluent fashion. By this concept, breast cancer is not one mass, but rather a collection of contiguous smaller masses.

This method of growth is indeed true in certain experimental models and research is ongoing to prove that it happens in people as well. It explains many aspects of cancer: rapid growth, disorganization, formation of new blood vessels, need to irradiate a breast after a lumpectomy for cancer and the association of all of the above with distant metastases. If correct, it will provide new targets for the development of drugs to treat and prevent cancer. Since "seeding" is an abnormal process-as opposed to the normal process of mitosis-such drugs may not only be more effective, but less toxic as well. Hence, the concept of self-seeding is not only interesting from the point of view of biology, but possibly very important in the design of better approaches to cancer management and prevention, as well as in finding a cure.

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation
The Cure Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), is a Clifton, N.J. -based not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charity devoted to fund breast cancer research on the growth and spreading of breast cancer cells, also known as self seeding, under the direction of Dr. Larry Norton and his colleagues.

The founder and president is Carly Abramson. Her father, Andrew Abramson, is secretary. Leslye Schulman is Executive Director. For more information, call (973) 471-CBCF (2223), e-mail info ( @ ) curebreastcancerfoundation dot org or visit the Web site at www.curebreastcancerfoundation.org.

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