CHEST Foundation Donor Spotlight June 2017 | Page 2

The Lung Cancer Connection Panel,
from left to right: Joie Chen, Atlantic
LIVE, Moderator; John Howington, MD,
FCCP, CHEST Foundation Past President,
Chairman of Thoracic Surgery, Co-Director
of the Thoracic Oncology Program,
Saint Thomas Health; Jill Feldman, Lung
Cancer Survivor; Chris Draft, Former NFL
Linebacker, Founder and President of
Chris Draft Family Foundation
More than 150 people attended the
summit, but the REACH was much greater:
“THE AIR WE BREATHE”
SUMMIT WITH THE ATLANTIC
Margaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE,
welcomes attendees
770K
4.2M
social
impressions
social media
accounts
1,100
tweets
to the
#AtlanticAirSummit
hashtag
“Clean air is a basic human right,” Tonya Winders, President and CEO of the Allergy &
Asthma Network stated at “The Air We Breathe: An Atlantic Summit.” The summit, which
focused on discussing the quality of our air and the implications on our health, took place
Thursday, April 20, at VenueSIX10 in Chicago.
The CHEST Foundation collaborated with The Atlantic, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Dyson
to host this event, which featured several panels of experts discussing topics ranging from
lung cancer and asthma to the challenges architects and the city face with new buildings
and proper ventilation.
CHEST Foundation Patient Education
materials were available at the event.
To read more about the event, visit us at chestfoundation.org/summit.
CHEST Foundation and Boehringer
Ingelheim’s panel on “Distruption in
Asthma Care” from left to right: Kristi
Bruno, Director of Communications, Media,
and Marketing, CHEST; Rudy Anderson,
CAE, Associate Executive Director, CHEST
Foundation; Jay Peters, MD, FCCP, Chief,
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine, University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio, Trustee,
CHEST Foundation; Joel Africk, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Respiratory
Health Association
WHY I GIVE...
Dyson generously supported the event,
and brought several of their air purifiers to
display in the lounge.
“The motivation to assist in the philanthropic aspect of any society is a personal decision. When I
became involved with CHEST leadership, I realized that if you have a desire to advance a society,
you can do it by volunteering your talents—or, if you don’t have any talent, like me, you can
give a little bit of money. CHEST has been generous, and through the activities in which I have
participated for CHEST, I’ve been able to donate my honoraria. It was natural to give those back
so that we could perpetuate the opportunity for more efficient, active-learning environments for
the patients and communities on which the foundation focuses. I’m making an investment in the future of CHEST,
hoping that my gift now will mean more active learning support and opportunities in the future.”
—Eric Edell, MD, FCCP • Member, CHEST Education Committee