O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2019 | Page 14

CANCER CENTER WELCOMES
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB recently elected new members to its Advisory Board and Young
Supporters Board. Both groups are dedicated community leaders who help advance the Cancer Center through
fundraising initiatives to support research and patient services.
New members joining the Advisory Board are:
• Tommy Brigham Jr., Chairman, ARC Realty
• Adam Cohen, Partner, The Cityscape Group
• Leigh Davis, Vice President of Customer Service,
Alabama Power
• Lauren DeMoss, Shareholder, Maynard, Cooper
& Gale, P.C.
• Casi Ferguson, Area Director, UNCF
• Miller Girvin, CEO, Alabama Capital Network
• Anna Slive Harwood, CMO, Colonnade Group
• Deak Rushton, President, James Rushton I Foundation
• Ricardo Woods, Attorney, Burr & Forman, LLP
NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
New members of the Young Supporters Board are:
• Cameron Bishop, Commercial Relationship Manager,
Peoples Bank of Alabama
• John Bissell, Product Design Engineer, McWane
Global, Inc.
• MacKenzie Derr, Human Resources Coordinator,
Encompass Health
• John Dobbins, Vice President of Finance,
Daniel Corporation
• Chance Dye, Analyst, Asset Management &
Underwriting, Medical Properties Trust
• Devan Snider, Senior Associate, Vaco LLC
NEW YOUNG SUPPORTERS BOARD MEMBERS
• Elizabeth Sparrow, Compensation Analyst,
Regions Bank
• Marc Wendorf, Project Manager, Brasfield & Gorrie
• Katie Wilson, Associate Attorney, Bressler,
Amery, & Ross, P.C.
NAMING OF THE
BARBARA AND EDWARD PARTRIDGE
ATRIUM
James Estes’ commitment to the fight against cancer
evolved after having lost family members to the disease
and having celebrated remission and recovery himself.
He and his family have supported several cancer
research initiatives at UAB over the years. Longtime
supporters of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
at UAB, Estes and his son Norman, helped to honor
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Partridge by making a donation
to name the ground floor atrium of the Wallace Tumor
Institute.
Partridge was the Cancer Center director for ten
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years and was with UAB for more than 45 years
until his retirement in July 2017. His wife Barbara
made exceptional contributions herself, consistently
demonstrating an outstanding level of dedication to
the facility and the people who worked there. The lobby
of the Cancer Center signifies a special location to the
Partridges as they often brought the Cancer Center
staff together for special occasions and celebrations. It
also is the location of the front door where they had a
reputation for welcoming everyone. This tribute is most
fitting as Partridge often refers to the Cancer Center as
“the people‘s Cancer Center.”
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