Founder and CEO
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
Dean Crowe is the Founder and CEO of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research, a national nonprofit based in Atlanta, which empowers volunteers across the country to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research to help find better treatments with fewer long-term side effects and, ultimately, cures. Rally Foundation has granted $25.4 million in research grants nationally and internationally; advocated and secured $153 million from the Department of Defense Medical Research Program for cancers in children, adolescents and young adults; and provided more than 110,000 meals to cancer families in numerous hospitals. A graduate of Auburn University and Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management, Dean is responsible for leading Rally and providing vision, and works directly with Rally Foundation’s Board of Directors, Board of Advisors and Medical Advisory Board. Dean created A Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program to streamline the grant process for researchers, reviewers and other childhood cancer organizations. Dean also leads Rally Foundation’s advocacy efforts. Prior to founding Rally Foundation, she worked in commercial real estate sales, was a mortgage loan officer and the Development Director for Young Life’s national camp, SharpTop Cove, where she got her start in fundraising.
Developing Therapy for Every Kid with Cancer
Friday, March 24, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT