2008 Rays of Hope™ Gala

From left to right: Doug Ulman, President, Lance Armstrong Foundation; Ellen Stovall, President and CEO, NCCS; Tamra Bentsen, Board of Directors, NCCS; Mary Margaret Valenti; Ken Bentsen, Former U.S. Representative; Patricia Schieffer; Lance Armstrong; Bob Schieffer

From left to right: Ted Danson; Lisa Paulsen, President and CEO, Entertainment Industry Foundation; Ted Kennedy, Jr.; Ellen Stovall; Sen. Edward Kennedy; Lilly Tartikoff

Sen. Edward Kennedy with Bob Schieffer

Recipients

Lilly Tartikoff Hope Award
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Accepted by Lisa Paulsen, President and CEO

NCCS Corporate Leadership Award
The Boston Red Sox Organization

NCCS Special Recognition Award
Mike Burg, Edge Marketing and Management

NCCS Excellence in Media Award
Bob Schieffer

Chairs

Honorary Chairs

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
Lilly Tartikoff

Co-Chairs

Tamra and Ken Bentsen
Jan Smith Donaldson and Sam Donaldson
Jean and Dick Thompson
Mary Margaret Valenti

Donors

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Genentech BioOncology
Lilly Oncology
sanofi-aventis

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Amgen
Roche

GOLD SPONSORS

American Society of Clinical Oncology
Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology

SILVER SPONSORS

Bayer Healthcare LLC and Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Celegene Corporation
Cephalon Oncology
General Motors Corporation
GlaxoSmithKline Oncology
PhRMA
Turner & Goss, LLP

BRONZE SPONSORS

AT&T
Downey McGrath Group, Inc.
The Marwood Group
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Molly and Tim Neher
Novartis Oncology
Pfizer Inc
Connie and John Rakoski
Robert Sachs and Caroline Taggart
The Walt Disney Company

BENEFACTORS

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Tamra and Ken Bentsen/Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
CityStaff
The Clark Charitable Foundation
Comcast Corporation
CommonHealth
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Rainey
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Verizon Communications

FRIENDS

Coca Cola Company
Wes Heppler
Donna and Mack McLarty
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Oncology Nursing Society
SPECTRUM SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS
Target
Telemundo Communications Group
Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
Eleanor Winter and Dan Backo

DONORS

Alliance for Prostate Cancer Prevention
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Jane and Jeffrey Bulman
James Casserly and Michael Hammer
Nancy Glick and Michael Leaveck
Maura and Dan Mudd
The Palmetto Group
Mary Margaret Valenti
The Wellness Community