Beth’s movement to the forefront of the global cancer community began more than 20 years ago when she took a seat at the management table of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® at its corporate headquarters in Dallas. Since then, she has volunteered time and talents to raise millions dollars for cancer-related causes. She served as a survivor advocate to the first ever LIVESTRONG® Presidential Cancer Forum, and later was tapped as a nominee for a White House appointment to the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer advisory board. She frequently speaks to survivor and caregiver audiences nationwide.

Three years after being treated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Beth was recruited to the Board of Visitors of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Foundation, where she served for six years – the last four on the Chairman’s Executive Committee. She remains a member of the advisory board of the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program at MD Anderson. In late 2010, Beth was appointed the community representative to Anderson’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Survivorship Committee. She is a past president and board member of the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and remains an active member of its advisory council. She also serves on the advisory council of The Pink Ribbons Project. During her career, Beth has served on the board of a dozen non-profits throughout the U.S., and is currently a member of the development board of The University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston (UTHealth).

A sixth-generation native of Marshall, Texas and 1976 cum laude graduate of The Mays School of Business at Texas A & M University, Beth was president of the charter pledge class that founded Kappa Alpha Theta at Texas A & M University in 1975. In recent years, she has served as a visiting lecturer at Texas A & M as well as Rice University.

Beth has received numerous awards recognizing her volunteerism and civic leadership including Pacesetter of the Year by The Cancer League of Houston, the Excellence in Bloom award from The Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Hope Award from the Young Survival Coalition. In 2008, Beth was named Houston’s Outstanding Community Volunteer Fundraiser. She is the youngest of 15 national recipients of the prestigious annual Loving Hearts Caring Hands award given by The Chaplaincy Fund and MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation honored Beth as the first recipient of its Commitment to the Cause award. Beth was named to the inaugural list of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women and is a 2010 inductee to the Greater Houston Women’s Hall of Fame.

Beth’s movement to the forefront of the global cancer community began more than 20 years ago when she took a seat at the management table of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® at its corporate headquarters in Dallas. Since then, she has volunteered time and talents to raise millions dollars for cancer-related causes. She served as a survivor advocate to the first ever LIVESTRONG® Presidential Cancer Forum, and later was tapped as a nominee for a White House appointment to the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer advisory board. She frequently speaks to survivor and caregiver audiences nationwide.

Three years after being treated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Beth was recruited to the Board of Visitors of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Foundation, where she served for six years – the last four on the Chairman’s Executive Committee. She remains a member of the advisory board of the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program at MD Anderson. In late 2010, Beth was appointed the community representative to Anderson’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Survivorship Committee. She is a past president and board member of the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and remains an active member of its advisory council. She also serves on the advisory council of The Pink Ribbons Project. During her career, Beth has served on the board of a dozen non-profits throughout the U.S., and is currently a member of the development board of The University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston (UTHealth).

A sixth-generation native of Marshall, Texas and 1976 cum laude graduate of The Mays School of Business at Texas A & M University, Beth was president of the charter pledge class that founded Kappa Alpha Theta at Texas A & M University in 1975. In recent years, she has served as a visiting lecturer at Texas A & M as well as Rice University.

Beth has received numerous awards recognizing her volunteerism and civic leadership including Pacesetter of the Year by The Cancer League of Houston, the Excellence in Bloom award from The Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Hope Award from the Young Survival Coalition. In 2008, Beth was named Houston’s Outstanding Community Volunteer Fundraiser. She is the youngest of 15 national recipients of the prestigious annual Loving Hearts Caring Hands award given by The Chaplaincy Fund and MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation honored Beth as the first recipient of its Commitment to the Cause award. Beth was named to the inaugural list of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women and is a 2010 inductee to the Greater Houston Women’s Hall of Fame.

Bo Bothe has been confronted with cancer for most of his life. As Bo was completing high school, his mother Rosemary was diagnosed with breast cancer, a disease that took her mother — Bo’s grandmother –before Bo entered grammar school. Rosemary beat cancer in the late 80′s, but it returned over a decade later. Bo’s smile is its widest when he describes his mom now as a two-time breast cancer survivor.

Bo is president and CEO of BrandExtract, LLC, an award-winning Houston-based integrated branding and communications firm. He holds a M.B.A degree from the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, and a B.A. degree in design communication from Texas Tech University.

A brand strategist and creative designer for over 18 years, Bo is the past president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts – Houston. He serves as a director of Rice’s Jones School Alumni Board and of The Entrepreneurship Institute of Houston.  In 2009, Houston Business Journal named Bo to its inaugural class of “40 Under 40,” Houston’s young leaders who excel in their industries and show dynamic leadership in their community.   In 2010, he was honored by the Jones School at Rice with its Alumni Service Award.  He is an active member of the Strake Jesuit and Houston Catholic communities.

Brian Cruver is close to several cancer survivors, including his mother, who has survived 56 years since being diagnosed as a child with salivary gland cancer, and his father, who defeated prostate cancer using alternatives to traditional treatments such as radiation, chemotherapy and surgery.

Brian is CEO of Xenex Healthcare, whose patented UV technology is used to disinfect the hospital environment and reduce the number of healthcare-associated infections – which is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. He was previously CEO of Giveline, a social venture which delivered web-based fundraising programs to more than 20,000 non-profits. An undergraduate of the University of Southern California and M.B.A graduate of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Brian has 15 years of experience designing and marketing new ventures for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, including a commodity trading platform at Shell USA and a credit derivatives trading group at Enron Corp.

Brian is the author of an acclaimed book which was listed in The Wall Street Journal as one of the top five books of all time about “life on Wall Street” and later became the basis of a television movie. He frequently speaks on social responsibility and business ethics to universities and leadership organizations.