Virtual IMPACT Breakfast: Living Above + Beyond Cancer with Dr. Richard Deming and Chris Goodale
Dr. Richard Deming and the Above + Beyond Cancer team's mission is to elevate the lives of those touched by cancer, to create a healthier world. They take cancer survivors and their families on incredible adventures to places like the Mount Everest Base Camp or the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Through these transformational journeys, their participants inspire the public by devoting themselves to a life of advocacy and leading an example for healthy living and cancer prevention in their communities.
The IMPACT Breakfast is designed to inspire and inform. These are stories that have IMPACTED our community, our world, or our business. Join us as we spend the morning learning from each other and our special guest speakers.
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Dr. Richard Deming is the medical director of Mercy Cancer Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He received a bachelor's degree at South Dakota State University and his medical degree at Creighton University. Dr. Deming is known in the community for the compassionate care he provides cancer patients and their families. He is involved in many national, state, and community organizations and is the recipient of numerous awards. He was awarded the Lane Adams Award by the American Cancer Society for excellence and compassion inpatient care. He is the recipient of 'the one hundred' Award by Massachusetts General Hospital for his work with cancer survivors. He was awarded the Iowa Cancer Champion Award for his tireless efforts in the field of advocacy. He is dedicated to the principles of human dignity, social justice, and compassion. His greatest ambition is to encourage others to pursue lives of meaning, purpose, passion, and compassion. |
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Chris Goodale is the Executive Director of Above + Beyond Cancer. He has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit management with an emphasis on fundraising. He spent more than 14 years at Simpson College, his alma mater, in the Office of College Advancement. He has also been involved in development work at both the Drake Law School and the University of Iowa Foundation. The start of Goodale's nonprofit work was when he was the Executive Director of Indianola's National Balloon Classic in the early 1990s. As a cancer survivor himself, Chris understands first hand the issues related to cancer survivorship and the importance of Above + Beyond Cancer's mission. Having served as a member of the Above + Beyond Cancer Board, Chris also has a keen understanding of the inner workings of this special organization. He was drawn to this organization because it encompasses all people who have been affected by cancer survivors, as well as all of the family, friends, and medical professionals who care for them. |
