Larry Lucchino is Chairman/Principal Owner of the Worcester Red Sox and Boston Red Sox President/CEO Emeritus, and Chairman of the Jimmy Fund. Just before his 40th birthday, Larry was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Dana-Farber has helped save his life 3 times; first from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1985, second from prostate cancer in 2000, and third from cancer in the kidney area starting in 2019.
Melany N. Duval has served as Senior VP and Chief Philanthropy Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund since 2019. In that period of time, Dana-Farber has embarked on its most ambitious, multi-year fundraising effort to change the future of cancer research and care – the largest in its history and the largest ever focused solely on cancer. The Dana-Farber Campaign, aims to raise upwards of $2B for the Institute’s priorities: Revolutionary Science, Extraordinary Care, Exceptional Expertise and Essential Opportunities.