 Young Leadership Council
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The Young Leadership Council of Gilda’s Club WorldwideThe mission of the Young Leadership Council (YLC), a group of young professionals, is to represent a new generation of leaders who are advancing the cause of social and emotional support for people living with cancer by raising awareness and organizing philanthropic initiatives to benefit Gilda's Club Worldwide. GCWW is the headquarters of the Gilda’s Club network, providing the leadership, assistance, education, training, and advocacy that make the Gilda’s Club program possible. GCWW develops clubhouses in new communities; trains staff and board members in the Gilda’s Club program, and provides open clubhouses with intensive, ongoing assistance. GCWW continually improves the Gilda’s Club program, advocates for and promotes research about social and emotional support, and solicits and establishes fundraising partnerships to benefit the clubhouses. The organization relies exclusively on philanthropy for support. The YLC is tasked with ensuring that the support for Gilda’s Club Worldwide continues. It was established in 2004 by GCWW Board Member Evan Berkley, who lost his father to cancer at age 19 and subsequently created the Be a Buddy Foundation to improve the lives of people living with cancer. YLC members work in the fields of film, television, marketing, entertainment law, corporate law, finance, and publishing. Since the group's inaugural event in September 2005, the YLC has successfully raised over $800,000 and brought the mission of Gilda's Club to hundreds of new friends. They have subsequently held smaller, awareness building events, and the group is now focused on their fifth signature event on October 2, 2009 at the Safe Harbor Loft in SoHo.
Young Leadership Council
Brandon Miller, Chair |
Gilda's Club Worldwide
48 Wall Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (917) 305-1200