Top Triangle Executives Partner for MS Dinner of Champions

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 06, 2008 -
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National MS Society Announces Dinner of Champions Committee

RALEIGH, N.C. (August 6, 2008) — The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society announces today committee members for its 2008 Dinner of Champions (www.msdinnerofchampions.org). The annual event, held at the Prestonwood Country Club on September 4, celebrates the contributions made by organizations in the health and life sciences fields. Proceeds from the event will support the Access to Health Care Fund that helps address gaps in care for people affected by multiple sclerosis in eastern North Carolina.

“We are thankful to have such a caring and dedicated group of individuals involved in this year’s event,” says Bob Bryan, president of the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “The committee's tireless efforts are key to the sustained growth of the Access to Health Care Fund.”

Chris Viehbacher, president of North American Pharmaceuticals for GlaxoSmithKline will chair the event.  Vice Chairs include:

• Michael Brookman
• Bob Bryan, National MS Society
• Chris Cabell, Quintiles
• John Cox, Biogen Idec
• Tom Finegan, Clarkston Consulting
• Art Foley, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
• Herman Genderson, Pfizer
• Randy Powell, TrustAtlantic
• Bill Shore, GlaxoSmithKline

Michael Brookman will chair the Steering Committee that includes:

• Wesley Ange, Clarkston Consulting
• Staci Barfield, National MS Society
• Matt Coffland, RSM McGladrey
• Abby Emanuelson, National MS Society
• Art Foley, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
• Betsy Gentry-Bumm, Zarb Consulting
• Jessica Grimes, Fidelity Investments
• Christy Knutson, National MS Society
• Mike McBrierty, Biogen Idec
• Melissa McCaslin
• Jim Mulvey, National MS Society
• Tony Ryzinksi
• Cindy Stranad, Articulon
• Sam Taylor, NC Biosciences Organization
• Sam Tetlow, Calvert BioCapital
• Susan Waldo, Accentuate Staffing
• Eileen Youens, UNC School of Government


For more information, visit www.MSDinnerofChampions.org, or call 919-834-0678.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society:
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. Each year, through our home office and 50-state network of chapters, we devote approximately $125 million to programs and services that enhance more than one million lives to move us closer to a world free of MS. In 2007, the Society invested more than $46 million to support 440 research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS NOW. If you or someone you know has MS, please contact the National MS Society today at www.nationalMSsociety.org/nct or 1-800 FIGHT MS to learn about ways to help manage multiple sclerosis and about current research that may one day reveal a cure.

About Multiple Sclerosis:
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and 2.5 million worldwide.