From left: Leukemia Ball co-chair Wayne Berson, BDO CEO; Sr. co-chair Ed Offterdinger, Baker Tilly Executive Controlling Partner; LLS National Capital Executive Director Beth Gorman, and Amgen Vice President and Overall Manager Richard Paulson
The 29th Annual Leukemia Ball, presented by PhRMA, raised $3.25 million for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). The event was held March 12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
“The LLS is executing life-saving work, and we’re proud to assist them,” Baker Tilly Executive Controlling Companion Ed Offterdinger said. “They touch a great deal of lives. As soon as I was 13, I had a close friend along with leukemia; I couldn’t do everything to guidance your man then, so I’m grateful to have actually the possibility to guidance so several others now.”
Offterdinger co-chaired the event with BDO CEO Wayne Berson.
“The accomplishments of LLS have actually been amazing. Baker Tilly is proud to play a role in supporting LLS’ mission and Ed’s commitment as this year’s Leukemia Ball co-chair,” Baker Tilly’s office Controlling Companion for the D.C. metro location Todd Stokes said. “The survival speeds for blood cancers have actually increased dramatically over the past 2 decades, in no little Section due to study funded by LLS.”
LLS Senior Vice President David Timko presents the James L. Eichberg Lifetime Achievement Award to C.E. Andrews, CEO of MorganFranklin Consulting. Andrews was recognized for his long-status dedication to LLS and the higher Washington, D.C. community.
Baker Tilly was a Mission Sponsor of this year’s ball, which has actually grown to come to be the largest non-political black tie event in the national capital region, along with much more compared to 2,000 attendees. The society funds study in to the induces and treatment of blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and Hodgkin’s disease.
This year marked the debut of a much less pricey “dessert and entertainment” ticket for younger professionals.
“It assists along with fundraising,” Offterdinger said. “yet the actual target is to contain and inspire the individuals that will certainly be the next wave of committee members and leaders. It is vitally essential that the excellent job of LLS continues along with future generations best the charge.”
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