Fall 2024
By Colleen Sullivan
Photography by Sasha Pedro
On May 4, the Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute gathered at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston for a special evening of cocktails, dinner, and a live auction, which raised more than $400,000. The 170 guests in attendance were also treated to a discussion emcee’d by WCVB-TV’s Susan Wornick, with panelists Suzanne Bloomberg, Friends Board of Directors member; Anne Gross, PHD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, senior vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Dana-Farber; and Ursula Matulonis, MD, chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Brock-Wilson Family Chair at Dana-Farber.
The Friends is a volunteer community that raises funds to support a wide range of research and patient care programs and provides services that enhance Dana-Farber’s healing environment. Since their founding in 1976, the Friends have raised more than $50 million in support of Dana-Farber’s lifesaving mission.