Kim Thiboldeaux
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Kim Thiboldeaux

Health & Wellness
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As a nonprofit executive, thought leader, and author, Kim Thiboldeaux continues to make her mark on the global stage by ensuring that the patient’s voice is at the center of every conversation about cancer. She currently serves as Executive Chair of the Cancer Support Community (CSC), a global nonprofit network that operates at 175 locations, including CSC and Gilda's Club centers, and in multiple hospitals and cancer clinics. Thiboldeaux’s service includes appointments to the nation’s premier panels on cancer. In 2019, Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, appointed Thiboldeaux to the Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee. This panel is focused on providing advice and serving as a transparent forum for discussion of the scientific, safety, and ethical issues associated with emerging biotechnologies. In 2017, then-Vice President Joe Biden appointed her to serve on the Biden Cancer Initiative’s Board of Directors. Recently, Stand Up To Cancer appointed Thiboldeaux to its Health Equity Breakthrough Research Team, focusing on cancers affecting underrepresented populations. In serving as a patient advocate on these high-profile boards of directors, Thiboldeaux is bringing attention to inequities in our health-care system. In 2019, she joined Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Dr. Jill Biden, and leaders of the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation in Arizona to mark the opening of the first-ever full-time cancer care and support center on an American Indian Reservation. After securing a generous gift from the Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation, Thiboldeaux helped convene key Navajo Nation leaders, private sector supporters, and other officials to establish this culturally-adapted program located in an area larger than the state of West Virginia. Thiboldeaux’s insights are highly sought after, with interviews including the Wall Street Journal, PBS, People Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, WebMD, and speaking engagements, including a TEDx Talk and White House convenings.
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