Rachelle Sanders Named Executive Director Of UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation

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LITTLE ROCK – Rachelle Sanders has been named executive director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


 


Her position includes oversight of all fundraising activities at the Cancer Institute, including programs benefiting the institute’s 12-story expansion under construction. All donations up to $46 million to the building or endowment will be matched by the state of Arkansas thanks to a bill passed by the Arkansas Legislature in April 2007.


 


Sanders previously served as director of development for cancer initiatives at the Cancer Institute and director of institutional advancement at Cushing Academy in the Boston area.


 


Her other professional experience includes serving as director of media relations for Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.; account executive for KCS&A Public Relations in Boston; and publicist for G.P. Putnam’s Sons in New York.


 


Sanders earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Boston University and her master’s degree in public policy from Trinity College. She serves on the Ati’ Day school board and on the education committee of the Temple B’Nai Israel Religious School in Little Rock.


 


Cancer Institute clinics at UAMS report more than 113,000 patient visits each year. The institute serves people from every county in Arkansas, every state in the nation and more than 30 countries. There are more than 145 UAMS faculty members engaged in cancer-related activities.


 


UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,538 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is one of the state’s largest public employers with about 9,600 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $5 billion a year. Visit www.uams.edu.