Blood Cancer United Celebrates our 2026 Visionaries of the Year Top Fundraisers
Our Champions of Hope are relentless in pursuing their vision of a cancer-free future.
National Visionary of The Year
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National Visionary of the Year Runner Up
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National Team Member of the Year
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National All Star Visionary of the Year
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National All Star Visionary of the year runner-up
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National Visionary of The Year
Lee-Lee Ellis
Health Policy Professional
Washington, D.C.
National Visionary of the Year Runner Up
Will Sabayrac
Florida Power & Light
Palm Beach, FL
National Team Member of the Year
Sarina Moss
Palm Beach, FL
National All star Visionary of the Year
Dr. George Yaghmour
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
National All Star Visionary of the year runner-up
Tim McBride
Charlotte, NC
deVilliers Circle
In 1949, Blood Cancer United was founded on a vision, by parents who’d lost a son to acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Since then, Blood Cancer United continues to push boundaries as we seek cutting edge treatments and cures and work to improve quality of life for patients and their families.
The de Villiers Circle is comprised of candidates who share our bold vision of a cancer-free future and showed outstanding achievement in their fundraising efforts.
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Champions of Hope Candidates
Select a state or search for a candidate below
Craftsman Electric
Cincinnati, OH
City of Hope
Los Angeles, CA
University of Pittsburgh; Evolve Counseling & Consulting
Pittsburgh, PA
Mississippi Association of Broadcasters
New Orleans, LA
KWCH
Wichita, KS
Insidesource
New York, NY
Monterey Bay, CA
Phillips 66
Houston, TX
Hugaroo
Charlotte, NC
Changing the Lives of Blood Cancer Patients Across the Country
About Visionaries of the Year
Visionaries of the Year is a movement driven by a select group of individuals from different locations and walks of life, coming together for a greater purpose: a cancer-free world. Candidates in this philanthropic competition form and lead powerful fundraising teams that help find innovative ways of fueling the Blood Cancer United mission. With their teammates behind them, this exceptional group competes in honor of two local blood cancer survivors for the prestigious title of Visionary of the Year
A Legacy of Hope
The first campaign was held in Northern California in 1990 to benefit a local blood cancer patient who lost his life at age 39 to leukemia. Over the next 30+ years, the campaign would spread throughout the United States and Canada to become one of the most innovative and impactful peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns in the industry. Throughout its 30+ year history, the campaign has raised more than half a billion dollars for the Blood Cancer United mission.
Throughout its 30+ year history, the campaign has raised more than half a billion dollars for the Blood Cancer United mission.
1990
Patricia Fripp, the first Woman of the Year when the competition first ran, raising $30,000.
2009
Man & Woman of the Year goes national, expanding to all Regions across the US.
2014
The “All Star” program for Man & Woman of the Year alumni to represent their local campaign nationally.
2022
Man & Woman of the Year campaign is renamed to ‘Visionaries of the Year’
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society becomes Blood Cancer United’
Do You Know a Visionary?
Do you know a tenacious changemaker who can envision a world without blood cancer?
Nominate them to become a Visionary of the Year candidate!
