DRIVE FOR CURE COMMITTEE Christopher Clark Tim Fox Marc Horner Todd Murray Sharon O’Keefe Linda Smith GOLF CHAIR T. Scott Leisher HONORARY CHAIRS Susan & James Schneider is to CURE epilepsy, transforming and saving millions of lives. We identify and fund cutting-edge research, challenging scientists worldwide to collaborate and innovate in pursuit of this goal. Our commitment is unrelenting. Our Mission CURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sharon O'Keefe,* Chair Ann Benschoter* Blake Cunneen Phil Emery Lynn Fleisher Carol Fulp* Paul Heldman* Gardiner Lapham* Scott Leisher Greg Lewis Constance Milstein Evelyn Nussenbaum* C. Renzi Stone FOUNDING CHAIR Susan Axelrod* CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Robin Harding* *Executive Committee Member Visit our website www.CUREepilepsy.org Golf Chair T. Scott Leisher Honorary Chairs Susan & James Schneider WYNSTONE GOLF CLUB Barrington, IL • July 11, 2016 ——A Jack Nicklaus course—— #DriveforCURE
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DRIVE FOR CURE COMMITTEE Christopher Clark Tim Fox Marc Horner Todd Murray Sharon O’Keefe Linda Smith GOLF CHAIR T. Scott Leisher HONORARY CHAIRS
Susan & James Schneider
is to CURE epilepsy, transforming and saving millions of lives.
We identify and fund cutting-edge research, challenging
scientists worldwide to collaborate and innovate in pursuit
of this goal. Our commitment is unrelenting.
Our Mission
CURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sharon O'Keefe,* Chair Ann Benschoter* Blake Cunneen Phil Emery Lynn Fleisher Carol Fulp* Paul Heldman* Gardiner Lapham* Scott Leisher Greg Lewis Constance Milstein Evelyn Nussenbaum* C. Renzi Stone FOUNDING CHAIR Susan Axelrod* CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Robin Harding*
*Executive Committee Member
Visit our website
www.CUREepilepsy.org Golf Chair T. Scott Leisher
Honorary Chairs Susan & James Schneider
WYNSTONE GOLF CLUB
Barrington, IL • July 11, 2016 ——A Jack Nicklaus course——
#DriveforCURE
2016 Drive for CURE 2016 Drive for CURE
Welcome to the Drive for CURE Golf Outing! As a CURE board member and parent of a child with epilepsy, I’m proud to be this year’s Golf Chair and help carry on this tradition.
This special event was founded in 2004 by Susan and James Schneider in honor of their daughter, Julie, who lives with epilepsy. Over the years, Drive for CURE has contributed more than $1 million to our mission to cure epilepsy, transforming and saving millions of lives.
Funds from this event have resulted in three named “challenge” grants to scientists around the country, helping advance the science towards a cure: Gabriella D’Arcangelo, PhD, Rutgers University Brian Litt, MD, University of Pennsylvania John Huguenard, PhD, & Jeanne Paz, PhD, Stanford University
The opportunity to help fund CURE’s mission and raise awareness of an important cause while enjoying a great day on a beautiful golf course is hard to beat! Wynstone, a private Jack Nicklaus course, is recognized as one of the top 100 golf courses in the United States.
CURE has led a dramatic shift in the epilepsy community from attempting to control seizures to enhancing understanding of underlying mechanisms and causes, so that cures and preventative strategies can be found. Our cutting-edge research program is dynamic and responsive to new scientific opportunities and directions through both investigator-initiated grants and unprecedented scientific programs and initiatives. The ultimate goal is that one day, our organization will no longer be needed—that we can close our doors and celebrate the discovery of a cure. Until then, thank you for standing alongside us.
Thank you for participating in Drive for CURE 2016! Enjoy the day, and be sure to take part in all the activities! Thank you for helping us make a difference for those touched by epilepsy now, and for generations to come.
A MESSAGE FROM THE GOLF CHAIR
T. Scott Leisher Golf Chair, Drive for CURE
CURE Board of Directors
2016 Drive for CURE
The CURE family is once again uniting at Drive for CURE in pursuit of our mission to cure epilepsy, transforming and saving millions of lives.
With your support over the years, I am pleased to say we have funded 204 epilepsy research projects in targeted priority areas such as pediatric epilepsies, genetics, acquired epilepsies and SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Visit our website, www.CUREepilepsy.org to catch up on the exciting work CURE has been doing.
Thank you for joining us at Drive for CURE 2016. A wonderful day on a Jack Nicklaus course—you will be making a difference in the lives of all those touched by epilepsy.
CURE and Epilepsy: Why Research is Needed
*2015 portfolio
A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO OF CURE
Robin Harding Chief Executive Officer, CURE
AMERICANS WILL DEVELOP
EPILEPSY IN THEIR LIFETIME
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
FOR A CURE
65M PEOPLE ARE TOUCHED
BY EPILEPSY WORLDWIDE
EFFICIENCY OF
CURE’S EXPENDITURES
2016 Drive for CURE
A MESSAGE FROM OUR HONORARY CHAIRS
No one should have to face a life of uncertainty and fear,
waiting for the next seizure. No one should have to endure a
life of mind-numbing drugs, trying to avoid the next seizure.
No one should have to fear the loss of life due to epilepsy. We
are so grateful to the CURE family for their continued
support of Drive for CURE. It was our sincere hope that this
event would grow, allowing new networks of families and
friends to emerge as leaders in raising the research dollars so
critically needed to find cures for epilepsy.
—Susan & James Schneider
2016 Drive for CURE
Judy and Scott Leisher
Presenting Sponsors
Janet and Alan Sear
Hope Sponsors
Innovation Sponsors
High Tower/The Lerner Group The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Susan and James Schneider
2016 Drive for CURE
Asado Coffee Roasters Avant for Men Bob Chinn's Crab House Catering Chocolate Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Chicago White Sox Cutco Daily Planet Dog Play Day Care The Field Museum First Hospitality Group, Inc. Food For Thought Gail's Carriage Place Gray & Walter Heron Agency Kinzie Hotel
Judy and Scott Leisher Lou Malnati's Pizzeria McGrath Lexus Mesirow Financial Michael's Hotdog New Design Jewlers Claude Ohanesian Olivia Riegel PalmLeaf Massage Clinic Raven Theatre Rosebud Restaurants Second City Stuart-Rodgers Photography Swanson's Blossom Shop VISOgraphic, Inc. Wynstone Golf Club Working Girl Inc.
