Massey 50th Anniversary Golden Gala Keepsake Book

welcome

For ffty years, our vision for a future without the burden of cancer has driven everything we do. Everything.

– Robert A. Winn, M.D.

Te Massey 5Oth Anniversary

GOLDEN GALA 1O.24 2O24

Historic Main Street Station Richmond Virginia

Fifty years of innovation and impact in the fght against cancer is something to celebrate.

And, we are celebrating!

Lighting the path of hope toward a brighter future.

Together.

Dear friends, For ffty years, the power of hope has driven Massey’s mission across generations, shaping its past, defning its present and guiding its future. Since opening its doors in 1974, Massey has been restoring hope for patients, families and entire communities.

Today, Massey stands among the nation’s elite cancer centers, recognized by the National Cancer Institute as a leader in the fght against cancer.

Te ginkgo tree is our chosen symbol of the Golden Gala. Tis magnifcent tree has long represented hope, strength and resilience – qualities that resonate with the many people who are the reason we celebrate ffty years of saving lives. We all dream of a future when cancer will be eradicated, not just from the body, but from the human spirit, when we can rest easy knowing the next generation will not have to live with the same fears that we do today.

Our sincere gratitude goes out to our Golden Gala honorary chairs, to the Massey family, to the hardworking members of our committee and to the medical professionals who give us purpose. We are honored to co-chair Te Massey 50th Anniversary Golden Gala and to celebrate with each of you the incredible power of our community – where doctors, donors, researchers, patients, caregivers and volunteers are lighting the path of hope to a brighter future. Together.

Ellen and Jim Bonbright Patricia and David Lyons Te Massey 50th Anniversary Golden Gala, co-chairs

MENU

6:30

cocktails

FIRST COURSE lobster & avocado salad

8:00

dinner

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HONORED GUESTS

EVENING PM

we are proud to welcome

Honoring our past Becky Massey Advisory Board Chair

Suleika Jaouad

Celebrating our present Michael Rao, Ph.D. VCU President

and her husband Grammy Award-winning musician

Jon Batiste

Sometimes it is in our darkest moments that we fnd the light.

– Suleika Jaouad

Envisioning our future Robert A. Winn, M.D. Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology

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jaouad & 9:00 suleika jon batiste A story of light and hope

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10:00 dessert & coffee live music

Provided by Elan Artists

11:00 event concludes PM

Photograph by Jasmine Clarke

Bon Appétit

program

best-selling writer, Emmy Awardwinning journalist and cancer survivor

Suleika Jaouad’s New York Times best-selling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, shares her transformative journey toward healing following a leukemia diagnosis in her 20s. Jon Batiste is a fve-time Grammy Award-winning musician and composer whose vibrant musical heritage captivates audiences worldwide. In the 2024 documentary, “American Symphony,” the couple chronicles a year of extremes that includes a marriage ceremony, fve Grammy wins and a recurrence of Suleika’s cancer. Together, Jon and Suleika inspire others with their shared experiences of triumph, hope and perseverance – and a belief in the power of light to uplift.

Cheers to ffty years

Fifty years and counting

frisée, aflla cress, cucumber ribbons, fennel frond, dill, black caviar, charred shallots, radishes, avocado purée, mango purée, beet jelly

SECOND COURSE thyme roasted beef tenderloin pressed leek, raclette ravioli, roasted heirloom carrots, café de paris butter, madeira trufe jus, pea purée

STROLLING DESSERT coffee & confections

cookie dough bonbons, salted caramel butter bars, petit fours, chocolate raspberry verrine, key lime pie, rocky road squares

5O

YEARS

1974–2024

Since its earliest days, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center – formerly known as MCV/VCU Cancer Center and VCU Massey Cancer Center – has been at the forefront of cancer research, fueling innovation and a legacy for patient and community-centered care that extends far beyond central Virginia.

Dive into the cancer center’s rich, impactful history on these pages – and you can learn more at masseycancercenter.org/50years

1974

VCU Board of Visitors votes to establish a formal cancer center on the MCV campus and names Walter Lawrence Jr., M.D., its founding director.

1975

Te center receives its initial designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), establishing it as a leader in the national fght against cancer.

1988

Massey establishes the frst bone marrow transplant unit in Virginia.

1990s

Massey participates in landmark national clinical trials including in prostate and breast cancer prevention and receives its frst NCI Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program grant, fueling its leadership in equity outreach.

1997 1989

Te Cancer Rehabilitation Program launches under Susan Mellette, M.D., and goes on to become a national model for holistic care.

1983

Te Rural Cancer Outreach Program is the frst of its kind to deliver expertise and a continuity of care to rural cancer patients.

Te center is renamed VCU Massey Cancer Center in recognition of William E. Massey Sr. and the Massey family. A building dedicated to cancer research and treatment opens on the MCV campus.

1988

I. David Goldman, M.D. is appointed Massey director.

2019

Gordon D. Ginder, M.D., is appointed Massey director and builds the center’s scientifc base and support through philanthropy.

Robert A. Winn, M.D. is appointed director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at Massey.

2020

2021

2022

Massey becomes the frst cancer center in the region to ofer MRI-guided radiation therapy to target solid hard-to-treat tumors.

2006 1989

Te Massey Club annual leadership giving society is founded.

Massey is awarded National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center designation, the NCI’s highest level of distinction.

Facts & Faith Fridays launches.

VCU Health Adult Outpatient Pavilion opens, providing a light and hope-flled space for cancer outpatient services.

Massey’s Goodwin Research Laboratory opens, adding critical laboratory space.

Te building is funded through generous donors and the Campaign for Massey, with leadership support from William H. “Bill” and Alice Goodwin.

2023

2023

Massey on the Move vans are deployed in urban and rural communities, providing cancer education to at-risk populations.

2024

Massey celebrates ffty years of research, innovation and impact.

2023

Te Healing Space opens, ofering a place of respite for patients and families.

HONORING OUR PAST a history of impact and innovation For ffty years, Massey has contributed to the fght against cancer as a national center of impact.

– Gordon Ginder, M.D.

Photos below: E. Morgan Massey, Walter Lawrence Jr., M.D, William E. Massey Jr., 1988; Susan Mellette, M.D.

In 1983, William E. Massey Sr. and the Massey family made a transformational gift to expand and name the VCU Massey Cancer Center. For ffty years, philanthropic support from the Massey family and other generous donors has continued to propel our research and vision forward.

It has been my great honor to watch Massey grow through the extraordinary generosity of others. We are one of the top cancer institutes in the nation today because of our donors.

– Becky Massey

Even before its founding, Massey was an innovator in surgical oncology and an advocate for equitable access and care. Walter Lawrence Jr., M.D., the center’s founding director, was driven by an ethos of excellence and inclusion. Susan J. Mellette, M.D., a trailblazer as a woman in the feld of oncology, established one of the earliest holistic patient care programs in the nation. Massey’s early rural outreach initiative would become a national model.

For ffty years, Massey pioneered innovations in surgical oncology, palliative care, bone marrow transplantation and survivorship, among other areas. Massey researchers led and participated in national clinical trials, contributing to the discovery of novel drug therapies and bringing new treatments and care into the community. Te work of these and other Massey leaders would infuence national standards of care and set Massey on a path to a legacy of research excellence and inclusion that would endure.

John F. Kennedy said, ‘We’re going to the moon, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.’

Tat’s what we’re doing here at VCU Massey.

– Robert A. Winn, M.D.

CELEBRATING OUR PRESENT the intersection of science, health and community Massey continues to drive innovation with an unwavering belief in the power of research. Massey celebrated its designation as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2023. Te Adult Outpatient Pavilion, opened in 2021, is elevating cancer care and treatment. Under director Robert A. Winn, M.D., Massey has expanded team science grants and national collaborations, emerging as a leader in health equity and in building community trust. Massey researchers continue to be on the cutting edge, driving new drug discoveries through initiatives like Molecules to Medicine and moving them from the bench to the community.

Massey has elevated more than cancer treatment and patient care. Te work being done here has elevated VCU on a national scale.

Massey today is at the intersection of science, health and community – driving cancer research with a local focus and a global impact.

–Michael Rao, Ph.D., VCU President

Leaders from Massey, VCU and VCU Health, along with the Commonwealth of Virginia, celebrate the center’s NCI Comprehensive designation in 2023.

Tere is no question about the Massey impact.

ENVISIONING OUR FUTURE

Imagine a world in which we’re not only treating people with cancer, we’re healing them.

global impact, local healing

In celebration of Massey’s golden anniversary, Becky Massey, a longtime Massey advocate and cancer survivor, spoke with Robert A. Winn, M.D., Massey Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, about the center’s past, present and vision for the future.

Research drives discovery, and discovery creates impact. By translating today’s research into tomorrow’s advancements in cancer prevention, detection and treatment, Massey is shaping the future. With NCI Comprehensive designation, Massey is poised to continue driving medical advances through high-impact clinical trials and bringing new innovations to patients and into our communities to ensure access to the latest treatments and information – for everyone.

Tis is Massey’s vision for the future.

– Saïd Sebti, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic Research and Lacy Family Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Dr. Winn, what does celebrating ffty years of Massey mean to you?

Massey’s 50th anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate our past while building hope for the future. Breakthroughs that happen here at Massey are changing how we treat cancer – and the ways we talk about cancer – for everyone.

Tis is what I love most about Massey.

What are some of Massey’s most important accomplishments over the past ffty years?

It’s been wonderful to see the progress Massey has made in allowing patients to be treated and followed where they live and work. Tat makes all the diference.

– I. David Goldman, M.D.

Massey’s core mission from day one has been access. It was unique to start with, and it’s unique today. Transformative, frst, was Dr. Walter Lawrence’s visionary leadership.

It was radical at the time to introduce the concept of surgical oncology and to fght for equity the way he did. Troughout Massey’s history, we haven’t been afraid to innovate.

We’ve led the way in patient care and in high impact research, like immunotherapies and CAR-T, the development of new drugs and new MRI-guided radiotherapies and surgical options for women with breast cancer.

And, that’s just some of what we’ve accomplished, together.

What role has philanthropy played across Massey’s history?

I often talk about “one team and one fght,” and at the core of that are our donors – generations of individuals and families who believe in the power of research and have invested in the future. Philanthropic support allows us to build hope through science. It enables us to explore novel ideas and to recruit and retain the best researchers and scientists who will lead us to the innovations of tomorrow.

What does the future of cancer research look like at Massey?

Research is changing the face of cancer. At Massey right now, we are focusing on new technologies like biomarkers and interceptors to identify individuals at high risk for cancer.

We’re exploring multi-cancer early detection and developing mRNA vaccines for prevention. We’re investigating checkpoint inhibitors and targeted drug therapies, including protein biologics and antibodies that can target cancer and cancer-causing genes. We’re even using artifcial intelligence to personalize clinical research and improve drug delivery efciencies for diverse patients. And, we are advancing the science of implementation and health care delivery to make sure our innovations reach patients and communities.

Tis is all research happening at Massey right now that is moving us into the future.

STORIES OF IMPACT For ffty years, Massey has driven practice-changing research, championed health equity and set the bar of excellence in comprehensive collaborative care. Tese are just a few of the ways Massey has impacted the national, and global, fght against cancer – all from right here in central Virginia.

national prominence Walter Lawrence Jr., M.D., Massey’s founding director, created the frst division of surgical oncology in the nation. Former president of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Lawrence is widely considered the founding father of surgical oncology and was also a staunch advocate for equity in patient care and oncology.

People said, ‘Where is the cancer center?’ I had a party line, ‘It’s all around us.’ It really was the collaboration of scientists and laboratories, working together in a collaborative way.

Massey was among the nation’s early cohort of cancer centers to receive National Cancer Institute designation in 1975, just one year after the establishment of the NCI Cancer Centers Program.

Robert A. Winn, M.D., Massey director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, is the frst Black cancer center director to lead a cancer center to NCI Comprehensive designation and the frst cancer center director from Virginia appointed president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.

research and innovation Researchers at Massey have led or participated in national landmark clinical trials and contributed to practicechanging treatments – including breast-conserving surgical options for breast cancer, prostate and breast cancer prevention, and novel radiation therapies including intensity modulated radiotherapy and multicatheter breast brachytherapy, among other contributions.

Massey has one of the largest selections of clinical trials in Virginia, with more than 150 active clinical trials annually for cancer treatment, prevention and survivorship.

Massey is the frst cancer center in Virginia to ofer FDAapproved CAR T-cell therapies to treat lymphoma and leukemia and MRI-guided radiation to target difcult-totreat solid tumors, and is home to the state’s frst and largest bone marrow transplant unit.

Massey is an inaugural site for the NCI Cancer Screening Research Network to drive national scientifc discoveries and innovative technologies like multi-cancer detection.

Massey is recognized as the frst in a new generation of NCI-designated cancer centers to drive its research based on a community-to-bench model informed by the needs of the community.

on the establishment of the cancer center in 1974

education and training

Te VCU Health Adult Outpatient Pavilion, which opened in 2021, brings treatment, integrative health and radiation treatment services above ground and in a light and hope-flled space.

Massey is one of the earliest cancer centers to receive American Cancer Society Institutional Research and NCI T32 postdoctoral program grants, setting the stage for our ongoing commitment to training the next generation of cancer researchers.

Te Healing Space uses technology to provide an immersive, calming experience for patients and their families and is a model for other cancer centers.

health equity Te center received its frst NCI Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program grant in 1991, the frst year of the program.

Massey is one of 14 U.S. host sites and the only site in Virginia selected for the NCI Minority/Underserved Community Oncology Research Program, which aims to increase access and diversity in clinical trials.

Te Cancer Rehabilitation Program created under Susan Mellette, M.D., pioneered holistic cancer patient care and would become a model for cancer centers across the U.S. – and a precursor to Massey’s innovative Cancer Survivorship Program today.

Massey was an innovator in palliative care, establishing one of the frst programs of its kind in the nation.

– Walter Lawrence Jr., M.D.

Massey’s leadership in health equity extends across its history through initiatives like Stand Up to Cancer, the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care and the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program.

comprehensive care

THANK YOU for supporting Massey and lighting the path of hope toward a brighter future.

A community-centered approach to fghting cancer. #OneTeam #OneFight

individual donors

gala table hosts

Individual donors listed contributed $10,000 or more in honor of Massey’s 50th Anniversary.

Shelly and Doug Arthur Melissa Ball Susie Bogese Judy Brown Judy and Charlie Clough Hollis and Brandon Daniels Darlene and George Emerson Amy and Matthew Ernst Trish Garland Cheryl and Steve Goddard Alice and Bill Goodwin Kirsti and Matthew Goodwin Terrell and Elliott Harrigan

Anonymous (2) Anne and Roger Boevé Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Liza and Charles Cabell Ginny and Charles Crone Julia and John Curtis Endeavour Legacy Foundation Clarissa and Jay Frayser Susan and Mike Gracik

Linda and Ted Hanson Sally and Joseph Jenkins Debbie Johnston Jane Kaplan Dr. Audrey Landers Stacey and Chris Marchetti Betsy and Tony Markel Massey Family Foundation Anne B. Massey

Susan and George Poulos Randolph D. Rouse Foundation, Inc. Karen and Peter Shudtz Alice and William Talbot Ashley and Casey Tischer Christina Todd Marie and Jim White Elizabeth and Joshua Wykle

corporate champions

Moira and C.T. Hill Mary Jo and Howard Kahn Cindi Cobbs and Jim Ludwig Patricia and David Lyons Becky and Bill Massey Lucy and Travis Massey Will Massey Adrienne Maxwell McCune and Stepanian Families MCV Foundation Gayle and Hank Miller Beth and Marshall Orr Martha and Bobby Proutt

Kenna and Matthew Rash Robbie Rice Missy and Jim Ryan Karen and Peter Shudtz Vickie and Tom Snead Judy and Nathan Turbeville VCU Development and Alumni Relations Anne Whittemore Patty and Bobby Whitten Zan and John Wick Amy and Steve Williams

*Gala Table Host Apex Systems ASGN Atlantic Union Bank* Brockenbrough* Chesapeake Wealth Management/ Chesapeake Bank Commonwealth Commercial Partners Davenport & Company Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation*

Excel Courier and Logistics Fahrenheit Advisors Hunton Andrews Kurth Kinsale Insurance Linden Capital Markel Eagle Homes McGuireWoods McKesson Foundation Primis Bank Raymond James

Rockefeller Capital Management Silvercrest Asset Management Group Te London Company Truist Waco, Inc. Williams Mullen Foundation

Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions to this donor list.

gala partners

Tank you to our generous partners for sharing their time and talents to advance our mission.

Easton Events

Punch

A special thank you to Easton Events for your excellence and expertise, countless pro-bono hours and access to a trove of stellar partners, who elevated our vision for a memorable and meaningful celebration.

To the talented team at Punch RVA, thank you for designing the gorgeous Golden Gala logo, invitation suite and keepsake book pro-bono. We will cherish these gifts well into the future.

Circle S Studio Corbin Gurkin Photography David Stark Design Design Cuisine Elan Artists GeNienne Samuels, WTVR CBS 6 Skyline Tent Company Storybox Cinema Technical Event Company

THANK YOU to our volunteer leaders

massey 5oth anniversary co-chairs Ellen and Jim Bonbright | Patricia and David Lyons

golden gala honorary chairs Lila Dickinson | Alice Goodwin | Vickie Snead

committee chairs Shelly Arthur | Liz Hart Gorman | Michelle Logan | Becky Massey | Christina Todd | Judy Turbeville

individual giving committee Jean Ann Bolling | Denise Lynch | Kathy and Jim Napier | Martha and Bobby Proutt | Kenna and Matt Rash | Susan Sisisky | Anne Whittemore | John Wick

corporate philanthropy committee Brian Bell | Laura Birdsey | Roger Boeve’ | Bob Canfeld | Brian Davis | Jedd Donaldson | Suzanne Etherington Jef Fitch | Mike Gracik | Ted Hanson | Ukay Jackson | Liza Jarvis Scott | Chris Marchetti | Travis Massey Hank Miller | Carter Reid | Mark Stepanian | Bobby Whitten

historians committee Susie Benson | Mary Bliley | Ann Boeve’ | Jean Ann Bolling | Judy Brown | Judy Clough | Julie Fritz | Kathy Funk Debbie Gibbs | Maggie Hager | Terrell Harrigan | Liz Hart Gorman | Adrienne Maxwell | Carolyn Meares | Mauna Mullins | Cathy Plotkin | Robbie Rice | Missy Ryan | Judi Starkey | Beth Tornton | Anne Whittemore

event planning committee Sydney Gottwald | Lucy Massey | Anna Reed | Katie Ukrop | Liz Valentine | Norvell Whitaker

Our vision for a future without the burdens of cancer starts with you.

A gift to Massey will help light the path of hope for our next 5O years.

Keep lighting the path of hope with VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Tank you.

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