Group

iSPAN Group Photo

iSPAN Attendees. Click on the photo to enlarge it. The lists below are given in left to right order

Front Row: Ginger Kyle (ASCF), Deborah Buks (SARC), Sharon Anderson (LMS Surviror), Suzanne Kurtz (NLMSF), Yvonne Blixt (GSI), Tricia McAleer (LFG)

Second Row: Beverly Shriver (LSSI), Marlene Portnoy (DTRF), Joan Darling (COG), Louise Gallun (SFA), Doreen Trucano (KW), Dave Marsh (KACF), Mark Thornton (SFA), Ellen Silver (SA)

Back Row: Susan Erickson (JHYSF), Chris Yates (JHYSF), Dave Murphy (SA), Penny Duke (GSI), Mike Trucano (KW), Tom Sawrtz (LSSI), Arthur Beckert (SA)

Bruce Shriver (LSSI), who attended the meeting took the photo and does not appear in it. Additional participants missing from the photo are: Karen Murphy (NWSF), Edward Chang (KW), and Sara Rubinoff (LFG). Marie Podevin and Matthieu Lemchand (SOSD, France) were very much involved in the networking, but missed the meeting due to a flight delay.

For a discussion of the "Prayer Flags" that appear behind the attendees, see the article "Prayer Flags for Sarcoma" that appears in this issue of ESUN

Organization Abbreviations Used in the Figure Caption

ASCF	Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation
COG	CureSearch Children's Oncology Group
DTRF	Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation
GSI	GIST Support International
JHYSF	Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation
KACF	Kristen Ann Carr Fund
KW	Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund
LFG	Lift Raft Group
LSSI	Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
NLMSF	National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation
NWSF	Northwest Sarcoma Foundation
SA	Sarcoma Alliance
SFA	Sarcoma Foundation of America
SOSD	SOS Desmoide Association