Biography
"To win without risk is to triumph without glory." - Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684), 'The Cid,' 1636
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kidney Cancer Association (KCA), a global voluntary health organization, Mr. Bro is a university honors graduate with a B.S. in Business Management and he holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a retired corporate executive, with more than three decades of experience in broadcast station ownership, aviation services management, communications consulting, and e-commerce development. He is past chairman of the Association, succeeding the organization’s late founder, Eugene P. Schonfeld, in 1997, and serving as its CEO since 2002.
Mr. Bro is a contributing member of the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG), Cancer Leadership Council, Cancer Biomarkers Consortium, The Cancer Genome Atlas, National Coalition for Cancer Research, Association Forum of Chicagoland, and Experimental Aircraft Association. He is a director of Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, D.C. Mr. Bro also is listed as co-author of recent journal articles, including one about the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, and another dealing with competition between cancer charities.
The KCA reaches more than 50,000 constituents in North America, the European Union and more than 100 countries from its suburban Chicago offices. The organization's annual budget is approximately $2.5 million, and it employs a fulltime staff of four people, with a governing board of ten members, and volunteer advisory boards including more than forty widely respected physicians, scientists, biostatisticians and nurses. The KCA’s mission is the eradication of death and suffering from renal cancers.
Mr. Bro is a 20-year kidney cancer survivor whose avocation is flying. He is an instrument-rated commercial pilot. He resides in Winnetka, Illinois, with his wife of 22 years. They have two children who attend state universities.
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