BOARD OF DIRECTORS

It's His Story but Our Legacy...
E . L. Williams Foundation’s volunteer Board of Directors is comprised of individuals who are committed to fighting pancreatic cancer.

​OFFICERS:

• Sheila Putilla-Cope - Elect Founder
• Dr. Hollie Williams- President/ CEO​

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE:

• Dr. Phillip Ward Sr.
• Tracey Samuels
• Clifford Cope
• LaQuinte Proby
• Glen King Jr.​​

MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Charles Owen
Board Certified Gastroenterologist-Texas Digestive Consultants

Dr. Suwebatu T. Odunsi-Shiyanbade
Board Certified Gastroenterologist - Texas Digestive Consultants

Scott Fleischauer, M.D.
Hematology, Medical Oncology - Texas Oncology

Volunteer Board Position

​Are you interested in serving on the E. L. Williams Foundation Board?

ELWF has four openings on the Board. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about finding a cure pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancer and who can bring a diversity of experience to the board in order to help to expand the organization’s impact, visibility, and fundraising.

For additional information regarding Board responsibilities and to have an application form e-mailed to you, please contact kbolton@elwilliamsfoundation.org

 

E. L. Williams Foundation

Headquartered in Dallas County, TX E. L. Williams Foundation (ELWF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, raises funds to financially support critical research grants to facilitate early detection and effective treatment therapies for the deadly diseases of pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancer.

Stomach  cancers are among the fastest growing and most underfunded cancers in the world.  Annually more than 1.4 million people will be diagnosed with an upper GI cancer.  Even with treatment, the five year survival rate patients diagnosed with stomach cancers have an 18% and 30% respectively after five years.   Because there has been little funding to support research, minimal progress has been made to prevent or improve the survival rate.  Through funding critical research, the E. L. Williams Foundation has been working to change those odds.

ELWF  was founded in 2015 after a stage four diagnosis of pancreatic cancer given to our patriarch Elbert Williams.   The foundation was established by his daughter Dr. Hollie Williams. 

ELWF seeks to promote and facilitate education and collaborative research on the parthenogenesis, early diagnosis, and treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies.  

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