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Heroes of the Year Honoree


Stacey Case

President, Dan and Stacey Case Family Foundation

Stacey received her B.A. in economics from UC Berkeley, her master’s degree in industrial relations and personnel management from the London School of Economics, and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Walnut Management Company and President of the Dan and Stacey Case Family Foundation. Stacey co-founded Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), a non-profit foundation focused on bringing new therapies into clinical trials. She has served on various non-profit Boards, including the Exploratorium, San Francisco Ballet, Town School for Boys, and the Branson School.

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Stacey lives in San Francisco and spends part of the year in New York City. She has two children, JD (30) and Charlotte (26), and two stepsons, Alex (39) and Winston (36).

 

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Natasha Verma

Anchor, Fox 5 New York

Natasha Verma is a 4-time Emmy Award Winning TV news anchor, cancer survivor, and non-profit founder. She is the anchor of “The 5 O’clock News,” “The 6 O’clock News” and “The 10 O’clock News” at FOX 5 New York. She also hosts the weekly live FOX Podcast “Talking with Natasha.” She started her broadcast career as a reporter in the Bronx before working in television markets like Fort Myers, Boston and Denver.

Natasha holds a Master’s with honors in Journalism from Columbia University, earned at age 18. She is the University of Texas’ youngest-ever graduate and recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Award. At 17 years old, she earned two undergraduate degrees – in broadcast journalism and biology pre-med.

After she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2017, her 501(c)(3) non-profit began to work on improving the quality of life for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Verma Foundation creates custom cap wigs at no cost for women and children fighting cancer and dealing with the emotional side effect of hair loss. Since launch, the foundation has provided thousands of cap wigs to patients across the world.