ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Welcome Ericka DeBruce - Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer Ericka DeBruce was recently appointed to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer at ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Ericka succeeds Reginald Porter Jr. who has been named Senior Vice President, Relational Development and Social Responsibility. Ericka has nearly 20 years of experience leading DEI&B efforts at global Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits. Here at ALSAC, she will build upon established programs, including ALSAC’s Business Resource Groups, and will spearhead strategic initiatives to ensure ALSAC is a culturally competent and inclusive organization that promotes diversity of thought, background and experiences for employees, patient families and supporters. Welcome to ALSAC, where differences are celebrated and difference is made.

On Friday, March 25th, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital received a special visit from The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden. Dr. Biden held a press conference highlighting the Cancer Moonshot initiative programs and services supporting cancer patients and to tour the hospital. During her visit she met the four young Ukrainian cancer patients, families and caregivers who arrived at St. Jude earlier last week. They are among more than 600 critically ill children who’ve been evacuated from Ukraine over the last four weeks in a collaborative humanitarian effort known as SAFER Ukraine, which St. Jude has played a major role. We’re incredibly humbled and honored she made the trip to our campus and for the historic visit.