Promise, Autumn 2014
Promise is a quarterly publication of the
Communications Department
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, Tennessee 38105-3678
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On the cover: Music therapist Amy Love and Farrah Courville
Photo by Peter Barta
Leadership
St. Jude President and Chief Executive Officer
James R. Downing, MD
ALSAC Chief Executive Officer
Richard C. Shadyac Jr.
Director of Internal Communications
Judith Black Moore
Interim Director of Marketing Communications
Sara Hudson, PhD
Editor
Elizabeth Jane Walker
Art Director
Jessica W. Anderson
Contributing Writers
Anita Houck
Lynda Nance
Leigh Ann Roman
Cindy Wolff
Photographers
Peter Barta
Seth Dixon
Ann-Margaret Hedges
Editorial Advisory Board
Deepa Bhojwani, MD
Leah Brooks
Leslie Davidson
Aditya Gaur, MD
Christine Kirk
Josephina Ofiara
Joseph Opferman, PhD
Amy Scott
Carrie L. Strehlau
Penny Tramontozzi
Regina Watson
Carole Weaver, PhD
John Zacher
Steve Zatechka, PhD
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