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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale

May 9th was the date for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale. Tracy Link and Ashley Gulledge were the named 2019 Man & Woman of the Year. The 15 candidates raised more than $575,000 to support the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Molly Lack, 2020 All-Star Candidate; Janet Conner, chairman; and Chris Frantze, 2020 co-chairman

 

Katherine Lee, Rebecca Stover, Blair Bowen, Jill Heider, Megan Stumph-Turner, Elizabeth Page, and Ashley Gulledge, candidates

 

Alex Berhorst, Chris Meyer, April Nicole, Rachel Karabas, and Clint Hocker

 

Sophia Feyerabend, 2019 Girl of the Year; Raymond Clayton, 2019 All-Star candidate; and Magnus Hoenshell, 2019 Boy of the Year

 

Jimmy Frantze and Rich Bracken

 

Kathleen Gulledge, jewel in a box winner

 

(Front row) Magnus Hoenshell (back row) Tracy Link, Blair Bowen, Megan Stumph-Turner, Katherine Lee, Rebecca Stover, Jill Heider, and Elizabeth Page

 

Ashley Gulledge, 2019 Woman of the Year; and Tracy Link, 2019 Man of the Year

 

Katherine Lee, Rebecca Stover, Blair Bowen, Jill Heider, Megan Stumph-Turner, Elizabeth Page, Ashley Gulledge, Rich Bracken, Tracy Link, Conor Twibell, Chris Meyer, Jeff Wunsch, Shawn Geib, and Paul Johnston


Additional photos featured in the June 22, 2019 issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Ruthie Stark Photography

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