Summits Podcast

Epi 81: Fighting lung cancer with Betsy Beggs

November 19th, 2024  |  47 mins 44 secs

alecensa, alectinib, alk+, alphaphi, aneveningwithheroes, beatcancer, bloomington, bloomingtonsouth, btown, cancer, caregiver, community, depauw, economics, er, gala, genetech, goldman, goldmansachs, hero, heroesfoundation, holidays, hotdog, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, investmentbanking, iu, lungcancer, manhattan, morein24, newyork, newyorkcity, nyc, podcast, prevention, research, showursummits, sloankettering, stage4cancer, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, support, townie, weillcornell, whatsurcancerstory

In episode 81 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Betsy Beggs of Goldman Sachs. At 23 years old, Betsy was a young professional finding her footing in New York City when she was blindsided by a stage 4 ALK+ lung cancer diagnosis. Tune in as she bravely shares her cancer story.

For more, listen to Sarah Beggs, Betsy’s mother, share her story from a parent perspective: youtu.be/05CrU4ltf80

Epi 80: Living for family and health with Justin Davis

November 12th, 2024  |  40 mins 3 secs

aunt, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, cars, coldplunge, community, corvette, cycling, development, dogs, family, finances, fitness, ford, getchecked, girldad, grandma, greenfield, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iuindianapolis, iupui, labs, leafspringschool, morein24, networking, nurse, orthopedic, podcast, prevention, realestate, research, sales, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, superpower, support, teamheroes, uncle, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 80 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Justin Davis, President and Owner of LeafSpring School at Geist. Tune in as Justin shares his focus on family, fitness and giving back as a Team Heroes cyclist and director on the Heroes Foundation Board of Directors.

Epi 79: Igniting change for the cancer community with Teresa Altemeyer

October 30th, 2024  |  44 mins 3 secs

art, artist, beatcancer, breastcancer, cancer, caregiver, communication, community, completelife, divorce, flowers, gardening, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iuscc, iusimoncancercenter, lls, lymphoma, morein24, move, prevention, research, showursummits, simonsays, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, support, supportgroup, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 79 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Teresa Altemeyer, cancer survivor and patient advocate through cancer support groups and art therapy at the CompleteLife Program at IU Health and the IU Simon Cancer Center. Tune in as Teresa shares the incredibly important role that these groups and therapies play for patients, survivors and caregivers.

The Heroes Foundation proudly provides funding to the CompleteLife Program to further our mission to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention and resources to advance research for a cure.

Epi 78: The joy of therapy dogs with Melanie Claymon

October 2nd, 2024  |  29 mins 19 secs

accounting, arizonastate, beatcancer, brcanegative, breastcancer, cancer, caregiver, community, dogshows, friends, goldenretriever, grandviewlake, her2positive, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, influencer, inspiration, invisiblefence, iu, jetski, morein24, pawstoheal, petproducts, peytonmanningchildrens, podcast, rileyhospitalforchildren, showursummits, sister, socialmedia, stlouis, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, the3retrievers, therapydog, wakesurfing, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 78 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Melanie Claymon, who volunteers with her therapy dogs with Paws & Think at local children’s hospitals, schools, and more. Tune in as Melanie shares how her sister’s breast cancer diagnosis inspired her to give back through her beloved pets.

Follow along for all of Melanie’s adventures with her four golden retrievers on Instagram at @the3retrievers!

Epi 77: The gift of fundraising & philanthropy with Genevieve Shaker, Ph.D.

September 17th, 2024  |  51 mins 36 secs

beatcancer, billgates, cancer, caregiver, community, fundraising, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, leadership, lillyendowment, lillyschoolofphilanthropy, morein24, phd, philanthropy, prevention, professor, research, sharedstory, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, support, teamheroes, teamjoey, themoreyouknow, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

What are the trends today in fundraising and philanthropy? How has the Heroes Foundation’s philanthropy efforts changed over the past 24 years? Don’t miss episode 77 of the Summits Podcast with co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah, and guest Dr. Genevieve Shaker of the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University Indianapolis.

Epi 75: Living fully after cancer with survivor Kevin Bohn

July 23rd, 2024  |  46 mins

ambassador, athlete, beatcancer, blood cancer, california, cancer, caregiver, chicostate, chop, coma, community, cybersecurity, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, kevstrong, leukemia, lymphoma, marathon, nonhodgkins, podcast, resuscitated, runnerwithoutastomach, running, sacramento, santarosa, showursummits, stage4, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, tahoe, teamheroes, universityofcalifornia, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, willpower, yubico

In episode 75 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by California-native Kevin Bohn of Yubico. At just 25 years old, Kevin was blindsided with a stage 4 lymphoma diagnosis, resulting in removal of his stomach and spleen. Post-treatment, Kevin eventually committed himself to growth after cancer, focusing on his mental health and energy. Now five years post-treatment, Kevin has ran multiple half-marathons and will run the Santa Rosa Marathon in August 2024. Don’t miss Kevin’s story of strength and perseverance.

Epi 74: Fighting Cancer with Dan Plumlee

June 4th, 2024  |  39 mins 23 secs

andrewhuberman, beatcancer, bike, cameronhanes, cancer, caregiver, colts, community, cycling, davidgoggins, endurance, fit4heroes, fit4heroes2024, hero, heroesfoundation, hipreplacment, indiana, indianapolis, indianapoliscolts, inspiration, lapel, morein24, perthesdisease, prevention, pushingyourlimits, research, running, rv, showursummits, snakebitestv, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, support, teamheroes, treadmill, ultrarun, walnutridgerv, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, youtube

In episode 74 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Dan Plumlee of Walnut Ridge Family RV Sales. Tune in as Dan shares his plan for a year long Fit4Heroes campaign to push himself physically and raise important funds for Hoosiers fighting cancer.

Join the Heroes Foundation in the Fit4Heroes campaign from June 1-23! Learn more and register at fit4heroes.org.

Epi 67: The gift of giving back with Josh Gordon

December 20th, 2023  |  28 mins 55 secs

1:1:1, award, beatcancer, bloodymary, boilerup, boston, brownsburg, callinggames, cancer, caregiver, celtics, childhoodcancer, colinpowell, community, corporategiving, donaldduck, emtionintoaction, fenway, flipthemonkey, foundation, hero, heroes, hotboxpizza, indiana, indianapolis, indianastateuniversity, indianauniversity, indy, inspiration, iu, justonemorehour, larrybird, lego, lfgin23, marcbenioff, melanoma, minion, morein24, operations, pediatriccancer, purdue, purdueuniversity, redsox, rileyhospitalforchildren, salesforce, savannahbananas, showursummits, skincancer, stadiumannouncer, steaknshake, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, team, teamjoey, titos, tjp, togethereveryoneachievesmore, triwest, usagymnastics, volunteerachievementaward, volunteerism, volunteertimeoff, vto, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, youngandlaramore

In episode 67 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Josh Gordon of Salesforce. Tune in as Josh shares the joy he experiences from volunteering with Heroes Foundation Team JOEY, and why the mission is personal for his family. “Giving back and volunteering is a great thing to build into the fabric of who you are.”

Epi 66: Supporting mental health with Dr. Natalie Dattilo

December 5th, 2023  |  24 mins 1 sec

attitude, beatcancer, boston, brighamandwomenshospital, cancer, caregiver, cognitivebehavior, community, dana-farberinstitute, florida, foundation, gators, generosity, goblue, goodmorningamerica, gratitude, harvard, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, iusimoncancercenter, lfgin23, mental wellness, mentalhealth, michigan, mindset, morein24, motivation, ohio, phd, physicalwellness, podcast, prevention, psychologist, psychology, research, resilience, self-care, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, support, university, wellness, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 66 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Natalie Dattilo, clinical physchologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School. From practices to support mental health to the gifts that come from showing generosity, don’t miss our conversation with Dr. Dattilo.

Epi 65: Beth Rashleigh’s cancer caregiver story

November 21st, 2023  |  36 mins 57 secs

author, ballstate, beatcancer, breastcancer, brenebrown, cancer, caregiver, chirpchirp, cia, community, community health, consulting, crisisproofleadership, dc, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, leadership, lfgin23, lifelonglearner, morein24, newpal, newpalestinehighschool, podcast, rashleighconsulting, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, support, teamjoey, ted lasso, trimedx, washington dc, whatsurcancerstory, why heroes

In episode 65 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Beth Rashleigh of Rashleigh Consulting, a leadership consulting firm in Indianapolis. From her favorite Ted Lasso leadership moments to her family’s cancer caregiving story, don’t miss our conversation with Beth.