Officers
Marilyn Gentry
President
Marilyn has served as the President of the Institute for more than four decades. She is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, a member of the Executive Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee.
She is also the President and a founder of World Cancer Research Fund International, a non-profit organization that leads and unifies a global network of cancer prevention charities, including AICR. Other members of this network are based in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
She has been instrumental in bringing the concept that you can reduce your cancer risk by adopting a healthy lifestyle–once an outlandish and almost heretical suggestion–to the backbone of mainstream public health and cancer prevention efforts worldwide.
In her various roles, she continues to champion the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world so that people can make informed lifestyle choices to reduce their cancer risk.
John McCalla
Secretary
John serves as the Secretary of the Institute’s Board of Directors. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee.
Starting at an early age, he developed a keen interest in physical activity and nutrition’s role in disease prevention. He has developed exercise, health, and nutrition programs for clients, both on an individual and corporate level. He has created and presented motivational speeches on the importance of physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
John has decades of senior-level management experience in business development, marketing, and sales.
His expert knowledge and life-long interest in the role that physical activity and a healthy lifestyle play in disease prevention will be invaluable as AICR works to spread its cancer prevention message.
Frank Jackson Hill
Treasurer
Frank serves as the Treasurer of the Institute. He is also a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
He is a practicing accountant and became involved in palliative care and the growth of the modern hospice movement early in his career. The combination of financial management and health care led to an interest in health economics and in particular, the value of prevention in health care systems.
Frank has published papers on the cost of hospice care, on the management of voluntary organizations and on financial reporting by charities. He has maintained his interest in palliative care as a leading member of a research team evaluating the impact of end-of-life care on health and social care services.
Frank shares his expert knowledge in the fields of charitable accounting and health economics with the American Institute for Cancer Research.
