Management Team

Doug Ulman
Betty Otter-Nickerson
Greg Lee
Andy Miller
Morgan Binswanger
Philippe G. Hills
Mona Patel

Doug Ulman
President

Doug Ulman is a three-time cancer survivor and national cancer survivorship advocate. After overcoming chondrosarcoma during his sophomore year in college and malignant melanoma twice since, in 1997 Doug founded the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, a non-profit organization to provide support, education, and resources to young adults, their families and friends who are affected by cancer. He served as Executive Director of the Ulman Cancer Fund for four years.
 
In 2001, Doug joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) as director of survivorship and today serves as the Foundation's president. Founded by champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, the LAF provides the practical information and tools to help people affected by cancer live life on their own terms.
 
Doug has received numerous awards for his service to the community. In 2002, Doug was selected from more than 20,000 individuals to appear on more than 15 million boxes of Wheaties Energy Crunch as an American Everyday Hero. In 2003, Doug was selected as the Austin Under-40 award winner in the healthcare category. In 2005, Doug was honored by both the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and the Association of Oncology Social Workers.
 
Doug currently holds numerous civic and charitable board positions across the country and he is serving a four-year term as the Chairman of the National Cancer Institute Director's Consumer Liaison Group. He also sits on the executive board of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults and is a founder of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance.
 
Following his three cancer diagnoses, Doug returned to the soccer field and helped Brown University to three Ivy League Championships in four years. He has participated in ten marathons, including a 100-mile marathon in the Himalayan Mountains.

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Betty Otter-Nickerson
Chief Operating Officer

Betty Otter-Nickerson joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) in 2005 as Chief Operating Officer. Betty provides strategic direction and leadership for Marketing, Business Development (Cause Marketing and Sponsorships), Event Fundraising and Production, Information Technology and Constituent Relations for the Foundation.

Prior to joining the LAF, Betty served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GalleryWatch.com, an online legislative tracking service that is now part of Roll Call Group. She also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vincera Software, Inc., Vice President of Operations for Product Management and Development for BMC Software and held a variety of technical and information technology positions at Lower Colorado River Authority, Syntex Pharmaceutical and TRW. She started her professional life as a social worker.

Betty has been deeply committed to the Austin community and served on numerous boards. Currently, she serves on the Capital Area Food Bank board. Betty also serves on advisory boards for the University of Texas College of Engineering, the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (an advisory committee for the Texas Emerging Technology Fund) and serves as a judge for the Global Moot Corp competition.

Betty holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida in Tampa, a B.S. in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

When she is not at the office, you can find her on the tennis court, on her bike or spending time with family and friends.

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Greg Lee
Chief Financial Officer

Greg Lee, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF), which inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. With more than 25 years of experience in financial management and work in the non-profit arena, he is responsible for the integrity and operation of all financial, accounting, and compliance activities for the LAF.

Prior to joining the LAF, Greg served as the Manager of Finance and Administration for The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, and compliance activities for this non-profit organization, managing the more than $21 billion in investments for The University of Texas System.

In his role as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations for the American Heart Association, he directed the activities of both the finance and operations functions, including 31 staff in 14 regional offices, revenues in excess of $32 million, a $28 million operating budget and an investment portfolio of $35 million. 

Greg also led a team of forensic accountants, conducting more than 168 white collar criminal investigations for the Texas Rangers. He also has extensive experience in designing and reengineering financial and accounting systems, where his work with the Texas State Auditor's Office led to comprehensive system changes in the finance and accounting structures for a number of Texas state agencies.

In addition to his current responsibilities at the LAF, Greg teaches several classes on control systems and risk assessment for the Institute of Internal Auditors.  He also teaches classes on budgeting, performance management, and statistical analysis for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 

While a licensed CPA, Greg is working hard to break the stereotype of accountants.  During the last three years he has given more than 45 educational, motivational and inspirational presentations to a variety of corporate, civic and social groups.

In addition to his professional career, Greg often can be found chasing a golf ball around the links. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and has a wonderful wife, a son playing college baseball and a daughter in high school who is active in cheerleading and dance.

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Andy Miller, MHSE, CHES
VP of Programs and Policy

Andy Miller is the VP of Programs and Policy for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Andy initially joined the LAF in 2003 to assume responsibility for the direction of the Foundation's public health initiatives. Today, Andy oversees the LAF's strategic direction and daily operations of its public health, research and advocacy activities.

Prior to joining the LAF, Andy directed the Physician Oncology Education Program, a joint project of the Texas Medical Association and the Texas Cancer Council. The mission of the POEP was to educate primary care physicians on cancer prevention and early detection issues. Andy has also worked at the University of Florida as a Health Educator, coordinating patient education on a variety of health-related topics for a campus of more than 40,000 students. While at the university, he additionally served as the director of the Campus Alcohol and Drug Resource Center and coordinated grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.

Andy holds a B.A. in Sociology from Southwestern University and a Masters of Health Science Education from the University of Florida. He is also a Certified Health Education Specialist.

Andy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT), the planning team for the Comprehensive Cancer Control Leadership Institutes, the Texas Cancer Data Workgroup, the steering committee for the American Cancer Society, the Texas Division Cancer Pain Initiative and the Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition. He also serves as the Chair of the LGBT Caucus of Public Health Workers of the American Public Health Association.

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Morgan Binswanger
Chief of Staff

Morgan Binswanger joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) as Chief of Staff in June 2008. He is a member of the executive management team and provides leadership, direction and vision facilitating LAF's short-term and long-term strategic planning.

His responsibilities include managing the LAF's vision and purpose, creating mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision and making the vision sharable by everyone. He also defines, develops and implements a leadership development program for the management team and serves as a bridge on business and politically related activities relative to the Foundation's growth and position within the world of philanthropy. He works closely with the LAF Board and its committees.

Before joining the LAF, Morgan served as Interim COO for Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles and as Director of Habitat's Jimmy Carter Work Project. Prior to that, he was the COO for the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Co-Director of the Creative Artists Agency Foundation for seven years. He has served as a consultant for Rock the Vote, the Broad Foundation and America's Promise. He served at the United States Department of Education as Chief of Staff in Elementary and Secondary Education. Morgan taught history and coached for four years at Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts.

He has a B.A. in history from Bowdoin College and studied language at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata, Japan. He serves on the Board of The League, a national afterschool initiative.

He reluctantly runs marathons and preferably eats blueberry pies from his home state of Maine.

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Philippe G. Hills
Executive Vice President for Development

Phil joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) as Executive Vice President for Development in 2008. Phil assumes this role as the Foundation continues its fight against cancer through its public health and education programs, support of research and advocacy of comprehensive cancer policies at the state and national levels. Phil provides fundraising leadership and helps develop, prioritize and implement fundraising initiatives. His responsibilities include building the infrastructure of a development program that supports short-term and long-term fundraising goals, crafting a strategic development plan to increase restricted and unrestricted giving and developing a stewardship program that communicates with donors the positive impact their contributions have on the lives of cancer survivors and in the battle against cancer.

Prior to joining LAF, Phil served as Vice President of Development for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. During his tenure at Emory, the Health Sciences Center raised more than $1.4 billion in philanthropic support. Previously, he was Director of Development and Alumni Affairs for the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, Director of Major Gifts at George Washington University and the Executive Director of the National Alumni Association at The University of Tampa.

Phil has a B.A. in Political Science from The University of Tampa and a master's degree in Public Administration from George Washington University.

He has served on the Board of Directors for the Alliance to Improve Emory Village, is a past member of The University of Tampa Board of Trustees, past South Regional Chair for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Institutional Advancement and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.

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Mona Patel
Vice President of People and Organizational Strategy

Mona Patel joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) as Vice President of People and Organizational Strategy in 2009. She is a member of the executive management team and is the primary steward of the culture at the Foundation. In addition, she leads the people and organizational strategies to support the LAF's mission and future vision. We believe our people are our greatest asset and our goal is to provide the best work environment.

Prior to joining LAF, Mona served as General Counsel, Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development for Athleta, Inc. in Petaluma, California. During her tenure at Athleta, she focused on leadership development, corporate social responsibility and corporate communications. She also represented Athleta, Inc. in its acquisition by Gap, Inc. of San Francisco, California. Previously, she was Chief Legal Officer, Vice President of Human Resources at Patagonia, Inc., in Ventura, California, and served as pro bono counsel for 1% for the Planet.

Mona has a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She will receive an M.B.A. from both the Berkeley Haas School of Business and Columbia Business School in December 2009. She also is a member of the California, Vermont and Massachusetts State Bar Associations.

She is a cancer advocate and has participated in numerous fundraising events in memory of her younger brother, who had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and in honor of her mother, who is a breast cancer survivor. Mona was a member of the Bristol Myers Squibb 2005 Tour of Hope Team and the LAF's 2006 ING New York Marathon Team.

In her spare time, Mona enjoys photography, modern art and design, cycling, surfing and tennis.

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