OCRA Team
Meet Our Team
OCRA is fortunate to have a Board composed of distinguished leaders, a team of talented, caring Staff members, and a renowned Scientific Advisory Committee, who between them have decades of experience fighting ovarian and related gynecologic cancers. Passionate, knowledgeable, and innovative, they are dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the disease through advancing research, creating imaginative, empathic support programs, encouraging industry collaboration, and fighting legislative battles on Capitol Hill.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead
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Mission & Impact
OCRA is dedicated to improving treatments by advancing innovative research, supporting with expertise and empathy those affected by gynecologic cancers to ensure the best possible care and outcomes, raising awareness, and advocating for legislation that tangibly improves patients’ lives.
OCRA Sponsors NCCN 2025 Guidelines for Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine Cancer Patients
This article was updated in October 2025 to reflect NCCN’s release of the 2025 Guidelines for Uterine Cancer Patients. OCRA is a proud sponsor of the 2025 Patient Guidelines for Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine Cancer. We believe ensuring access to clear, understandable information is critical. NCCN provides wonderful guides for anyone newly diagnosed to help … Continued
OCRA’s Survivors Teaching Students Program Spotlighted by Fort Worth Star-Telegram
In a recent article for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Jeff Guttenfelder spoke with journalist Ciara McCarthy about losing his late wife, Ni, to ovarian cancer, and how he is channeling his grief into action through participation in OCRA’s Survivors Teaching Students program. Read the article “Fort Worth man’s wife died of ovarian cancer” in the … Continued