Leadership
Our leadership has a simple belief, that each of us has a responsibility to act, to advocate, to bring awareness, and responsibility to fight for those who can no longer fight for themselves.
Board of Directors
Barton Edgerton
Board Chairman
barton.edgerton@edgerton.life
Michael Wm. Coleman
Executive Director
michael.coleman@edgerton.life
Michael Wm. Coleman is the Executive Director of the Edgerton.Life Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.
He is a passionate leader with a deep-rooted feeling of social responsibility to do all that he can to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds to aid in its detection, treatment and research.
Michael has raised awareness of this disease by completing numerous speaking engagements, being interviewed and published by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - News , appearing live with Cynthia Newsome on NBC (KSHB-TV), and while being a special guest on Jasper’s Kitchen (KCMO-Radio) to promote the PurpleStride 5K walk to end pancreatic cancer.
Michael pours most of his passion into leading each of our fundraising activities and into building relationships with our corporate and individual sponsors and donors. He strongly believes that a single passionate individual can do greater things than 100 having indifference. He is often motivated by the basic message taken from within Will Allen Dromgoole’s poem “The Bridge Builder”, as he sees its relevance often in everyday life, most certainly within his role as Executive Director:
…turn when safe on the other side and built a bridge to span the tide.…
…in the path I have come, there follows after me another whose feet must pass this way.…
...this which has been as naught to me, to another may a pitfall be. They too must cross in the twilight dim — I am building this bridge for them.”...
Michael has shown a strong ability to lead and be part of many successful teams with his involvement with Chubb Limited, ACE Limited (both a global provider and leader of insurance products), NCAA Athletics, Lambda Chi Alpha, Boy Scouts of America, and Key Club International.
Michael and his wife (Angie) have two sons, Cruz and Jackson, and live in Olathe, Kansas.
Education: B.S., Communications/Marketing, MSU, 2001
Jo Anna (Jody) Edgerton
Board Member
Thomas F. Edgerton
Board Member
Nickalaus Seacord
General Counsel
John Warinner
Treasurer
Marc Tabolsky
Board Member
Rob Willard
Board Member
Board Chairman
barton.edgerton@edgerton.life
Michael Wm. Coleman
Executive Director
michael.coleman@edgerton.life
Michael Wm. Coleman is the Executive Director of the Edgerton.Life Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.
He is a passionate leader with a deep-rooted feeling of social responsibility to do all that he can to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds to aid in its detection, treatment and research.
Michael has raised awareness of this disease by completing numerous speaking engagements, being interviewed and published by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - News , appearing live with Cynthia Newsome on NBC (KSHB-TV), and while being a special guest on Jasper’s Kitchen (KCMO-Radio) to promote the PurpleStride 5K walk to end pancreatic cancer.
Michael pours most of his passion into leading each of our fundraising activities and into building relationships with our corporate and individual sponsors and donors. He strongly believes that a single passionate individual can do greater things than 100 having indifference. He is often motivated by the basic message taken from within Will Allen Dromgoole’s poem “The Bridge Builder”, as he sees its relevance often in everyday life, most certainly within his role as Executive Director:
…turn when safe on the other side and built a bridge to span the tide.…
…in the path I have come, there follows after me another whose feet must pass this way.…
...this which has been as naught to me, to another may a pitfall be. They too must cross in the twilight dim — I am building this bridge for them.”...
Michael has shown a strong ability to lead and be part of many successful teams with his involvement with Chubb Limited, ACE Limited (both a global provider and leader of insurance products), NCAA Athletics, Lambda Chi Alpha, Boy Scouts of America, and Key Club International.
Michael and his wife (Angie) have two sons, Cruz and Jackson, and live in Olathe, Kansas.
Education: B.S., Communications/Marketing, MSU, 2001
Jo Anna (Jody) Edgerton
Board Member
Thomas F. Edgerton
Board Member
Nickalaus Seacord
General Counsel
John Warinner
Treasurer
Marc Tabolsky
Board Member
Rob Willard
Board Member
Committee Chairs
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Beth Dale Growney
Paul Andrews James Nielsen Kerine Lavis Jess Lampe |
Kim Hillix Burgess
Kristen Williams Spiecker Tara Swartz Anina Sauer |
