Board of Directors
Biographies

John C. Quale, Director Emeritus
Diane Zipursky Quale, President
Janice Ashley
Seth Lerner
Robert Levin
David Pulver
Mace Rosenstein, Treasurer
Richard Scolio
Jared Sher, Secretary
William Shipley

John C. Quale, Founding Director, Emeritus
In June 2008, BCAN lost its co-founder and board member, John Quale, to bladder cancer. John was diagnosed with the disease in 2000, and had been a tireless advocate for new treatment options and increased research. He and his wife, BCAN president Diane Zipursky Quale, founded the organization in 2005 to shine a light on this often ignored disease. Working with leading clinicians, advocates, and supporters, they created a place where patients, caregivers and the medical community could find information, support, and hope to battle this disease.

In his professional life, John was a prominent communications attorney and partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. A cum laude graduate of Harvard College in 1968, Mr. Qua

le earned his law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1971. Before joining Skadden as a partner in 1996, he worked at the law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Wiley Rein, where he was a founding partner and head of Wiley’s mass media communications group.

John was a frequent lecturer and author on federal communications regulation and had been a member of the executive committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association. He was named one of the world’s leading communications lawyers by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2008. Antoinette Cook Bush, a partner in Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office who worked closely with Mr. Quale, told TVNEWSDAY that Mr. Quale “was a great mentor, a great friend and an amazing lawyer. He was patient and thoughtful, and believed that training young lawyers was one of the most important things he could do.”

Michael Rogan, head of Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office, said “for the 8 years John battled cancer he came to work every day with a smile and a courageous optimism that I can only marvel at. John was a wonderful man and the entire office will miss him greatly.”

John was a devoted husband and father and is survived by his wife, Diane, along with his children, Virginia Quale, Jane Verganani, John Andrew Quale, Rachel Goldman and Alisa Goldman, and two grandsons, John Carter Ellinwood and Harris Todd Ellinwood.

It was John’s courage and strength in how he battled bladder cancer that remain a remarkable example and legacy of hope for all who walk this path. His death leaves a hole in our bladder cancer family but his life serves as motivation to continue our important work.

Diane Zipursky Quale, Director/President
Diane Zipursky Quale, co-founder of BCAN, holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from the National Law Center, George Washington University. She was in private law practice until 1996 when she became Washington Counsel for the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), and was later promoted to Vice President, Washington Law and Policy for NBC. Diane left NBC in April 2002, and since that time has been an active participant in the cancer community, serving as the volunteer administrator of a retreat program for cancer patients and fundraiser for a small non-profit cancer organization in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Consumer Advocates in Research and Related Activities (CARRA) program, and is a Patient Advocate for the Genitourinary Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). You can reach Diane at dzquale@bcan.org.

Janice Ashley, Director
Jan has a background in education and elementary teaching and was Creator of Life Skills Programs at Charles Settlement House (working with women and children) and Melita House (residential facility for homeless pregnant women). She is currently President of Ashley Family Foundation, Board Member of Genesee Country Village and Museum, and Co-President of Honeoye Area Historical Society. Jan is also a docent at the Susan B. Anthony House, and a volunteer at Bethany House (residential shelter for women and children). Jan is a 28-year survivor of bladder cancer. She and her husband, Stephen Ashley, reside in Honeoye, NY, outside of Rochester.

Seth Lerner, Director
For more information about Seth, please see his biography in the Scientific Advisory Board section.

Robert Levin, Director
Robert Levin worked 28 years at Fannie Mae holding many positions including EVP for Housing and Community Development, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Business officer. He currently consults for a Washington, DC area real estate investment company. He is on the board of Ellie Mae, a public company, and serves on its Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is also on the board of Morehouse College, serves on its Investment and Compensation Committees, and is Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee. Rob has a degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago. He and his wife, Abby, have three children and live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

David Pulver, Director
David Pulver, a bladder cancer survivor, lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Mendham, New Jersey with his wife Carol. They have three children, Paul, age 42, Daniel, age 40 and Stephanie, age 37. David is President of Cornerstone Capital, Inc., a private investment company that is involved in a wide range of investments, including public securities, private equity, venture capital and real estate. Prior to starting Cornerstone Capital, Mr. Pulver was Chairman and Co-CEO of The Children’s Place, a chain of over 200 children’s apparel stores, which he co-founded in 1968 and sold in 1982 to Federated Department Stores. He sits on the Board of Directors of two NYSE companies, Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc, which operates 29 televisions stations, and Carter’s, a leading manufacturer and retailer of infants and young children’s apparel, and is on the Advisory Committee of FLAG Capital Management, LLC, a leading venture capital/private equity fund of funds. He previously served for 10 years on the Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Public Health Research Institute, a leading non-profit medical research organization specializing in infectious diseases and serves on the Board of Trustees of Colby College, where he is Chairman of the Investment Committee Recently he joined the Board of Directors of BCAN. He earned his B.A. from Colby College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mace Rosenstein, Director/Treasurer
Mace Rosenstein is a partner and chair of the Communications and Media practice group at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on media and telecommunications transactions, regulation and compliance, and communications policy.  Previously, Mace was a producer and program host at radio stations in Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C.  He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago Law School.  Mace has served as a member and President of the Board of Trustees of the Reginald F. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children in Rockville, Maryland, and as a member of the Evanston Arts Council in Evanston, Illinois.

Richard Scolio, Director
Richard was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and is a bladder cancer survivor. He graduated from Xavier University with a BSBA in 1964 and attended Gannon University Graduate School in 1969. In 1968, Richard was a Captain of the United States Marine Corps. Currently, he is the Senior Vice-President of Investments at Smith Barney in Lutherville, Maryland. He has been married 39 years to his wife Jan and has one son and four grandchildren. Since 1968, Richard has been involved in many areas of investments including being a Registered Investment Advisor and Branch Manager and involvement with corporate municipal bonds and estate planning.

Jared Sher, Director/Secretary
Jared S. Sher is a communications lawyer in the Washington, DC office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. Mr. Sher represents companies in a variety of regulatory, transactional and legislative matters, primarily before the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Sher is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School with honors. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Hatchet Publications, Inc., a Washington, D.C. not-for-profit educational publishing company.

William Shipley, Director
For more information about William, please see his biography in the Scientific Advisory Board section.