Compass to Care Appoints Two New Board Members

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  |  JUNE 27, 2019

Compass to Care, The Mike & Sandy Ernsdorff Childhood Cancer Foundation, announced today that it has appointed Anna Golod and Douglas Hong to its Board of Directors.

Anna, a Compass to Care donor since 2013, is the Vice President of Quality Assurance and Project Management Organization at Allstate Benefits. With an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Anna has pursued a successful career in IT. She has extensive knowledge in software development and is now working on a senior leadership team to centralize, streamline, and optimize Allstate Benefits Technology to deliver business results.

“Anna’s experience in project management and IT brings a new and different element to the current Board of Directors. With a proven passion for helping children with cancer, Anna will be a great asset to the Compass to Care Board of Directors,” commented Michelle Ernsdorff-May, Compass to Care’s founder.

Doug, the Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Union Partners LLC, was also appointed to the Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors, Doug was an active member of the Compass to Care Associate Board for six years.  Doug received a Bachelor’s of Finance and Accounting from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and became an Auditor at Deloitte and Touche. Following Doug’s role at Deloitte, his focus shifted to mergers and acquisitions as a manager at Grant Thornton and as a finance director at UL LLC.

“Doug’s financial education and knowledge from past professional experiences, as well as his dedication to Compass to Care, makes him a perfect addition to our Board,” Ernsdorff-May added.  

ABOUT US: Compass to Care, The Mike and Sandy Ernsdorff Childhood Cancer Foundation is a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization that ensures all children, whose parents have a financial need, can access life-saving cancer treatment.  The organization carries out this mission by scheduling and paying for travel arrangements between a child’s home and the medical center where he or she is receiving treatment.

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