Gary M Reedy

As CEO of the American Cancer Society, Gary Reedy oversees more than 4,700 employees and 1.5 million volunteers, and is working to double the organization’s annual research funding, to $240 million, by 2021; ACS already runs the country’s largest nonprofit cancer research program. Before becoming CEO in 2015, Reedy was a longtime volunteer leader at ACS. He spent 37 years in healthcare business and advocacy, most recently as worldwide vice president of governmental affairs and policy at Johnson & Johnson. Education: Emory & Henry College