1. KAREN L. GRAHAM
100 Woodington Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
PHONE: H- 864-676-1837 FAX: Same
PERSONAL INVOLVMENT WITH MELANOMA
Our son, Billy was diagnosed with malignant melanoma at the age of 20 (misdiagnosed at the age of 19)
and died at the young age of 22, March 2, 1994. The experience we, as a family went through during his
illness; the lack of viable treatments; the horrendous fight to get ANY type of treatment for him led me to
start the foundation in his memory and to assure that no other family will have to go through what we
endured during that black time.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Business/Organizational Management
The William S. Graham Foundation for Melanoma Research - Chairman/President
Founder of the first public non-profit/tax exempt foundation for melanoma research in the
state of California. Responsible for all aspects of management required in running of a public
non-profit corporation, requiring significant attention to state and federal guidelines. Developed
and coordinated the Foundation’s By-laws, legal and corporate structures as specified by the
Secretary of State of California.
Cancer Education
• Personally invited to the Fourth World Conference on Melanoma in Sydney, Australia by the
Secretary General, Bill McCarthy, MD. as their guest. Attended their program venues on
latest protocols, pathology, environmental impacts on the disease of malignant melanoma.
• Invited/attended by Dr. Santinami to the 5th World Conference on melanoma -Venice, Italy-
2001
• Invited/attended guest of the 4th International Conference on Adjuvant Therapy for
Malignant Melanoma, London, UK- March 2002
• Invited Guest/Attended 1st
Mediterranean Conference in Athens Greece by: W.H.O./World
Health Organization
And Natalie Cascinelli, MD, President of W.H.O. Melanoma Program and Ulysses Zoras,
MD, Greek Ambassador to W.H. O.
• Guest of the American Association of Cancer Research’s Scientist <Survivor> Educational
Program 2000, 01, 02, 03. Personalized training in basic cancer science
• Attending/hosting several satellite symposiums on Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping held by:
Prof. Stanley P. L. Leong, MD-UCSF/Mt. Zion
Suyu Shu, Ph.D.- Cleveland Clinic
Douglas Reintgan, MD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center/Tampa, FL
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS
Put together renowned Medical Advisory Committee for the foundation (available upon request)
• Developed SS KIDZ ® Program for use with ages 3 through 12+. Personally involved with
the hands on teaching of over 8,000 students across the country.

2. • Developed Legislative package for SB#310-Billy’s Bill for SunSafety/ Authored by Sen.
Don Perata for CA legislation. First of its kind in USA bill to mandate the permission for
students to wear sun protective gear while outside on school property. Signed into law by
Governor Davis, Oct. 2001.
• Developed Legislative package for SB #1632- Billy’s Bill for Common Sense- Use of
sunscreen on school property. Passed and “Tomb stoned” as “Billy’s Bill for Sunsafety.
• Developed Continued Education Programs for the Medical/Corporate/ Public Sectors on
SunSafety.
• Advanced the development of Public Skin Cancer Screenings-Personally involved with
screening/hands on…over 8,000 individuals.
• Developed Information and Referral Hotline for Patients and their Families
• Developed Grants, Scholarships and Awards programs for Melanoma Research
• Designed and initiated Melanoma Awareness Pin that was accepted at the 5th World
Conference in Venice-2001
• Legislative Sponsor of Tanning Salon Assembly bill authored by Assemblyman Lieu-
2007
• Created and Co-Chaired the First Round Table for Quality of Life Issues and Melanoma
patients/Milan, Italy-March 2008
ORAL ADDRESS’
• Addressed ECOG meeting, Pittsburgh, PA June 2001
• Addressed California Dermatology Society Annual Meeting-2001/San Diego, CA
• Testified before the California Senate and Assembly
• Testified before FDA panel for need of more research and clinical trials-Dec. 2000
• Testified before ODAC/FDA panel Feb. 2002-on Adjuvant Therapy’s as Patient Advocate
• Requested by FDA to be Melanoma Patient Advocate Liaison to their Cancer Liaison
Program- 2002
• Testified before the FDA ODAC panel January 2004 on melanoma clinical trials
~Telepress conference with Drs. Argawala and Kirkwood of the Univ. of Pittsburgh-Regarding
the need for more research in Melanoma for less toxic regimes
~Speaker for St. Joseph’s Hospital-Melanoma Conference 2002-Orange, CA
~Key Note speaker at dozens of Public Forums on Melanoma/SunSafety across the country
~Spoke at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. with National Officials
~Addressed the Nation at The March on Cancer-2000- Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. for
the Melanoma Community. Shared the stage w/ Sam Donaldson and Queen Noor.
~Invited to personal luncheon w/ Queen Noor of Jordan and presented her with special gift of
thanks from the “Billy Foundation”.
~Invited Speaker at the W.H.O. UK melanoma conference-June 2004
~Invited Speaker at the IMI – (Italian Melanoma Group) Naples, Italy, October 2004

3. ~Invited Keynote Speaker at the 6th
World Congress on Melanoma in Vancouver, Canada-2005
~Co-Chair-6th
World Congress on Melanoma’s 1st
Toyota Public Forum (W.H.O) Vancouver,
Canada-2005 (also include under continued education)
~Italian National Cancer Institute Melanoma Meeting-May 2006-Naples, Italy-Guest Speaker
~Italian National Cancer Institute-Melanoma Meeting-March 2007-Naples, Italy-Key Note
Dinner Speaker
~Key Note Speaker, Crete, Greece: Hellenic Surgical Oncology Meeting-May, 2008
Committees and Task Force’
~ONS-Oncology Nursing Society Patient Care Comm. 2000 to 2003
~American Academy of Dermatology Solutions Summit Task Force-/Public Awareness &
Education Committee-2005
~ASCO/American Society of Clinical Oncology’s People Living with Cancer
Website/Melanoma Editor-2004, 05, 06, 07
~ASCO’s Legislative Conference 2005/California Delegate to Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. on
Risk VS Benefit Cancer Drug Safety.
~ CAP Board/Oncology Nursing Society-Consumer Advisory Panel-2002, 2003, 2004
~Solutions Summit Committee-American Academy of Dermatology- 2006
~ AAD’s National Coalition for Sun Safety Task Force-2005-2006-2007
~ Elected to the Commonweal Organization-Advocates against Cancer Inaugural Panel-2007
~ASCO’s Advocates against Cancer Panel-2005-2006
~NCI’s Building a Bridge of Trust Summit - 2006
~NCI/National Cancer Institute-Prevention Panel 2007
~Commonweal Panel on Non-genetic Causes of Cancer-March 2007
~International Advisory Board/10th
Panhellenic Congress in Surgical Oncology-May 2008
Publications-Broadcasts & Special Events
~Interviewed and published in The Journal-NCI
~Interviewed and published in Oncology Times magazine
~Interviewed and published in Intouch Magazine
~Interviewed and published in GMC’s Directions magazine
~Interviewed and published in the California Highway Patrol’s CHP/APB magazine
~Interviewed and Photo Session for Newsweek Magazine 2001
~Interviewed and published PEOPLE Magazine-Dec. 2001
~Interviewed and published in NEOPLASIA-International Journal for Oncology Research-2001
~Interviewed and publication for May in PARENTS Magazine-2002
~Interviewed and published in American Profiler Magazine-2002
~Interviewed and published spring 2002- Skin Cancer Foundation’s Quarterly Report
~Interviewed and published in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Cancer Update-Oct. 2002
~Innumerable newspaper and television & radio interviews across the United States. Including
CNN, CBS, NBC, KCBS, FOX, The Today Show interview w/ Willard Scott-June 2001, New
York Radio Talk Show, June 2001 and personally “pinned” Maria Shriver-Schwarzenegger, with
the foundation’s awareness pin.
~Co- Produced and hosted Cable television documentary on Malignant Melanoma.

4. ~Cable Documentary on Melanoma/Billy Foundation-“Inside Out” Program Nominated for the
BACE Award for Cable Excellence. Asst. Producer, writer and Main guest.
~Interviewed by Katie Couric of the TODAY Show- March, 2003
~Interviewed by the Italian Press on Early Detection- 2004
~Interviewed by the CPBS (Canadian Public Broadcast System) -2005
~Interviewed by the CBC (Canadian Broadcast System) -2005
~Interviewed by the BBC (British Broadcast System) -2005
~Interviewed by Christian Spencer (Good Morning American fame) & Jane Wang/NBC’s The
View on the Bay 2006 & 2007.
~Interviewed by Naples National Newspaper-2006
~Interviewed by the Crete/Heraklion Press-2008 (front page headline and interior full color
page)
Memberships & Committees
1. ASCO-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006-2007, 2008
2. AACR-2003, 2004
Awards and Resolutions
~ Resolution & Commendation from the California State Senate & Assembly.
~Recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology’s GOLDEN TRIANGLE AWARD-2002
~Recipient of Commendation from Gov. Gray Davis, CA for Fundraising efforts for melanoma
~ASCO’s Booth Excellence Award received for the foundation-2005 (based on the education
and information available at the foundation’s booth.
~Award Recipient from the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology for work on “Global Fight
against Melanoma.” May 2008
Fundraising Responsibilities
 Responsible for Fundraising via Golf Tournaments and Annual Gala’s.
 Galas always being a “themed” event held in San Francisco, CA
 Gala’s Key Note Speaker. Speakers from around the world.
 Silent and Live Auctions and Grand Prize/Obtaining items and Auction Formatting
 Guest List (averaging 300 to 500 people for a sit down, formal dinner and entertainment.)
 Managing Staff of “hires” and volunteers.