Meet the people
who pour their hearts into Rally’s mission.

Dean Crowe
Co-Founder & CEO

Reid Crowe
Co-Founder & COO

Emily Kallos
Senior Director of Development

Adam Cohen
Director of Events

Elaine Kay
Director of Rally Nashville

Cindi Bonner
Director of Rally Pensacola

Dana Hall
Development Manager

Emma Strong
Development & Rally Kid Manager

Millie Mathis
Events and Programs Manager

Emily Belcher
Program & Event Manager

Rebecca Davis
Graphic Designer

Leigh Anna Lang
Grants Administrator

Marla Jendzurski
Administrative Specialist

Tami Arrowood
Family Liaison

Amy Samsury
Rally Project Specialist

Catherine Long
Development Specialist

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Dean Crowe

Co-Founder & CEO

Dean Crowe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research, a national non-profit organization based in Atlanta that funds childhood cancer research through grassroots initiatives. By vision and leadership, Dean works to empower a nationwide group of volunteers, families and friends who want to “do something” to help in the fight against childhood cancer. She also leads Rally’s national advocacy efforts. Dean has a background in commercial real estate sales and was a mortgage loan officer who got her start in fundraising by serving as the Campaign Director for Young Life’s national camp, SharpTop Cove. She fondly refers to that experience as “fundraising baptism by fire!” Dean is a graduate of Auburn University and Harvard Business School Executive Education Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. She and her husband, Reid, live in Atlanta and have two sons: Jonathan, a neurologist who is married to Katie and living in Boston; and Russ, a marketing strategist who is married to Emily and living in Atlanta. Dean and Reid enjoy traveling, college football and spending time with family and friends.

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Reid Crowe

Co-Founder & COO

Reid Crowe is the Co-Founder and COO of Rally. He sets organizational, directional and structural goals while providing oversight of financials as well as to the staff and volunteers who are at the core of Rally’s mission. Before joining Rally, Reid retired as the U.S. Director of Sales with Accriva Diagnostics, an international healthcare company focused on coagulation and its impact on disease. He also worked for Abbott Diagnostics and Biosite Diagnostics, where he won numerous awards and honors. Reid built his leadership style through coaching his two sons in baseball along with their teammates for 27 seasons, reaching the championship game 22 times. It was during one of those seasons that Reid met and coached William Olson who later became the inspiration for Rally and its first Rally Kid. Reid has served on the Rally Board of Directors for 16 years. Dean and Reid live in Atlanta and have two sons. Jonathan, a neurologist in Boston, who is married to Katie and Russ, a marketing strategist in Denver, who is married to Emily. Dean and Reid enjoy traveling, college football, good food and spending time with family and friends.

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Emily Kallos

Senior Director of Development

Emily is Rally’s Senior Director of Development. She is focused on internal operations as well as individual, institutional and foundation giving to further Rally’s mission to cure childhood cancer. After losing her mother to a blood cancer, Emily wanted to make an impact to find cures so that other families would not lose a loved one. In 2010, along with her family and friends, she formed a fundraising team for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) which has raised more than $300,000 since their inception. Following this volunteerism, Emily made a career transition to nonprofit and joined the LLS staff in a senior role. We were so excited when she then decided to join the fight at Rally! Emily enjoys photography, volunteering in her community, and spending as much time with her friends and family as possible. She and her husband, Peter, live in Johns Creek with their dog Penny.

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Adam Cohen

Director of Events

Adam joined Rally in April of 2016. In his role as Director of Events, he oversees the Delta Double Play, Rally Athlete, and events in our extension cities. Adam lived in Atlanta for seven years where he worked as an Assistant Director for JCC Day Camps and Special Events Manager for Camp Twin Lakes, prior to moving to Savannah where he was the Director of Events for Telfair Museums. Adam is thrilled to be back in Atlanta where he lives in Dunwoody with his wife, Herchelle, and their twins, Elyssa and Joey, and dogs, Wylie and Munson. They love traveling, tailgating and trying new restaurants!

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Elaine Kay

Director of Rally Nashville

Elaine Kay is the Director of Rally Nashville and keeps us laughing constantly. She is full of passion, vision and loves to share the “Rally Bug” with everyone she meets! Elaine’s passion for Rally’s mission began soon after experiencing childhood cancer firsthand through her son, James. When James was 11 years old, he was the 27th person in the world history to be diagnosed with a PNET Ewing’s Sarcoma originating in the kidney. Thankfully, James is now a healthy Auburn University graduate. Elaine earned her undergraduate degree from Ole Miss and her master’s from Vanderbilt. She is very involved with the 100-year-old Kiwanis Club of Nashville, a service club that has also helped with various Rally Nashville events. Elaine and her husband enjoy traveling to visit both James, an Auburn graduate, and their daughter Caroline, who is a graduate of University of Virginia and is a traveling pediatric oncology nurse.

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Cindi Bonner

Director of Rally Pensacola

Cindi Bonner is the Director of Rally Pensacola. She was first introduced to childhood cancer in May of 2013 when a four-year-old neighbor was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma. In order to help the family build an informative website and Facebook page, Cindi researched Ewing’s Sarcoma. Based on her findings, Cindi quickly became interested in learning more about underfunded research dollars and the #1 disease killer of children in the U.S. Today, she leads Rally Pensacola’s fundraising and advocacy efforts. Prior to joining Rally, Cindi worked in her family business and started her own fitness company. Cindi is a 5th generation Pensacolian. She is passionate about philanthropy and giving back to her community. She enjoys fitness and has a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology. Cindi also likes spending time with her children, Lauren and Chad, her husband Chad and their two labradoodles.

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Dana Hall

Development Manager

Dana Hall is the Development Manager in the Rally Pensacola office where she oversees the fundraising efforts by focusing on raising mission awareness and cultivating new community partnerships and donors. Dana previously served as the Director of Development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida and led the fundraising efforts through marketing, special events, and relationship cultivation. Dana holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Public Relations from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to moving to Pensacola, Dana lived in Jacksonville, FL where she managed events and marketing for a child welfare nonprofit organization. Dana is very active in the Pensacola community where she is a proud member of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, member of a philanthropic focused mardi gras krewe, member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and volunteers where she can. In her free time, you can find Dana exploring new places, enjoying all the great food spots in Pensacola, and most importantly obsessing over her cat Sailor.

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Emma Strong

Development & Rally Kid Manager

Emma serves as the Development & Rally Kid Manager. In this role, she works closely with our families and Rally Kids, visiting them in the hospital several times a week and planning events for our Rally Kids and families. Emma is on the Development Team and works on Salesforce management and oversees various fundraising campaigns throughout the year. Emma graduated from the University of Georgia in the spring of 2018 with a degree in communications. While in college Emma was heavily involved with UGA Miracle and served on the leadership team. Over the four years she was involved with Miracle, they raised over $4.1 million for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She is excited to be a part of Rally and continue to work with so many amazing families! Emma enjoys being outside, exercising, traveling, volunteering and cheering on the Green Bay Packers and the Dawgs.

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Millie Mathis

Events and Programs Manager

Millie serves as the Events and Programs Manager at our Rally Nashville office. With over seven years of nonprofit, campaign and corporate event and program experience, she hopes to help Rally Nashville grow and reach new goals. After graduating from Florida State University, she served as an AmeriCorps’ VISTA working in the nonprofit field around children’s advocacy issues that have always held a special calling to her. After her service, professional opportunities lead her to Nashville and she has called it home for the past 4 years. Millie enjoys traveling to see her family and friends as much as she can and cheering on her Noles during football season!

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Emily Belcher

Program & Event Manager

Emily is the Program and Event Manager for Rally Virginia. She is focused on supporting childhood cancer families and raising money for childhood cancer research in the Northern Virginia/DC area. Emily’s passion for childhood cancer advocacy started when her daughter, Caroline, was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer in 2012. Since that time Emily has not only volunteered extensively within the childhood cancer community, but has also spent time advocating for childhood cancer funding on the local level and on Capitol Hill. Emily was first introduced to Rally in 2014 when her best friend from high school organized a Rally event in Caroline’s honor. Since the moment Emily met the Rally team she knew the foundation was special. Emily earned an undergraduate degree from Tulane University and a graduate degree from American University, and has spent the last six years as an event planner in the DC area. She enjoys running and spending time with her three children and absurdly opinionated black lab./p>

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Rebecca Davis

Graphic Designer

Rebecca is Rally’s Graphic Designer and works on Rally’s creative collateral from digital to print. She brings expertise in social, video and design. Rebecca graduated from Georgia Southern University in May of 2016 with a degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Marketing. Rebecca enjoys designing, being with family and friends and cheering on her Dallas Cowboys. Rebecca loves being a part of the Rally team and the fight against childhood cancer. She has a thing for monograms but we can’t say if it is a good or bad thing.

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Leigh Anna Lang

Grants Administrator

As the Grants Administrator, Leigh Anna is responsible for managing the Rally for Research grants process and serving as the primary point of contact for our Medical Advisory Board, co-funding organizations, and Rally-funded researchers. Leigh Anna began her career in grant development and fundraising in Philadelphia with a non-profit theater company. After moving to Atlanta, she worked for 10 years as a grant consultant, supporting school districts and non-profit organizations in obtaining and managing Federal grant funds. Leigh Anna is excited to join Rally’s effort to fund the most promising childhood cancer research initiatives. She and her husband, Steven, live in Peachtree Corners with their son and daughter, Cooper and Olivia, and cat, Baxter.

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Marla Jendzurski

Administrative Specialist

Marla serves as our Administrative Specialist and works hard to keep the Rally office running smoothly and oversees Rally’s day to day bookkeeping. Marla brings 10 years of experience from the banking industry. Marla is a graduate of the University of Alabama—Roll Tide! She and her husband, Jim, have two incredible daughters, Emma and Delaney. They love traveling together and spending time outdoors.  

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Tami Arrowood

Family Liaison

Tami serves as the Rally Family Liaison. In this role, Tami communicates with the parents of survivors, fighters and angels, giving a listening ear or helping to find necessary resources. This role comes naturally as Tami’s family was a Rally family long before coming on as an employee. In July of 2010, Tami’s eight year old daughter was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. From that moment forward, Tami’s passion became serving cancer families, especially the moms. Tami spends several hours each week talking, listening, communicating and visiting Rally families. Tami considers this position as the most important job she’s ever had.

Amy Samsury

Rally Project Specialist

Amy serves as the Rally Project Specialist. Amy is intimately familiar with the challenges of pediatric cancer as she is a proud mom to leukemia survivor and Rally Kid Danielle. She is a passionate advocate for Rally families and parents whose children are fighting cancer. Amy earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and is a proud member of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of ’95 (Whoop!). Amy enjoys watching college sports and reading in her spare time. She and her husband, Chris, and their yorkie live in the Woodstock area and enjoy traveling to see their children Bryan, Brandon, and Danielle who all currently live out-of-state.

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Catherine Long

Development Specialist

Catherine serves as the Development Specialist for Rally. In this role, she helps manage fundraising, digital content, and donor relations. Catherine is a recent graduate from the University of Mississippi and is originally from the Atlanta area. She is excited to be a part of the Rally team and continue to share the stories of so many amazing families and kids! In her free time, she loves spending time with friends and family, reading, and spending time with her cats.

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Dean Crowe

Co-Founder & CEO

Reid Crowe

Co-Founder & COO

Emily Kallos

Senior Director of Development

Adam Cohen

Director of Events

Elaine Kay

Director of Rally Nashville

Cindi Bonner

Director of Rally Pensacola

Dana Hall

Development Manager

Emma Strong

Development & Rally Kid Manager

Millie Mathis

Events and Programs Manager

Emily Belcher

Program & Event Manager

Rebecca Davis

Graphic Designer

Leigh Anna Lang

Grants Administrator

Marla Jendzurski

Administrative Specialist

Tami Arrowood

Family Liaison

Amy Samsury

Rally Project Specialist

Catherine Long

Development Specialist

Volunteers are the heart of Rally's mission!

Volunteers are the heart of Rally's mission!

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Rally! You should receive an email shortly with additional details.

Meet the people who pour their hearts into Rally’s mission.

JOIN US AND GET INVOLVED

Dean Crowe

Co-Founder & CEO

Reid Crowe

Co-Founder & COO

Emily Kallos

Senior Director of Development

Adam Cohen

Director of Events

Elaine Kay

Director of Rally Nashville

Cindi Bonner

Director of Rally Pensacola

Dana Hall

Development Manager

Emma Strong

Development & Rally Kid Manager

Millie Mathis

Events and Programs Manager

Emily Belcher

Program & Event Manager

Rebecca Davis

Graphic Designer

Leigh Anna Lang

Grants Administrator

Marla Jendzurski

Administrative Specialist

Tami Arrowood

Family Liaison

Amy Samsury

Rally Project Specialist

Catherine Long

Development Specialist

Volunteers are the heart of Rally's mission!

Volunteers are the heart of Rally's mission!

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Rally! You should receive an email shortly with additional details.

Meet the people
who pour their hearts into Rally’s mission.