
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
- Martin Luther King
For more than 100 years, The American Cancer Society has been leading the fight to end cancer. We are a leading cancer-fighting organization with a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. We are improving the lives of people with cancer and their families as the only organization combating cancer through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
DATE
Nov. 11, 2023
6pm - Midnight
LOCATION
Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
350 W. Maryland St,
Indianapolis, IN 46225
ATTIRE
Formal Cocktail
(Tuxedos/Suits and Long dresses or Cocktail dresses)

EVENT DETAILS

With your support, you can help us achieve a world free from the pain and suffering of cancer.

Get your paddles ready! Take a peek at some auction items and learn more about donating an item of your own!
Online Auction Donation Form
2022 SPONSORS
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!
PRESENTING
VIP RECEPTION
LATE NIGHT PARTY SPONSOR
HEALTHCARE HERO SPONSOR
GOLD
DAVID J. & SANDRA S. CARR
SILVER
ANTHEM
AON
ASCEND ROOFING LLC
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
BMO HARRIS BANK
CALDWELL VANRIPER
CRIPE
HYLANT
INDIANA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE
INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY
INOTIV
MORGAN STANLEY
POLYCOR
ROE COMMERCIAL
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
WASHINGTON NATIONAL
WESBANCO BANK, INC.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL SPONSOR
PHOENIX DATA CORPORATION
HONOREES

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Corporate Honorees

Douglas K. Kelsey, MD, PhD, FAAP
Leadership Honoree
Retired, Eli Lilly
LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
As Co-Chairs of the American Cancer Society’s 15th Annual Discovery Ball we are delighted to invite you to join us on Saturday, October 2 at the Hilton Chicago. You will experience live music, auctions, and a truly remarkable evening recognizing the heroes that we are, and the role we can play to close the gap in health equity.
The American Cancer Society’s Health Equity for Research and Operations (H.E.R.O.) initiative honors those in our communities – survivors, families, friends, neighbors, researchers, public health officials, individual fundraisers, and corporate partners – who are heroes to themselves and each other in the critical fight for health equity.
Everyone – no matter who they are or where they come from – deserves a fair and just chance to learn about, prevent, or battle cancer.
Together, WE can change the face of cancer. Will you join us in being that change?
EVENT LEADERSHIP
LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
The American Cancer Society's Indianapolis Discovery Ball is a premier event that raises funds for the Society's mission to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. While progress has been made in cancer research, we still have a lot of work to do.
We invite you to support our efforts to finish the fight against cancer by joining us on November 5, 2022 for a beautiful evening bringing together business and community leaders to this event.
In 2021, the Indianapolis Discovery Ball raised a little more than $535,000 to help the American Cancer Society continue to fund life-saving research as well as free programs and services for cancer patients and their families in the Indianapolis metro area and across the nation. We know with your participation, we can help to make this cancer's last century.
Thank you for your support!

David J. Carr
Executive Chair
Partner, Ice Miller

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Lisa Breall
Event Chairs,
Philanthropists
BOARD OF AMBASSADORS
Amy Arnell
Director of Corporate and Community Responsibility
Republic Airways
David J. Carr
Partner
Ice Miller LLP
Angela Cecil
Vice President,
Business Banking
BMO Harris Bank
Carol L. Curran
President & CEO
Phoenix Data Corporation
Ann Kavalec
Vice President,
Commercial Lender
WesBanco Bank
Joseph Kelley
First Vice President,
Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley
Alison Melton
President
Roe Commercial
Rick Rhodes
President
Hylant
Damion Tolliver
Owner
T Traders LLC
DISCOVERY BALL COMMITTEE
Lisa Breall
Auction Chair
Amy Arnell
Auction Committee
Jodie Daugherty
Auction Committee
Kelly O'Brian
Auction Committee
Erin Pentz
Auction Committee
Sharon Smith
Marketing Committee
Christen Vinson
Auction Committee
If you are interested in joining the Discovery Ball Committee, please click here.