Dave Ashworth understood the power of community after his wife Janet Moll was diagnosed with breast cancer.
While he could support Janet as her husband, Dave knew she needed an extended community from those who went through cancer. At the same time, he needed to connect with others whose loved ones had cancer.
“Women who also had breast cancer talked with Janet about things I could never talk about,” says Dave, who is the CSCNT Board Chair and a donor. “They discussed deeply personal issues that I wouldn’t know to ask.”
As a former Executive Vice President at Texas Health Resources, Dave also was fortunate to have healthcare professionals and fellow colleagues whose spouses had cancer that he could connect with to help guide him through feelings of helplessness when Janet was diagnosed almost 25 years ago. While CSCNT wasn’t available at that time, Dave knows how useful our services would have been to his family.
“After a cancer diagnosis, you often are shell-shocked and don’t know what questions to ask,” Dave says. “CSCNT knows how to ask the right questions to help them be on the road they need to be on.”
With 16 years on the CSCNT Board, Dave sees the board’s role as ensuring the longevity of our organization. “I’m incredibly impressed by the Board and quite optimistic that we will be a much stronger organization with diversified revenue streams,” he says.
In 2025, Dave wants CSCNT to reengage with other medical groups, providers, nurses, etc. to create a holistic model of cancer care that treats the body, mind and spirit.
Dave enjoys meeting CSCNT participants and seeing the joy and happiness people have at our events, like the holiday meals where plenty of children are running around. At our glassybaby giveback event, Dave met young women who were recently diagnosed and so glad to have found CSCNT to help them through their journey. He understands the ripple effect a cancer diagnosis can have on the community – affecting children, spouses, friends, colleagues and more – making CSCNT services so important.