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Ellen Miller Sonet named chief strategy and alliance officer of CancerCare

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ELLEN MILLER SONET was named chief strategy and alliance officer of CancerCare.

Sonet will serve on the nonprofit’s executive leadership team. She previously served for nearly 17 years as vice president of marketing at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Prior to her tenure at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Sonet worked in pharmaceutical marketing on brands such as Afrin Nasal Spray and Bayer Aspirin.

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