I love what I do, I hate why I'm doing it.
Liz Dawes |
TEDxUniMelb
• September 2019
A savvy businesswoman and passionate about helping her community, Liz Dawes founded the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation after her son passed away from brain cancer in 2013. Six years on, she has grown the charity to be the biggest paediatric brain cancer foundation in Australia.
As CEO and Chairwoman of the board, Liz also manages Connor’s Run, the country’s largest paediatric brain cancer event with 5000 participants and raises over 1 million dollars. Liz has been crucial in lobbying the Federal Government to secure funding for a disease which kills more young people than any other cancer.
Liz has also participated in round tables with the top minds in paediatric brain cancer globally and was behind the AIM Brain Project (co-funded by the Federal Government), which ensures every child diagnosed in Australia and New Zealand has access to world-class testing technology.