2011 A Tribute To Our Quiet Heroes Speakers
Lauren Gearon PDF Print E-mail




Lauren Lindberg Gearon was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. During the summer before her 8th grade year at The Lovett School, Lauren was diagnosed with a deadly blood disorder called aplastic anemia.  She was treated at Egleston by Dr. Abdel Ragab, the founder of CURE and at UCLA Medical Center.  As a result of experimental treatments and against all odds, Lauren was cured of her disease.

She went on to become an international model appearing on the covers of magazines, including Italian and French Elle and Australian Vogue and appearing in countless ad campaigns and catalogues.  But these were not the years that shaped her.  Lauren was forever changed by the experience she had battling aplastic anemia and watching her mother fight for other children's lives while serving on the board of CURE Childhood Cancer in the early 1980's.

Lauren joined the board of CURE in 1997 and is passionate about the work being done.  Like her mother, she is fighting for the lives of  children with cancer. She is married to Michael Gearon and is the proud and grateful mother of three children, Jack, Lindy and Bailey Gearon.
 
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Jill Becker is an Emmy-award winning anchor and has been with 11Alive since 1988. She serves the station as co-anchor for 11Alive News Today from 5-7 a.m. each weekday, Monday through Friday.

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Jill received her B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her broadcast career began in 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida at WTLV-TV. She later moved to KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas where she remained until 1981 when she joined WSB-TV in Atlanta. Six years later, Jill joined the 11Alive News Team.

In 1999, Jill received the Emmy for “Best News Anchor” for the southeast region from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Aside from her work at the station, she also is active in charities that benefit pediatric cancer treatment and research.

Jill is married and has two sons, Gregory and Matthew.