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The American Cancer Society’s Courageous Kids Day event provides “a day away from cancer” free of charge to hundreds of young cancer patients and their families, who come from throughout California for a day at California’s Great America in Santa Clara.

She most recently served as a managing director at Manatt Health, where she provided policy analysis and strategic advice to healthcare stakeholders across the private and public sectors. Brooks-LaSure has also previously completed stints at federal-level health agencies. She was deputy director of policy and regulation at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight within CMS, and before that was director of coverage policy at the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior...