Bringing together decades of experience, the Gateway Leadership Team directs our mission to fund meaningful and breakthrough cancer clinical trials to help people living with cancer to live longer, feel better and conquer cancer TODAY! The Leadership Team consists of several key departments including Executive, Development and Research & Grants. Listed are some of the dedicated individuals who make up our dynamic team.
Natalie Stewart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Natalie Stewart brings more than two decades of experience in fundraising and nonprofit leadership in the health care and human services sectors to her role as President and CEO of Gateway for Cancer Research. Responsible for all facets of Gateway’s business and relationship endeavors, she guides a team of marketing, fundraising, operations and finance experts along with a robust group of external partners to support the organization’s mission and vision to shape a world in which a cancer diagnosis is no longer feared. Natalie’s multi-faceted fundraising and leadership expertise includes board development, strategic planning, advancement, donor development and stewardship, major gifts, special events, volunteer management and staff development – all of which are critical to Gateway’s success. Having been personally impacted by cancer and watched countless friends and loved ones wage brave battles against this insidious disease, she is dedicated to helping chart new courses in cancer research.
Delora Senft
Chief Operating Officer
For more than a decade, Delora Senft has been instrumental in bringing focus to Gateway for Cancer Research and its vision to shape a world in which a cancer diagnosis is no longer feared. As the organization’s chief operating officer, she is instrumental in overseeing Gateway’s function, financial priorities and funding mechanisms. This includes strategic oversight of marketing, donor relations and fundraising activities as well as developing and nurturing relationships with renowned hospitals, health care institutions and organizations that share Gateway’s commitment to ending cancer as we know it. In her previous role as director of strategic partnerships, Delora worked closely with an external review committee of physicians, research scientists and other clinicians to evaluate grant applications and make appropriate funding recommendations to the Gateway Board of Directors. Delora’s relentless passion for advancing early phase research stems from having lost her brother cancer and a promise she made to help spare others a similar fate.
Jeremy Alonso
Director of Operations
Maria Aroz
Creative Director
Natalia Mihilli
Vice President of Development
Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD
Director of Clinical Science
Kim Schwartz
Grants Program Manager
Kari Watts
Director of Marketing
