Jun 1, 2021
As turn our spotlight to Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness, I am so excited to welcome to the show, Steve
Lipshetz
Communications Chair - Milwaukee Affiliate of the
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Tricia Zenker, Survivor/Caregiver
Engagement Chair with PANCAN, Bert Zenker AIA, Vice President
Design Services at MSI General.
About Steve: I started to volunteer with the
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in January of 2011. My
mother-in-law and sister-in-law both passed from the disease within
6 months of 2010.
I am a native New Yorker and worked in Manhattan
for 34 years before moving to Wisconsin in 2006. I have 3 sons who
live in Virginia, Colorado and Johnson Creek and 2 grandchildren in
Virginia and 2 in Johnson Creek. My wife is our affiliate chair and
we love traveling around the country and the world.
About Tricia: Caregiver for my husband Bert who was
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019.Volunteering for
the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN) as the
Survivor/Caregiver Engagement Chair in Milwaukee.
About Bert: Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in
December 2019. Treatments included chemo, radiation and the Whipple
procedure. There is currently no cancer detected!
Hoping to be one of the 10% of pancreatic cancer
patients who survive more than 5 years.
Work at MSI General in Oconomowoc Wisconsin as an
architect and the VP of Design Services.
Listen in as the group shares 2021 updates on
Pancreatic Cancer: Early diagnostic efforts and this years
PurpleStride Milwaukee.