Joan White

This month’s Community Champion is Joan White. We received multiple nominations for Joan, who in the 1980s, developed lymphedema after a life-threatening surgery, and when she found limited resources for those living with lymphedema in the US, she founded the Lighthouse Lymphedema Network (LLN) in 1993. The LLN is a non-profit organization with the mission of promoting awareness of lymphedema and educating and providing support for lymphedema patients, family and caregivers, the medical community, insurance companies and other lymphedema support groups. Today, over 30 years later and at the age of 82, Joan remains an active member of Board of Directors of the LLN, having invested thousands of hours on behalf of others.