Brant Woodward

Brant Woodward is the interim senior executive vice president, field operations with the American Cancer Society and the executive vice president of the American Cancer Society’s Southeast Region. In the interim role, Brant serves as primary staff liaison between the Society’s executive leadership and the Regions, supervising six Regional Executive Vice Presidents. Brant oversees the strategic development and support of the Society’s peer-to-peer fundraising programs, corporate support and operations, field business support, and volunteerism.

As executive vice president of the Southeast Region, Brant is the region’s senior-most staff executive, driving the development and implementation of the Society’s mission and revenue strategies across five states and Puerto Rico. Brant engages corporate and medical leaders, high-level donors, and leadership volunteers in furthering the fight against cancer. Under his leadership, the region serves thousands of cancer patients and caregivers, engages volunteers to support community-based programs, inspires and equips companies to provide healthy workplaces, and raises more than $80 million annually to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer.

Brant started his American Cancer Society career in 1994 and has extensive experience and expertise in income development, volunteer partnerships, strategic planning, and operations management. His prior roles include Income Development Vice President, Regional Vice President, and most recently Senior Vice President of Operations for the Society’s former East Central Division, which served Pennsylvania and Ohio. Additionally, Brant has held leadership roles for three Hope Lodge capital campaigns, served on the Society’s Nationwide Income Development Council and chaired numerous nationwide and regional task forces focused on fundraising and volunteer engagement.

Brant received his BA from Elon University.