Of all the elements Amy Swygert brings to her role as VP of strategic communications planning at the American Cancer Society (ACS), none are more important than her personal experience.

In 1993, Amy Swygert was a recent college grad without health insurance. That year she was also diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.
 
“I was able to jump on my dad's insurance,” she recalls, “but that was scary to potentially face a cancer diagnosis and not be insured.
 
“I ...