KATE DOERGE, the author of Reimagining Grief: A New Path to Finding Healing, Strength, and Joy after Loss (Hay House LLC) with Sara Bliss, is a nonprofit founder, philanthropist, speaker, and brand strategist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Penny’s Flight Foundation, launched in honor of her daughter, to raise awareness and funding for neurofibromatosis (NF). To date, Penny’s Flight has reached more than 20 million people, launched and funded scientific research projects, and raised more than $5 million (and counting). There are almost 100 Penny’s Flight chapters at high schools and colleges across the country dedicated to inspiring young people to live in positivity, fundraise and spotlight NF, and shine their light by helping others.
