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Leslie Ferris Yerger

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Core Leader at Breast Cancer Early Detection Coalition
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Leslie Ferris Yerger is the CEO and Founder of the nonprofit My Density Matters, an author, and a speaker dedicated to disrupting the status quo in breast cancer screening. Her work is informed by her background in computer science and industrial management from Purdue University and an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill. People who have worked with her describe her as competent, experienced, and thorough.

Her personal mission stems from her own Stage IV breast cancer diagnosis, which occurred just two months after receiving an "all clear" mammogram. This experience fuels her passion for advocacy. Outside of her direct advocacy, she has walked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain and is a mother to three grown children.

After her diagnosis, she embarked on a 500-mile pilgrimage walk across Spain to process her unknown future and raise funds for cancer screening research.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Core Leader
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Priorities

Topics Leslie cares about

Breast Density
Her nonprofit, My Density Matters, and book, "Probably Benign," are dedicated to educating women about breast density after her own cancer was missed by standard screening.
Patient Advocacy
She is a passionate speaker who empowers women to insist on better healthcare, learn their screening options, and advocate for themselves to ensure early cancer detection.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Core Leader
Breast Cancer Early Detection Coalition
4-2021
CEO and Founder
My Density Matters
9-2019
Author, Speaker, and Disruptor
www.leslieferrisyerger.com
8-2016 - 12-2018
Member
Pipeline Angels
6-1997 - 1-2000
Business Development Manager
DEK Printing Machines
In the press

Media appearances

S1 E2: My Density Matters with Leslie Ferris Yerger – Her Health Innovated. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Education
1980 - 1985
2 BS Degrees
Purdue University
1989 - 1991
MBA
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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