Molly Daniels
President
Lucy Daniels
Vice President, Business Operations
Molly Daniels
President
Molly Daniels is a deft strategist, consensus builder, and inspirational leader with nearly three decades of experience training, organizing, and mobilizing grassroots.
Molly’s leadership in the field includes serving as Chief Advocacy Officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonprofit and nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. While there, she led the launch, expansion, and transformation of its grassroots network into a nationwide movement of nearly one million advocates and over 500 highly trained and motivated volunteer leaders representing every Congressional district.
Prior to the Society and ACS CAN, Molly spent twelve years at AARP as the head of their national grassroots program. Earlier she ran the volunteer advocacy program for the Older Women’s League, as well as legislative campaigns for the Long Term Care Campaign.
Originally from Wichita, Daniels began her career practicing law after receiving her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Kansas. Rock Chalk!
Vice President, Business operations
Lucy Daniels has over 30 years’ experience in law and business. She began her professional career as a lawyer in a boutique law firm focusing on municipal law, planning, and environmental law in Kansas City, MO, and later joined a large firm as a real estate attorney.
For ten years, she served as Associate General Counsel for Applebee’s International, Inc. in Overland Park, KS. Lucy then moved to Nashville, TN, to serve as the first Vice President of Legal for Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc. and formed its legal department. For both restaurant companies, she had responsibility for corporate governance and commercial transactions. She led both the employee relations and human resources departments at Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc.
After a move to Los Angeles, Lucy worked for a Korean conglomerate with multiple affiliates, ultimately serving as the Chief Administrative Officer. Corporate experience has provided her with a broad and deep understanding of business infrastructure and solutions, board of directors’ relationships and governance, strategic planning, budget management, change management, and staff roles and responsibilities.
Always active in her community, Lucy has served on boards of directors for philanthropic and civic organizations, and has volunteered for events such as the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Celebration on the Hill. She was appointed to the Leawood, KS, Planning Commission and served as its chairwoman for two years.
Lucy has a B.S. degree in psychology, a juris doctorate degree, and a master’s degree in urban planning.