President and CEO of Nabisco, Jim Welch, served as a steady hand and beloved board member for the ReeveFoundation. He welcomed expanding the focus from cure to care, ushering in Dana Reeve's Paralysis Resource Center, which has now served more than 103,000 individuals and families living with paralysis. "Jim was pivotal in some very key moments for the foundation," says Reeve Foundation President and CEO Peter Wilderotter." He was an extraordinary character and leaves a profound legacy." Welch threw himself into fundraising for spinal cord injury research. He understood that science could not advance on determination alone. He knew funding labs was critical to accelerating progress. His son Leighton Welch remembers his father's passion for SCI research and finding a cure. "He felt it was incredibly important to give back, and he really lived that. He made this cause a priority." Read more at the link in our bio or visit ChristopherReeve.org/Blog #HopeHappensHere