Possessing more than 20 years of experience as a financial services and insurance industry professional, former USAA marketing executive, Dawn Johnson, currently serves as chief executive officer and founder of DMJ Consulting. A longtime San Antonio resident, Dawn Johnson helped rebrand and reposition USAA within the marketplace during her years of tenure. Beyond her professional responsibilities, Ms. Johnson currently serves as a member of the board of trustees for the South Texas Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which sponsors a Team in Training program.

1. WHAT IS THE LEUKEMIA
AND LYMPHOMA
SOCIETY’S TEAM IN
TRAINING PROGRAM?
By Dawn Johnson USAA

2. Introduction
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Possessing more than 20 years of experience as
a financial services and insurance industry
professional, former USAA marketing executive,
Dawn Johnson, currently serves as chief
executive officer and founder of DMJ Consulting.
A longtime San Antonio resident, Dawn Johnson
helped rebrand and reposition USAA within the
marketplace during her years of tenure. Beyond
her professional responsibilities, Ms. Johnson
currently serves as a member of the board of
trustees for the South Texas Chapter of the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which
sponsors a Team in Training program.

3. Question #1: What is the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society (LLS)?
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Answer #1: Established in 1949, LLS works
tirelessly to fund research that leads to
effective cures and treatments for individuals
diagnosed with blood disorders. Today,
approximately 90 percent of children
diagnosed continue to live with leukemia, while
40 years ago the survival rate was only 3
percent.

4. Question #2: What is the Team in
Training program?

Answer #2: Team in Training funds important
research that leads to cures for blood
disorders such as myeloma, leukemia, and
lymphoma. In return for raising funds and
awareness, Team in Training provides
individuals with valuable information and
programs to help them train for marathons,
half marathons, and triathlons.

5. Question #3: Who is eligible to
participate in Team in Training?
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Answer #3: Team in Training attracts the
participation of individuals, families, teams,
and the business community. Over the past 25
years, Team in Training’s more than 570,000
participants helped raise in excess of $875
million in support of blood cancer research.