Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure Names Brandon M. Macsata as General Manager; New Management Reflects the Charity's Elevation as an Official Charitable Partner of Minor League Baseball

    NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ed Randall, Founder & CEO, of Ed Randall's Fans For the Cure (www.fans4thecure.org), announced today the appointment of Brandon M. Macsata to serve as his nonprofit organization's General Manager. Macsata is charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations of Ed Randall's Fans for Cure, which was formed in 2003 to help increase awareness about prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is no longer the death sentence it once was because there is a 96-97% cure rate if it is caught early. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer; and if he is African-American one in four.

Through the world of sports, as well as in the private sector, Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure exists to increase the awareness of prostate cancer in men and educate them and the people who love them about the most current techniques in treatment, prevention and early detection. A nationally recognized baseball broadcaster, Randall spent seven years in the minor leagues, maintaining friendships through the years with owner/operators of franchises and league presidents. That is why, in 2007, he launched his inaugural Minor League Prostate Cancer Awareness and Education Road Trip to 70 stadiums from coast-to-coast. By 2011, it had grown to 175 cities and towns. At the Baseball Winter Meetings, the charity was proudly designated as an Official Charitable Partner of Minor League Baseball.

"We're excited to have Brandon as our newly-minted General Manager," said Ed Randall, who is a prostate cancer survivor grateful to receive as he terms it, a second at-bat at life. "Our club needed a top-notch, star player to take our public awareness and educational efforts to the next level, and Brandon's proven track record bodes well for a winning season."

Macsata has earned a reputation for successfully coordinating national public awareness campaigns, as well as recognized for his ability to connect national, state and local stakeholders interested in influencing public opinion and public policy at the national and state levels. Macsata has extensive experience working with political candidates, national and statewide trade associations, issue-advocacy groups and other corporate entities.

Summarized Macsata about his new position: "The opportunity to join Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure is an honor. Prostate cancer has touched the lives of my personal friends; sports - especially baseball - is an important aspect of my life; and Ed Randall is an inspiration to the lives of so many men that he has touched spreading the word about early detection of prostate cancer."

To learn more about Fans for the Cure, or prostate cancer please visit http://www.fans4thecure.org/.

About Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure: Ed Randall's organization is dedicated to increasing prostate cancer awareness and education. About a year after Ed Randall went into remission from prostate cancer at the premature age of 47, someone close to him suggested to him, 'You should do something. You know everybody. Who would ever say no to you?' That was the genesis for the idea that was to become the 501c3 charity, Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure.

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