Director of Grassroots Initiatives: Robin Rohrbach
As Director of Grassroots Initiatives
for the Rally Foundation, Robin Rohrbach
combines her passion for children with her own daughter’s
diagnosis of cancer to educate and inspire others to
become involved in raising funds for childhood cancer
research. Robin assists schools and community organizations
in creating Rally Teams which hold their own fundraising
events throughout the year. The Rally Foundation raises
funds specifically for childhood cancer research in
order to find better treatments and cures with fewer
long term side effects.
Before she joined the Rally Foundation, Robin was involved
with the National Childhood Cancer Foundation since
2002 as an advocate and Team Leader for the State of
Georgia. She has lobbied Congress each year to increase
funding for childhood cancer research. Robin and her
team of advocates helped to increase federal financing
of childhood cancer from $ zero dollars in 2002 to $750,000
in 2003 and $2.5 million in 2004. Prior to her cancer
advocacy, Robin was employed as Assistant Director of
Education and classroom teacher at a non-profit residential
treatment center for at-risk youth. She was responsible
for hiring, evaluating, and mentoring other teachers,
as well as providing individual and group counseling
to students. She has facilitated several professional
workshops during her time as an educator.
Robin has a Masters Degree in Counseling and Educational
Psychology and holds three teaching certificates in
Elementary Education, Special Education/Behavior Disorders
and School Counseling. She also has a BS Degree in Criminal
Justice from Appalachian State University. Robin and
her husband Chris live in Acworth, GA with their two
daughters, Alexa and Jenna.
Alexa and her "spiderman
sister", Jenna, enjoy dressing up for Halloween.
Alexa has such severe side effects from her cancer treatment
that she is now on oxygen and is currently being evaluated
for a double lung transplant.
