Charlene McMann (b. circa 1951 in Chicago, Illinois)[1] (also known as Charlene McMann-Seaman) is a philanthropist and convicted fraudster who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Chicago Blood Cancer Foundation (founded 2010), a non-profit raising money for lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma.
McMann is co-author with her husband Scott Seaman of the self-published book Battling and Beating Cancer – The Cancer Survival Book (2009) and was also co-host with her husband of the Battling and Beating Cancer online-only radio show on BlogTalkRadio and CAN TV public access and online television show.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Previously, McMann co-founded and was president of the Chicago Chapter of the Lymphoma Research Foundation, which was that organization’s first local chapter.[8] She received the local Chicago Jefferson Award for Public Service for her cancer advocacy in 2008, organizing, fundraising, and leadership.[9][10] She subsequently became a Member of the National Board of Selectors of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service and launched a national program to promote health, physical activity, and well-being in students.[11][non-primary source needed]
She has been serving as an executive board member of the Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation since 2017.[12]
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