AWARD-WINNING WRITER JOINS A CARING ORGANIZATION

Americares in Stamford, the health-focused relief and development organization, announced the election of award-winning writer, director and producer Marti Noxon to its Board of Directors. Her three-year term began in May.

Noxon first learned of Americares in 2004, when the organization was responding to the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. Shortly thereafter, she hosted a fundraiser for Americares in Los Angeles, which was the first of several events she held to help raise visibility and funds for the organization. In 2009, Noxon helped found Americares Los Angeles Council, a volunteer group comprised of people in the entertainment industry working to promote awareness around Americares health programs and raise funds locally. The Los Angeles Council went on to organize a number of events in support of the organization. In 2012, Noxon also led the effort to produce “We Hate Hurricanes,” a comedy benefit to support Americares response to Hurricane Sandy. In 2020, Noxon served as an executive producer of Americares star-studded “Covid is No Joke” virtual comedy benefit to support frontline health workers at the height of the pandemic. In 2022, she co-chaired the Americares Airlift Benefit, which raised nearly $1.8 million for the organization”™s programs worldwide. 

At the same time, Noxon has traveled with the organization to Guatemala and the Dominican Republic on volunteer service trips to see Americares health programs firsthand and meet with the health-care providers and patients benefitting from these transformative health projects. She earned a degree in theater arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The Americares Board of Directors oversees all aspects of the health-focused relief organization”™s life-changing health programs, including its disaster response work and support for 4,000 under-resourced hospitals and health clinics worldwide.