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LEMONS INTO LEMONADE
HOW WELLLIFE NETWORK’S CEO LEADS BY EXAMPLE IN TURNING LOSS INTO A POSITIVE
By JAMES BERNSTEIN
Unimaginable tragedies change people’s lives dramatically — some for the better
and some not.
In Sherry Tucker’s case, her life became a compendium of untiring efforts to help
other people, after the tragic death of her 8-year-old son, Zach, who succumbed
to brain cancer, on May 9, 2006, in Florida.
“Life stopped,” says Tucker, 55.
But not for long. Tucker, her husband, Dirk, and their daughter, Lexi, embarked on
a journey that is still unfolding. Last July, Tucker was named chief executive officer
of Queens-based WellLife Network, one of the New York
metropolitan area’s largest care organizations.
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