​CEOs and their employees across the country are stepping up to fight cancer through the ACS Fit2Be Cancer Free Challenge. To kick off this two-week virtual step competition, the Fit2Be CEOs Challenge took place on April 10, when 52 registered CEOs hit the pavement to log as many steps as possible during the 24-hour challenge. Collectively, the CEOs totaled 2,017,583 steps during the challenge window. 

Congratulations to the top three steppers and the most active on social during the 24-hour CEO Challenge: 

• 1st place: Brendan Freeman, CEO’s Against Cancer – Wisconsin Chapter (112,231 steps) 
• 2nd place: Juliet Breeze, MD, Next Level Medical (111,441 steps)
• 3rd place: Matt Kersting, CFA, CSI Leasing, Inc. (105,923 steps)
• Most Socially Active: Steve O’Loughlin, LHM

As part of the two-week employee challenge, participants experience a virtual journey that encourages steps each day, engages them through ACS mission milestones, and provides an opportunity to raise funds for our work. The top companies will be recognized the afternoon of April 25 in the following categories:  

• 2025 National Employee Challenge Winner: for the company with the most distance accrued 
• Mission Impact Winner: for the company with the most dollars raised 
• Highest Average Participation for the company with the highest average distance per participants 
  

Check out the Challenge leaderboard, or make a donation, at www.cancer.org/fit2be.​