Brock Yetso, MBA
Ulman Foundation - President & CEO
Supporting Ulman Foundation from its inception, Brock has evolved from being a volunteer, to a board member, and now President & CEO. Unfortunately, Brock was forced to learn about cancer the hard way. By the age of 23 he had a best friend diagnosed with cancer and he and his siblings lost their mom to colon cancer. He has been advocating for young adults affected by the disease ever since and is recognized nationally for his efforts in over 20 years of work in the social impact sector.
In 2001, Brock was hired as Ulman’s first paid employee. Over the past 22 years, he has led the growth of Ulman from an annual operating budget of $100,000 to over $3 million. Ulman now has over 25 employees who Brock manages, trains, and inspires. The organization is the oldest and largest nonprofit supporting young adult cancer patients and is recognized as a national leader reaching patients and families in over 250 communities across the United States and raising over $25 million since the organization was founded.
Brock also serves on many committees and advisory boards and works collaboratively with many local and national organizations. He regularly presents to a variety of audiences on key issues faced by young adults affected by cancer and leadership topics. Under Brock’s leadership, Ulman has expanded its Patient Navigation services from office-based to onsite programs in some of the top cancer centers in the country including Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In 2008, Brock participated in writing and publishing the National Cancer Institutes Adolescent & Young Adult Progress Review Group Report. This whitepaper is a scientific strategic plan that has served as the national roadmap for the past decade in moving the young adult cancer movement forward. In 2018, Brock led Ulman and a coalition of national partners to successfully pass legislation in Maryland that requires insurance companies cover fertility preservation for cancer patients prior to treatment giving them the opportunity of parenthood after cancer. Maryland was the third state in the country to pass this type of legislation and four more states have followed.In 2019, Ulman opened Ulman House, a 12,000 sq. ft. home away from home for young cancer patients coming to Baltimore for life-saving treatment. The firs of its kind in the country, Ulman House serves as a model hospitality home for young adult cancer patients.
Brock graduated from the University of Virginia in 1999 with a BA in Economics and he received his Executive MBA from Loyola University Maryland in 2016. He holds a master’s certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Maryland Do Good Institute. He enjoyed much success both in and out of the classroom at UVA. He holds four NCAA tournament appearances including two final fours with the Virginia Men’s Varsity Soccer Team where he served as a captain for 2 years. He also had the honor or representing our country with the US Men’s National Soccer Team competing in Austria, France and Great Britain. After graduating, he played professional soccer with the Maryland Mania and has continued to give back to the sport coaching high school, Division I and youth soccer. He’s currently the Goalkeeper Coach for Towson University Women’s Soccer, Goalkeeper Coach at Loyola Blakefield High School and Director of Goalkeeping for Coppermine Soccer Club.
Brock is married to Julie Yetso, a Physician Assistant for the University of Maryland Orthopedics. They live in Towson, MD with their three children Olsen (12), Austin (10) and Everly (7) and French Bulldog Ryeleigh.