Meet Len Forkas
In addition to his writing and speaking, Len Forkas is the founder and President of Milestone Towers, a Reston, Virginia-based owner and developer of wireless towers in the Mid-Atlantic.
In 2014 Len published his book What Spins the Wheel: Life and Leadership Lessons from the Race for Hope. Profits from the sale of the book are donated to support Hopecam’s work connecting children with cancer with their friends at school. Over 10,000 copies of the books are in print.
Len has appeared on CNN Anderson Cooper, Fox and Friends, Wharton Sirius XMRadio and Baltimore/Washington DC affiliates of ABC, FOX and NBC.
Len also serves as Chairman of the Board of Hopecam, the charity he founded in 2003 to use technology to overcome the social isolation of children in treatment for cancer.
Hopecam has connected over 2,800 children with cancer to 56,000 classmates in 50 states. It has formed partnerships with over 150 hospitals. Seventy-one percent of Hopecam children attend title one schools and 1/2 are treated at St Jude's hospital.