Ike Anand has been elevated to president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization that supports the mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to eradicate pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases.

Anand is the "perfect person" for the roles, said Marlo Thomas, national outreach director for St. Jude and daughter of its late founder Danny Thomas.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s fundraising organization, ALSAC, promoted Ike Anand Tuesday to become its new president and chief executive officer. The leadership change comes as ALSAC -- which raised more than $2.