Unresolved: The End of RESOLVE?

Barb Collura was fired.

Let that sink in.

After 20 years of relentless leadership at RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, she’s out. No farewell tour. No sendoff. Just... gone. Most people don’t even know yet. And that’s a problem. Because it should matter. A lot.

Barb *is* the reason RESOLVE exists as a force in this country. She turned infertility from a private shame into a public issue. She got the media to care. She got lawmakers to act. She helped millions of people find a voice, a path, a chance to build a family.

She showed up for patients when it wasn’t trendy. When there was no roadmap. She gave RESOLVE its soul.

And now she’s been pushed out.

Lindsay Beck—someone who changed my life and the lives of thousands of cancer survivors through Fertile Hope and across her storied career—wrote a blisteringly honest piece (link below) that captures exactly what this moment represents. She and Joyce Reinecke, CEO at the Alliance for Fertility Preservation, built the original movement for fertility rights in cancer. Barb carried that work forward and scaled it nationally. You wouldn’t even *have* fertility benefits in cancer care if not for these, and scores of other unsung heroines of cancer patient rights.

I’m living proof. Cancer stole my fertility. My twins are IVF miracles because people like Barb, Lindsay, and Joyce refused to take no for an answer. Their work made it possible for me to be a dad.

Barb didn’t just run an organization. She led a movement. She fought for access, coverage, dignity, and equality. And now? She’s been erased from the org she helped define.

That should piss you off.

Barb showed up. She stayed in the fight longer than anyone.

And she changed lives.

So now what? What does RESOLVE stand for if the person who *was* RESOLVE isn’t part of it anymore?

This can’t be swept under the rug. The industry needs to know. The public needs to know. The people she fought for deserve to know. Because if this is how we treat the best of us, what hope is there for the rest of us?

You don’t fire Barb Collura and get a free pass.