Jeanneane Maxon

Jeanneane Maxon (née Dixon, born 1979) is an American attorney, speaker, pro-life activist, and brain cancer awareness spokesperson. She was formerly the General Counsel of Care Net, and the Vice President of External Affairs of Americans United for Life. She serves as an Associate Scholar for the Charlotte Lozier Institute and as the Compliance Officer for Her PLAN (Pregnancy and Life Assistance Network). In 2015, a tumor was discovered in the right frontal lobe of her brain, followed by a diagnosis of grade 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) in early 2016. She serves as an Ambassador for Novocure the manufacturer of Optune, an innovative cancer treatment utilizing Tumor Treating Fields (TTF). 
== Early Life and Career== 
Maxon was born in 1979 to pro-life activist parents Chris and Jenny Dixon. Chris was a leader of the Randall County Republican Party, and Jenny served as the Executive Director of the Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Amarillo, TX. In 2002, she graduated valedictorian from Westminster College in Fulton Missouri. That same year, she started law school at Boston University School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2005. In college, she interned for Judge William Duane Benton of the Missouri Supreme Court. During law school, she interned with Justice Robert Cordy of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Following graduation from law school, Maxon practiced commercial litigation in Manchester, New Hampshire for Devine Millimet and Branch. In 2007, she relocated to Sterling Virginia to serve as General Counsel of Care Net, where she co-authored Legal Solutions: A Legal Resource for Life-Affirming Pregnancy Help Organizations and featured The War on Crisis Pregnancy Centers. In 2012, Maxon was hired by Americans United for Life to serve as its Vice President of External Affairs, where she served until she resigned for health reasons brought on by brain cancer. 
Following a two year pause in her career to receive treatment for brain cancer, Maxon started consulting with the Charlotte Lozier Institute in 2018, publishing her first article for the Lozier Institute in February of 2019. She was originally named an associate scholar in 2016. In 2020, she started consulting with Her PLAN (Pregnancy and Life Assistance Network, becoming its Compliance Officer in 2019. 
In 2018, Maxon began writing a quarterly law and ethics column for Christian Counseling Today, a publication of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Additionally, she has served as faculty for several courses offered by Light University, including Caring for People God's Way. 
Maxon has spoken at several conferences, including conferences hosted by Care Net, Heartbeat International, the American Association of Christian Counselors and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. Maxon is often a keynote speaker for pro-life events.
==Brain Cancer Diagnosis and Journey==
In December 2015, a lime-sized tumor was found in the right frontal lobe of Maxon's brain and she underwent an 8 hour surgery near Christmas. In January 2016, Maxon, along with her family, were informed by Maxon's nuero-surgeon that she had Grade 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Maxon underwent the standard treatment of radiation and chemotherapy, as well as using a device called Optune. Prior to her diagnosis, Maxon experienced several symptoms which went undiagnosed after consulting with four different doctors, including increase headaches, feeling faint, and having pressure behind her right eye. Her surgery was conducted by Dr. Toral Patel of U.T. Southwestern, and has been under the care of Dr. Karen Fink of Baylor Scott and White Health. Maxon and Fink have presented together to media on Maxon's cancer journey. Olga Villaverde, Host of LifeTime TV's Balancing Act: Behind the Mystery, described Maxon's story as "empowering," when featured on the LifeTime Television Network.
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