Dedicated To My Warrior Mama, Doris May You R.I.P. ❤️
"SHE WHO SAVED ONE LIFE,
IT'S AS IF SHE HAS SAVED THE WORLD.
Dedicated To My Warrior Mama, Doris May You R.I.P. ❤️
"SHE WHO SAVED ONE LIFE,
IT'S AS IF SHE HAS SAVED THE WORLD.
Nancy Toran Duitch is a visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist, whose leadership has shaped some of the most recognizable consumer brands of the last three decades. A trailblazer in wellness, beauty, and lifestyle innovation, she has built and scaled multiple companies, generating more than $3 billion in retail revenue, through groundbreaking branding, e-commerce, and multi-channel marketing strategies that set new industry standards.
As Founder and CEO of Sera Labs, Nancy transformed a start-up into a market leader within two years, negotiating its sale to Cure Pharmaceutical, serving as CEO of the parent company. Under her leadership, Sera Labs partnered with Oscar- winning actress Nicole Kidman as the Company’s Global Brand Ambassador and Strategic Partner, redefining celebrity-driven consumer engagement in wellness and beauty.
Her career reflects not only creative brilliance and strategic foresight but also a profound sense of purpose. In 1991, following the sudden deaths of her brother and sister, both in their twenties, Nancy and her mother, co-founded the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome (SADS) Foundation, later joined by the Cardiac & Arrhythmia Research & Education (CARE) Foundation. Their work has educated physicians, advanced genetic research, and supported thousands of families worldwide facing inherited heart rhythm disorders.
Today, Nancy brings that same vision and resilience to her forthcoming memoir, Before the Last Heartbeat: A Family Legacy, Medical Mystery, and the Fight to Save Lives- a deeply personal story of loss, discovery, and advocacy that helped shape the field of cardiac genetics. As both a survivor and a gene carrier, she writes with authenticity and heart, illuminating the power of perseverance in the face of unimaginable loss.
A recognized thought leader in entrepreneurship and innovation, Nancy’s work and insights have been featured in national media outlets, and top industry publications. She continues to inspire through her passion for storytelling, connecting her decades of brand-building expertise with her mission to create meaningful impact through words, science, and compassion.
Before the Last Heartbeat
A Family Legacy, Medical Mystery, and the Fight to Save Lives
Before the Last Heartbeat is a memoir of love, loss, and resilience - an intimate medical mystery with life-or-death stakes, when sometimes the first symptom is the last.
It begins with an ordinary, multi-generational, close-knit family spiraling into the extraordinary when one phone call at 11:30 p.m. shatters their world.
My 20-year-old healthy athletic brother Jack died suddenly while camping in the Grand Tetons. The coroner said he “passed peacefully in his sleep.” The FBI couldn’t explain it; even private investigators came up empty. That impossible phrase became the mystery we lived with for years. The FBI couldn’t explain it; even private investigators came up empty. Then came a second tragedy that pushed us from heartbreak and disbelief into a relentless fight for answers.
Over the next decade, our search for truth uncovered a silent genetic killer hiding in our DNA. By the time science caught up, our family’s losses had already changed the course of cardiac genetics sparking a movement that continues to save lives today.
This isn’t just a story about genetics and medicine; it’s about siblings, parents, and the family around the dinner table suddenly interrupted by silence. It’s about a mother who refused to give up when doctors did. Every fainting spell I experienced was dismissed as “anxiety.” Every time my heart skipped, I wondered if I would be next.
Told with the intimacy of character-driven storytelling, Before the Last Heartbeat introduces readers to my brother Jack, my sister Sharon, and my mother Doris, the hero who never stopped fighting for her children. It’s a story of love, humor, and resilience that brings readers inside our family’s struggle, with twists and turns that reveal how grief can ignite purpose and turn heartbreak into hope and a call to action.
Jack - 8 and Doris (Mom) 34
1966
Doris, Nancy & Sharon
for Sharon's wedding shower
Doris and Sharon at the dedication of "Jack's Lake"
Doris at 24 1956
Doris and Alan's Wedding March 1953
Nancy, Jack and Sharon September 1971
Jack's Bar Mitzvah with the nuclear family September 1971
Jack and Jordan hours before Jack died
July 10, 1979
Jack hours before his sudden death
July 10, 1979
Jack eating a rainbow trout he just caught July 8,1979
Jack # 36 playing Varsity Lacrosse at UCONN .
Nancy 9, Sharon 2 and Jack 5
Nancy with cousins Mark and Karen
Jack and his girlfriend Sue
Jack 1977, water skiing at Camp Kweebec
Jack working in the oil fields in Rollings Wyoming July 1979 - holding up his last paycheck.
Sharon, Jon and new baby Jacob
February 3, 1991
Sharon and Jacob February 10, 1991
Mom/
Mom/Doris, Ryan and Jacob August 1991
Nancy and Jacob
September 1991
Ryan holding his cousin Jacob
February 1991
Sharon with Nancy feeding Jacob February 1991
Dennis 1993
Mom, Nancy and Jacob at Ryan's 5th birthday party 1993
Jon and Sharon Turner's Wedding
Nancy and Baby Ryan
Nancy, Dennis, Baby Ryan,
Ryan's Bar Mitzvah and the Laker Girls.
Just married Ryan and Kimberly
Just married Ryan and Kimberly
The Beautiful Bride Kimberly Duitch and Nancy Toran Duitch
Ryan Duitch - Nancy Duitch -
Dennis, Ryan and Nancy
Dennis, Ryan and Nancy
Nancy and Husband Dennis Duitch
Nancy with cousins Mark, Tommy and Manya
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Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome
Jack’s Bar-Mitzvah left to right
1mb- Jack, Sharon and Nancy at Jack’s Bar Mitzvah September 10, 1971
1mb- Aunt Phyliss, my grandmother Bella and Mom at Jack’s Bar Mitzvah September 10, 1971
2mb- left to right- cousin Karen, Aunt Phyliss, Uncle David, cousin Steven, Jack, cousin Mark, Bella, Mom, Sharon, Dad and Nancy
1mb- Jack, Dad, Sharon, Mom and Nancy lighting the candles on the cake.
1mb- traditional last picture of Jack, Sharon and Nancy “fake” sleeping.
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