J.J. Duncan is an award-winning television producer, writer, advocate, and co-founder of the nonprofit, “Not Today Cancer,” which raises funds for childhood cancer research. Based in Los Angeles, J.J. is widely known in the entertainment industry as an Executive Producer and Showrunner of such hits as Project Runway, and The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, among many others. After losing her eleven-year-old son to leukemia, J.J. also became known as a childhood cancer advocate, and she began using her influence as a top television producer to open up the very real human discussions of grief, mental health, and end-of-life care through story-telling. J.J. was a key speaker at the EndWell conference in November of 2023, where she spoke about healing through personal storytelling. She also partnered with Hollywood, Health, & Society at the Norman Lear Center by writing for Variety Magazine on World Mental Health Day, where she disclosed her own healing journey through grief by way of storytelling on television. J.J. has visited Capitol Hill on multiple occasions, telling her story to Congress in order to advocate for childhood cancer laws, and she has multiple projects in the works to continue the conversation not only for parents who have lost children, but for anyone looking to explore their own stories of loss. With all her focus on loss, it may be surprising to learn that J.J. risks delight at every turn, always looking for the funny and striving to take the story to an unexpected place of joy.