Board Members

The National Patient Advocate Foundation is comprised of a network of research and community oncologists, attorneys, legislators, healthcare industry representatives, and advocates committed to the goal of offering support to cancer patients through legislative reform.

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Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Chief Executive Officer & President

Executive Board

Edward G. Connette, Esquire
Board President
Essex Richards, PA
Charlotte, NC

Christian Downs, MHA, JD
Board Vice President & Member, Finance Committee
Deputy Executive Director, Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, MD

Leah Arnett
Board Secretary
Nursing Director, University Health Services
University of Texas at Austin

John L. Murphy
Chairman, Finance Committee
Saguenay Capital, LLC

Bruce Avery, MD
Hematology-Oncology Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Dr. Alan Balch
Vice President of the Preventive Health Partnership  
American Cancer Society (ACS), American Diabetes Association (ADA), and American Heart Association (AHA)

Rene S. Cabral-Daniels, JD, MPH
Vice President of Grant Programs, Williamsburg Community Health Foundation
Williamsburg, VA

Richard D. Carter, Esquire
Richard D. Carter, PLLC
Alexandria, VA

Dennis A. Gastineau
Director, Human Cell Therapy Laboratory, Divisions of Transfusion Medicine & Hematology, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Venus Gines
Founder, Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
Faculty, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine                                      Houston, TX

The Honorable Phil Hamilton
Virginia House of Delegates

Pearl Moore, RN, MN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Oncology Nursing Society
Pittsburgh, PA

Roy J. Ramthun
President
HSA Consulting Services
Silver Spring, MD

Sheldon Weinhaus, Esquire
Weinhaus & Potashnick
St. Louis, MO


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Scientific Board

Otis W. Brawley, MD
Chief Medical Officer
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Dr. David M. Brizel
Radiology Oncology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP
Director, Rocky Mountain Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Denver, CO

F. Marc Stewart, MD
Medical Director, SCCA
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA

Richard L. Theriault, D.O., MBA
Professor of Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Lori Williams, PhD, RN, MSN, OCN, AOCN
Chair, Scientific Board
Houston, TX



Honorary Board

The Honorable Mary T. Christian
Former member of Virginia House of Delegates
Hampton, VA

John H. Ennis
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
Patient Advocate Foundation
Newport News, VA

Paula Trahan-Rieger
Director of International Affairs
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Alexandria, VA

Doris Simonson
Mother of Cheryl Grimmel
Monmouth, ME

Leo E. Sands
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
US Oncology
Houston, TX

 


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