Executive Board Members
Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Chairperson of the Board/Co-Founder
Patient Advocate Foundation
National Patient Advocate Foundation
Dennis A. Gastineau, MD
Board President
Chair, Division of Hematology
Director, Human Cell Therapy Laboratory
Divisions of Transfusion Medicine & Hematology
Mayo Clinic
Christian Downs, JD, MHA
Immediate Past President
Executive Director
Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, MD
Leah Locke-Arnett, RN, BSN, MHCA
Board Secretary
Bruce Avery, MD
Hematology-Oncology Knoxville
Alan J. Balch, PhD
Vice President
Preventive Health Partnership
John Caldwell, CPA, MST, CGMA
Managing Partner
Malvin, Riggins & Company, P.C.
John J. Harrington
Chief Commercial Officer (Retired)
Sanofi-Aventis
Lovell Jones, PhD.
Director, Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH)
Center of Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach and Research on Disparities in Health and Training (EXPORT)
Health Disparities Education, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART) Consortium
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Diane Mauk
Software Architects, LLC
Otis Maynard
Associate General Counsel
United Health Group
Pearl Moore, RN, MN, FAAN
CEO (Retired)
Oncology Nursing Society
John L. Murphy
Finance Committee Chair
Partner & Head of Research
Saguenay Strathmore Capital
The Centre At Purchase
Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP
Attending Physician
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Barry M. Straube, M.D.
Director
The Marwood Group
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
United Health Group
Lori Williams, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Department of Symptom Research
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center


