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

Executive Board

Christian Downs, MHA, JD
Board President
Deputy Executive Director, Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, MD

Leah Arnett
Board Secretary
Associate Director
CIGNA Academic Health Solutions

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

Bruce Avery, MD
Hematology-Oncology Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

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

Martha E. "Meg" Gaines, JD, LLM
Clinical Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Dennis A. Gastineau, MD
Board President
Rochester, MN

Lovell Jones, PhD.
Director, Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH)
Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

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

Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI
President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer
HCA, Inc (Hospital Corporation of America)
Nashville, TN

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

Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN
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*Scientific Board*
Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP Chair, Scientific Board Director, NMDP Collections Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers	Charles Balch, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Oncology and Dermatology Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Johns Hopkins
Pamela Becker, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine/Hematology Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine University of Washington Seattle, WA	Al Benson III, MD, FACP GI Medical Oncology (Professor of Medicine) Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
David M. Brizel, MD Professor of Radiation Oncology Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery Duke University Medical Center	Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS Medical Director Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Newark, DE
F. Marc Stewart, MD Medical Director, SCCA Professor of Medicine University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Lori Williams, PhD, RN, AOCN University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

*Honorary Board*
Richard D. Carter, Esquire Richard D. Carter, PLLC Alexandria, VA	The Honorable Mary T. Christian Former member of Virginia House of Delegates Hampton, VA
Edward G. Connette, Esquire Immediate Past President Essex Richards, PA Charlotte, NC	The Honorable Pat Dougherty Missouri State Senate (Retired) St. Louis, MO
Leo E. Sands Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer (Retired) US Oncology Houston, TX	Doris Simonson Mother of Cheryl Grimmel Monmouth, ME
Paula Trahan-Rieger Director of International Affairs American Society of Clinical Oncology Alexandria, VA	Sheldon Weinhaus, Esquire Weinhaus & Potashnick Creve Coeur, MO

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