NPAF Board of Directors
Founders
Nancy Davenport-Ennis and John H. “Jack” Ennis
Executive Board of Directors
*Executive Board Officers
*Al Benson III, MD, FACP
Board President
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Clinical Investigations
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
*Alan J. Balch, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Patient Advocate Foundation/
National Patient Advocate Foundation
*Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Founder, Chair Emerita
*Diane Mauk
Board Secretary
Chief Architect/President
Software Architects, LLC
*John L. Murphy
Finance Committee Chair
Brian Garofalo
Managing Partner,
Patient Alliances
Otis Maynard, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
United Healthcare
Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP
Attending Physician
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Lori Williams, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Symptom Research
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Maureen Culbertson, MS
Managing Director
Deloitte
Norm Hubbard, MBA
Executive Vice President
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Larri Alexis Short, MA, JD
Arent Fox, LLP
Scientific Advisory Committee
Charles Balch, MD, FACS
Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor of Surgery
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
Marc Stewart, MD
Immediate Past President
Professor of Medicine,
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Dennis A. Gastineau, MD
Chair, Division of Hematology
Director, Human Cell Therapy Laboratory
Divisions of Transfusion Medicine & Hematology
Mayo Clinic
Pamela S. Becker, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine/Hematology
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
Al Benson III, MD, FACP
NPAF Board President
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Clinical Investigations
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
David Brizel, MD, FASTRO
Leonard R. Prosnitz Professor of Radiation Oncology
Professor in Head & Neck Surgery
Co-Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program
Duke University Medical Center
Pamela Douglas, MD, MACC, FASE, FAHA
Ursula Geller Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
Director of Imaging Program at DCRI
Duke University Medical Center
Jean G. Ford, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Paul J. Martin, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Edith Mitchell, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology
Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Department of Medical Oncology
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
Associate Director, Diversity Affairs
Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson
Deborah Morosini, MD
VP, Clinical Affairs & Patient Engagement
Loxo Oncology, Inc.
Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP
Attending Physician
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Lori Williams, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Department of Symptom Research
University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS
Chair of Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock & Geisel School of Medicine