Executive Board Members
The Patient Advocate Foundation is comprised of a network of research and community oncologists, attorneys, legislators, healthcare industry representatives, and case managers committed to the goal of offering support to cancer patients.View Past Presidents of the Executive Board of Directors
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Chief Executive Officer
Executive Board
Board President & Member, Finance Committee
Executive Director, Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, MD
Board Secretary
Vice President Business Development
Cigna Academic Health Solutions
Emerging Markets
Chairman, Finance Committee
Saguenay Capital, LLC
Purchase, NY
Co-Founder
Non-voting member
Newport News, VA
Hematology-Oncology Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Vice President, Preventive Health Partnership
American Cancer Society (ACS), American Diabetes Association (ADA), and American Heart Association (AHA)
Atlanta, GA
Vice President of Grant Programs, Williamsburg Community Health Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
Clinical Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Chair, Division of Hematology
Director, Human Cell Therapy Laboratory
Divisions of Transfusion Medicine & Hematology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Founder, CEO
Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
Manvel, TX
Asst Surgeon General
Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
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
Houston, TX
CEO
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Fort Washington, PA
Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Oncology Nursing Society (Retired)
Pittsburgh, PA
President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer
HCA, Inc. (Hospital Corporation of America)
Nashville, TN
President, HSA Consulting Services
Former Presidential Health Policy Advisor to the White House
Silver Spring, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN
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Scientific Board
Chairman, Scientific Board
NMDP Collections
Director, Cellular Therapeutics
Rocky Mountain Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Denver, CO
Professor of Surgery and Oncology and Dermatology
Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Professor of Associate Professor of Medicine/Hematology
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
GI Medical Oncology (Professor of Medicine)
Northwestern University – Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Medical Director
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
Newark, DE
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
Houston, TX
Honorary Board
Richard D. Carter PLLC
Alexandria, VA
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates (Retired)
Hampton, VA
Immediate Past President
Essex Richards, PA
Charlotte, NC
www.essexrichards.com
Missouri State Senate (Retired)
Jefferson City, MO
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer (Retired)
US Oncology
Houston, TX
Mother of Cheryl Grimmel
Monmouth, ME
CEO
Oncology Nursing Society
Former Director of International Affairs
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Alexandria, VA
Weinhaus & Potashnick
Creve Coeur, MO
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