Our Leaders
To fulfill its mission, PAF is supported day-to-day by its leadership team and patient services are carried out by a stable force of full time professionals with a variety of degrees and specialties. Professional staff who assist patients every day are primarily located in our headquarters location in Hampton, VA, with virtual and satellite offices in various locations around the United States.
The Patient Advocate Foundation Board of Directors and Scientific Board 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 patients, and who provide necessary guidance and direction to be fiscally and structurally sound.
Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Board President
Senior VP for Public Health Systems Innovation and Senior Public Health Specialist – Maya Tech Corporation. Rear Admiral (Ret.), US Public Health Service
Alan J. Balch, PhD
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer,
Patient Advocate Foundation
F. Marc Stewart, MD
Board Member
Immediate Past President
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Board Member
Chair Emerita
Founder, Patient Advocate Foundation
Diane Mauk
Board Member
Chief Architect / President
Software Architects, LLC
John L. Murphy
Board Member
Finance Committee Chair
Patient Advocate Foundation
National Patient Advocate Foundation