Alan Balch

Chief Executive OfficeDr. Balch is the Chief Executive Officer of Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation.  Dr. Balch has a decade of executive leadership in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on consensus-building and collaboration.  From 2006 - 2013, he served as the Vice President of the Preventive Health Partnership -- a national health promotion collaboration between the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association. Prior to his work with the Preventive Health Partnership, Dr. Balch was the Executive Director of Friends of Cancer Research. He has led numerous federal advocacy efforts on a range of issues both at the legislative and regulatory level over the years.  For example, he helped to organize and lead a coalition that successfully fought for improvements in the regulatory process for the review of cancer drugs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  He also contributed to the development of key federal policies related to the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Balch serves on the Executive Board of the Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation and serves on the board for Fight Colorectal Cancer.  Dr. Balch also is a member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Wellness and Health Promotion Advisory Committee, a member of the Guiding Committee for the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN). and serves on the Advisory Board for the Patien...
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