Board of Directors
Executive Committee (Click on each name to read bios)
| Robert Sachs, J.D. | Chair | |
| Joseph W. Waz, Jr. | Vice Chair | |
| Richard Payne, M.D. | Secretary & Governance Committee Chair | |
| Judy Chudars | Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair | |
| Meg Columbia-Walsh | Marketing Committee Chair | |
| Ada K. Jacox, Ph.D., RN | Member at Large | |
| Tamra Bentsen | Member at Large | |
| Ellen L. Stovall | President & CEO | |
| Catherine D. Harvey, Dr.PH., RN | Past Chair |
Directors
Dan Abrams
Deborah M. Gage
John H. Glick, M.D.
Dani Grady
Becky Krimstein
Tucker Melançon, J.D.
Orlando Padilla
John Rainey, M.D.
Brad Stuart, M.D.
Lyman G. (Sandy) Welton
Board Advisors (Read Bios)
| Barbara Hoffman, J.D. | Founding Chair | |
| Samuel D. Turner, J.D. | Policy Counsel |
Board of Directors Bios
Executive Committee
Robert Sachs, J.D.
Chair
Robert Sachs, 58, is a communications attorney who has served in various executive capacities in the cable television industry for almost 30 years. Sachs is a principal of Continental Consulting Group, LLC, a Boston-based cable and telecommunications consulting firm.
From August 1999 through February 2005, Mr. Sachs served as president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. NCTA is the principal trade association of the U.S. cable television industry, representing cable operators, programming networks and equipment suppliers before the federal government. During Mr. Sachs' tenure as NCTA president, the cable industry attained a deregulatory environment for cable broadband services and launched new services including high-speed Internet access, high-definition television, video-on-demand and digital cable phone service.
In January 1998, Mr. Sachs co-founded Continental Consulting Group, LLC (CCG). He served as a principal of CCG from January 1998 through July 1999 and rejoined the firm in March 2005.
For almost two decades, Mr. Sachs served in executive positions with Continental Cablevision, Inc. and its successor, MediaOne. From 1988 until 1998, Mr. Sachs served as the company's senior vice president of corporate and legal affairs. Prior to being promoted to senior vice-president, he served as Continental's director and then its vice president of corporate development. He joined Continental in 1979.
Mr. Sachs began his professional career on the legislative staff of U.S. Senator Charles Goodell (R-NY). From 1975 to 1977, Sachs served as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Tim Wirth (D-CO), then a member of the House Communications Subcommittee. From 1977 to 1978, Mr. Sachs served as a full-time consultant to the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy and from 1978 to 1979, he was legislative counsel to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Rochester (1970). He earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University (1974) and a law degree from Georgetown University (1978). In addition, Sachs has completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School (1987).
He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Sachs serves as a director of Global Crossing, Ltd., StarHub, Ltd., BigBand Networks, Inc., and Update Logic, Inc., and as a trustee of Citi Performing Arts Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and WGBH Educational Foundation. Additionally, he serves as chairman of the board of directors of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
His spouse, Caroline Taggart, is co-owner and co-director of the OHT Gallery in Boston.
Joseph W. Waz, Jr.
Vice Chair
At Comcast, Joe Waz has primary responsibility for the company's public policy activities; oversees the company's political action committees; and works closely with the company's federal government affairs, law, state and local government relations, and public relations professionals. He serves as president of the Comcast Foundation and as executive director of the Comcast Corporation Political Action Committee and COMPAC-USA.
Before joining Comcast in 1994, Mr. Waz spent 11 years at The Wexler Group, a government relations and public affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C., serving as executive vice president and general counsel. His practice included representation of a range of telecommunications and content companies and associations. He began his Washington career with Ralph Nader's Telecommunications Research and Action Center in 1979.
A Connecticut native, Mr. Waz received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Boston University and a doctor of laws from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is the author of one book (Reverse the Charges, a 1983 Book-of-the-Month Club pro bono selection), the author or editor of numerous articles and journals on communications policy topics, and a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at industry and academic events.
Mr. Waz has a lengthy record of service on not-for-profit boards. He currently serves as chairman of the board of the Settlement Music School, the nation's largest community school of the arts with six branches in greater Philadelphia. He also serves as vice chairman of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, based in Washington, D.C. He chaired the Public Affairs Committee of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) for many years, and serves on its CablePAC Committee. He is also a member of the boards of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and the Internet Education Foundation. He is a past chairman of the Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation, and a former chairman of the FCBA's Legislative and CLE Committees.
At the NCTA convention In May 2002, Mr. Waz was presented with the cable industry's highest honor, the Vanguard Award, for his work in government and community relations. He has also been recognized by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and the Cable Television Public Affairs Association for his work.
Richard Payne, M.D.
Secretary & Governance Committee Chair
Dr. Richard Payne is currently the Colliflower Director of the Institute on Care at the End of Life at Duke University. And, he is considered to be one of the foremost experts on palliative care and symptom management in the country. He describes palliative care as total care of patients with cancer.
The eighth child of a family of thirteen, Dr. Payne was born on August 24, 1951, in Elizabeth, NJ. After high school, Payne attended Yale University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He then went on to receive his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1977. He then completed postgraduate training in internal medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and in neurology at the New York Hospital – Cornell University Medical College. He completed a fellowship in Neuro Oncology and Pain Management at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, subsequently joining the faculty there. In 1992, Dr. Payne became chief of the pain and symptom management section and professor of neurology at the University of Texas, Department of Neuro Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He then returned to Memorial Sloan-Kettering as Chief of Pain & Palliative Care Service and an attending neurologist. And, in 2004, joined the Duke University Institute of Care at the End of Life as director.
Dr. Payne has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, invited reviews, book chapters and abstracts. He has co-edited two books, Current Therapy of Pain, with Dr. Kathleen M. Foley and Assessment and Treatment of Cancer Pain with Drs. C. Stratton Hill and Richard B. Patt. He has lectured throughout the world on various topics related to research and clinical aspects of pain management and palliative medicine.
Judy Chudars
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Ms. Judy Chudars has worked in the staffing industry for 23 years in major markets in cities like New York, Boston, Denver, and Washington, DC before starting CityStaff in 1997. She has worked in Management and Training, but her favorite role was that of Staffing Associate, where she was directly involved in the service of both clients and candidates.
She is dedicated to making sure candidates and clients know that CityStaff Associates take the time to understand who they are and what they need. She created CityStaff to improve the experience of making a hire, or getting a job. "We do business in a special way. The way clients and candidates want it to be done." Controlling this unique environment which links talented candidates with terrific opportunities gives her tremendous satisfaction.
Originally from Trumbull, Connecticut, Ms. Chudars received her bachelor's degree in Biology from Providence College. That career in medicine just never took off! She lives in Virginia and is an enthusiastic patron of the arts, and enjoys performances in music, theater and galleries. She has a keen eye for design, as evidenced in the CityStaff offices - and all the CityStaff marketing materials. Ms. Chudars is very active in the community and is a board member of the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship, Treasurer for the DC Ad Club and a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, Washington, DC Board of Trade and GWSAE. Ms. Chudars successfully completed the American Staffing Association’s Employment Law Accreditation course and is a Certified Staffing Professional.
Meg Columbia-Walsh
Marketing Committee Chair
Meg Columbia-Walsh is recognized internationally as a preeminent authority in pharmaceutical business and communications. As a founder and CEO of three large Internet companies, including Oncology.com—which was sold to ASCO—and participant in an IPO, Meg brings her passion, leadership and focus to helping consumers and marketers harness the power of cutting-edge digital technology for better health and growth. Her pioneering business and strategic vision have earned her a seat at the most important tables, delivering lectures, penning articles, appearing on television and radio, and counseling the FDA on the future of healthcare communications. Ms. Columbia-Walsh sits on numerous boards, including the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS).
Ms. Columbia-Walsh has served as managing partner at CommonHealth and Managing Director at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve and Oracle Corporation Leader at US Life Science and Clinical Consulting Practice. She has also served as Partner/VP at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Health High Growth, Life Sciences Practice while also being Founder and CEO of CBS Healthwatch.com, Medscape Inc.; and HealthTech Digital Communications; and Oncology.com as CEO. She has served as Sales and Senior Program Director at Physicians World Commuications Group AVP and Sales Representative and District Manager at Johnson and Johnson.
Ms. Columbia-Walsh holds a BA in business and communications from Rider Univeristy, and at present, is at Columbia University in a post-baccalaureate pre-med.
Ada K. Jacox, Ph.D., RN
Member at Large 
Tamra Bentsen
Member at Large
Ellen L. Stovall
President & CEO
Catherine D. Harvey, Dr.PH., RN
Past Chair
As a young oncology nurse, Dr. Catherine Harvey developed a passion for cancer survivorship and patient advocacy after witnessing her patients need for information and their desire to maintain a high quality of life throughout their cancer experience. Dr. Harvey went on to hold a variety of administrative roles in health care and gained expertise in implementing palliative care and symptom management programs in cancer centers.
Today, Dr. Harvey is a partner in Oncology Associates a cancer-consulting firm that provides a wide range of services to academic medical centers, hospitals, clinical practices and health care businesses. Dr. Harvey has worked in cancer program administration and clinical nursing practice since the 1970s. Most recently she served as Vice President Clinical Services and Public Policy at OnCare, a physician practice management company. Prior to joining OnCare she was the founding Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a network of 17 NCI-funded cancer centers. She has a Baccalaureate and a Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina and has practiced clinically as both a mental health and an oncology nurse specialist. She has a Doctoral Degree in Public Health from the University of South Carolina. She holds certification from the American College of Healthcare Executives and as an advanced oncology certified nurse (AOCN) from the Oncology Nursing Society.
Dr. Harvey is active nationally in nursing, administrative and advocacy organizations. She was the founding president of the American College of Oncology Administrators. She served as chairperson of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's Cancer Control Advisory Committee for seven years. She has addressed the President's Special Commission on Cancer on the impact of poverty on women seeking screening and treatment for breast cancer. Currently she is a Director of the South Carolina Cancer Coalition and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Dr. Harvey was Principal Investigator on a three-year contract from the Center for Disease Control in the area of professional education for breast and cervical cancer prevention. She has published extensively in administrative and nursing journals and served as a faculty member and lecturer in the areas of health care economics, guidelines development, psychosocial and palliative care and the impact of the changing health care system on cancer care. While at the Medical University of South Carolina she taught a graduate course in Healthcare Delivery Systems and a course entitled "Ethical Considerations in Cancer Care."
Directors
Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams is the host of MSNBC’s “Live with Dan Abrams,” which airs Mondays thru Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST. He is also the chief legal correspondent for NBC News and general manager of MSNBC.
Abrams began his career at NBC Sports in 1988 at the Seoul Olympics and Wimbledon. His primary duties included making coffee runs, icing sodas, and keeping certain anchor positions dust-free.
Nearly a decade later, Abrams joined NBC News as a general assignment correspondent in 1997 and quickly became a regular contributor to “NBC Nightly News,” “Today," and “Dateline NBC.” Abrams has reported on all of the highest-profile cases of the past decade, including the Bush v. Gore post-election battles, President Clinton impeachment trial, Scott Peterson trial, Oklahoma City bombing trial, and Michael Jackson trial. More recently, he has covered legal issues associated with the war on terror and federal prosecutor firings.
Prior to joining NBC News, Abrams served as an anchor and reporter for Court TV. In that capacity he covered the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials from Los Angeles, the International War Crimes Tribunal from The Netherlands, and the assisted-suicide trials of Dr. Kevorkian from Michigan. He also worked as an NBC News consultant from 1995 to 1997.
An accomplished writer, Abrams has had articles published in, among others: The New York Times, The American Lawyer, and the Yale Law and Policy Review. He also writes a monthly legal column for Men’s Health magazine.
A 1988 alumnus of Duke University, Abrams graduated cum laude with a B.A. in political science. He received his law degree from Columbia University in 1992. He currently resides in New York City.
Deborah M. Gage
As President and CEO of GTESS, Ms. Gage is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the company and its operational functions. She works directly with the GTESS management team to execute the company's vision in the continuous effort to deliver value to its customers, shareholders and employees.
Ms. Gage is a highly qualified and experienced leader in the healthcare technology industry, with equal success in major corporations and entrepreneurial ventures. She is a veteran of business start-ups, most recently as president and CEO of RosettaMed, Inc., a Houston-based provider of physician-patient connectivity. Prior to this she was president and CEO of Solution Point, a business she founded to provide marketing information systems to healthcare technology companies. Ms. Gage has also held high-level management positions at CareStream Corporation (a division of FoxMeyer) and the MEDSTAT Group.
Ms. Gage has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School.
Dr. John Glick is a nationally recognized medical oncologist in the areas of Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and breast cancer. In addition to having an extremely active clinical practice, Dr. Glick is an acknowledged leader in designing clinical trials conducted at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Glick's clinical research projects are currently focused on evaluating the effectiveness of novel therapies for Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, and breast cancer.
Dr. Glick is the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Clinical Oncology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Glick has served as Director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania since 1985.
Dr. Glick is Past President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the largest national and international organization which fosters cancer research, education, prevention, and treatment. ASCO is the major national association for medical oncologists, and also represents surgical oncology, pediatric oncology, radiation oncology, and gynecologic oncology. Dr. Glick formerly served as the Chairman of the Subspecialty Board on Medical Oncology of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Glick received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. He completed fellowships in Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute and Stanford University. Dr. Glick is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.
Becky Krimstein is a video and film producer with more than 18 years of television experience. She and her husband are the owners of Beckstein Productions, a video production company specializing in documentaries, corporate videos, and videos for associations. The company's most recent documentary, "A Cancer Rainbow: Snapshots From My Journey," has been honored with a Gracie Allen Award, a Telly Award, a Platinum Award in the Houston International Film Festival, a Gold Medal in the NY International Film and Video Festival, and a regional Emmy nomination.
Ms. Krimstein was the Assistant Managing Editor for Television at the Associated Press in Washington, DC for four years. While at AP, she managed the company's domestic television operation and was responsible for the launch of AP's first state video service. She has also held television management positions at WUSA-TV in Washington, DC, WTNHTV in New Haven, Connecticut, and WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia.
Throughout her television career, she has been involved in many aspects of the business including writing, on-air reporting, and producing. However, most of her focus was on managing the daily news product. Ms. Krimstein is a seven-year breast cancer survivor. Her passion outside of television is fighting cancer and getting the word out about early detection.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. She is very active in the breast cancer community and served on the Consumer Advisory Board of the Suburban Breast Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for four years. She has also served on the Komen National Race for the Cure Survivor Committee. She is the recipient of the 2002 BMW/ Komen Foundation Local Hero Award for her work in the fight against breast cancer.
Ms. Krimstein is a 1985 honor graduate of Lynchburg College, where she earned a B.A. in Journalism.
Judge Melancon was nominated to the federal bench by President Clinton in November, 1993, and confirmed by the United States Senate in February 1994. He received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1968, and his law degree from Tulane University in 1973. Upon his graduation from law school, Judge Melancon practiced law in Marksville, Louisiana.
For nine years prior to his appointment to the federal bench, he was Managing Partner of the law firm Melancon & Rabalais. He has served on various bar association and legal or judicial-related committees including the following: Avoyelles Parish Bar Association, President, 1977-1978; Louisiana State Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1973-1975, 1990-1994; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter; Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Inns of Court, the Judge Fred Fudickar, Jr., the Cross-Roads American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville and the John M. Dube Chapters; American Judicature Society; Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board, 1990-1991; Committee to Study Backlog in the Courts of Appeal, First and Third Circuits, by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1991; American Trial Lawyers Association; Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Presidents Advisory Board.
Orlando T. Padilla was named director of General Motors’ corporate and government relations in 2006. His primary objectives are to favorably position GM as the automotive company of choice among consumers and stakeholders and to help assure that GM's positions on important public policy issues are understood and supported by community and government leaders at all levels. Additional responsibilities include planning and implementing corporate initiatives that directly support GM’s turnaround strategy and enhance GM’s image.
Previously, he was director of GM’s Public Policy Center with responsibilities in trade, corporate relations, government relations and environment. In January, 2001, he was given additional responsibilities for coordinating public policy for GM’s Latin America, Africa and Middle East operations after successfully leading the GM China Public Policy Team.
Before that, Padilla was assigned in 1993 to New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI), the GM/Toyota joint venture in Fremont, California, with responsibilities in cost and product planning, legal, and public affairs.
Padilla joined General Motors in 1976 as an associate engineer at GM’s Hydra-Matic Division, after starting a one-year co-op student assignment in 1973. Padilla was promoted to engineer in 1977 and to senior product engineer in 1979. Padilla held a variety of engineering assignments with increasing responsibilities, and in 1983 transferred to Buick as product planning manager in Flint, Michigan. In 1984, he was promoted to product planning manager for the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Powertrain Division in Brighton, Michigan.
In 1989, he was assigned as planning integration manager for the newly formed GM Powertrain Division. In 1990, he transferred to the Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group as strategic planning manager. He was promoted to product planning manager in 1992 at the newly formed GM North American Operations organization.
Born in Deming, New Mexico, Padilla earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University (NMSU) in 1976. He has completed various General Motors management programs at Harvard University, Northwestern University and the Wharton School, and continues higher education opportunities leading to an MBA.
He has also received Distinguished Alumni awards from various NMSU entities in 1990, 1992, 1996 and 1997. In 1993, Mr. Padilla was bestowed with the “Who’s Who Registry of Rising Young Americans” award for achievements in business and contribution to community activities. In 2000, he was named to Hispanic Business magazine’s Corporate Elite among the Fortune 1000 Corporations’ Top Hispanic Executives. He was also named as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by the same magazine.
In 2001, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce presented Mr. Padilla with the Chairman’s Award. The following year, he received the Chair Award from HENAAC (Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation) and the Corporate Trailblazer Award from Minorities in Business Magazine. In 2003, Padilla was listed by Corp! Magazine as one of Michigan’s Most Influential Hispanic Leaders and in 2004 as one of Michigan’s Rising Hispanic Stars. Mr. Padilla was also named to the inaugural list of the Latin Business 100 by Latin Business magazine and received the Latin Business Spirit Award in 2006.
Mr. Padilla has also served on the board of directors and corporate advisory boards of numerous non-profit organizations in helping the organizations accomplish their objectives and having a positive impact in the communities they serve.
Dr. Rainey, the founding member of Louisiana Oncology Associates (LOA), is originally from Alexandria, Louisiana, and has been in practice in Lafayette since 1978. He earned his BS from Louisiana State University in 1970. He attended medical school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, graduating in 1973. He completed his residency at Lafayette Charity Hospital in Lafayette in 1976, then completed his fellowship in Oncology at the University of Arizona in 1978.
Dr. Rainey is board certified in Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Louisiana Oncology Society, Louisiana State Medical Society, Lafayette Parish Medical Society, and the American College of Physician Executives.
Brad Stuart, MD, is a general internist and senior medical director of Sutter VNA (Visiting Nurse Association) and Hospice, which provides home care and hospice services throughout much of northern California. He is the principal investigator of research for Sutter’s Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program, which integrates home health care and hospice for seniors with late-stage chronic illness. AIM has been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Metta Foundation and Aetna. He is also co-principal investigator for the Cardiac Outpatient Resources (COR) project, which creates a continuum of care for heart failure patients from hospital to home. COR is supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Dr. Stuart was the primary author of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Medical Guidelines for Prognosis in Selected Non-Cancer Diseases, which have been adopted as national Medicare hospice eligibility criteria. For this work he received NHPCO’s Heart of Hospice Award, as well as the California State Hospice Association’s Pierre Salmon Award. In 2007 he was voted “Physician of the Year” by the California Association for Health Services at Home.
Dr. Stuart was featured in the HBO documentary Letting Go: A Hospice Journey, and has been interviewed on NBC’s Good Morning America on the topic of physician-assisted suicide. He also wrote and hosted Care Beyond Cure: Hospice Helping Physicians Treat the Terminally Ill, a nationally televised continuing medical education video that won an International Angel Award for Media Excellence.
Dr. Stuart is a cancer survivor, and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. He has published widely and lectured internationally on medical, psychological and spiritual issues at the end of life.
Welton is the President and CEO of Morehead Associates. Morehead conducts predictive human capital research for hospitals throughout
Before founding Morehead, Welton spent the first 10 years of his post-graduate career organizing not-for-profit initiatives focused on domestic and international justice issues. He co-founded the Vietnamese Children’s Fund and helped organize the Coalition against the Death Penalty in NC. He is the recipient of the James Luther Adams Award for his contributions to promoting opportunities for low income Americans. He has served on the boards of the Self-Help Credit Union of Charlotte, the Bruce Irons Camp Fund, and Chamber Music at St. Peter’s.
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Board Advisors
Barbara Hoffman, J.D.
Founding Chair
Barbara Hoffman, J.D., is a member of the legal research and writing faculty of Rutgers School of Law — Newark and is the founding chair of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. She is the author of numerous book chapters, articles, Web content and consumer booklets on the legal rights of cancer survivors She is the editor of A Cancer Survivor's Almanac: Charting Your Journey, John Wiley & Sons (3d ed. 2004).
Since the early 1980s, Professor Hoffman has advocated for the rights of cancer survivors and individuals with disabilities. She has spoken at more than 100 conferences and programs about cancer survivorship. She has served as a consultant to the National Cancer Institute, comprehensive cancer centers, nonprofit organizations and websites. Professor Hoffman was an area specialist to the Cancer Survival Toolbox. She is a member of the Princeton University Alumni Schools Committee. Professor Hoffman is the recipient of the President’s Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and of an Image Award from DateAble, Inc.
Samuel D. Turner, J.D.
Policy Counsel
Sam Turner is a partner in the public policy law firm Turner & Goss LLP. A former Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), he serves as policy counsel to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and other non-profit organizations involved in advocacy on behalf of cancer patients and increased support for cancer research.
