Dr. Balch has nearly fifteen years of executive leadership in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on consensus building and collaboration. He has led numerous federal advocacy efforts on a range of issues both that the legislative and regulatory level. He became the CEO of both the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) and National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) in 2013. 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 2006, Dr. Balch was the Executive Director of Friends of Cancer Research.
