Dr. Balch has more than 20 years of executive leadership in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on consensus-building and collaboration. He became the CEO of PAF and NPAF in 2013. From 2006-2013, he served as 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. Most recently, Dr. Balch was selected as the Chair of the Global Patient Council for the American Patient Representatives Roundtable for the Professional Society for Health Economics and Research (ISPOR) after serving as Co-Chair of the North American Patient Representatives Roundtable. He volunteers as a board member for the Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC), Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) and recently completed his term as a board member for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB). Dr. Balch has served on the Executive Board of Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation since 2007. From 2006 to 2016, Dr. Balch served on the board of Fight Colorectal Cancer including several years as Vice Chair. In addition, he serves on numerous advisory boards and committees. He earned his PhD from the University of California, his master’s degree from the University of Texas; and his bachelor’s degree (cum laude) from Trinity University in San Antonio.