Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Chief Executive Officer, National Patient Advocate Foundation and Patient Advocate Foundation
Nancy Davenport-Ennis, cancer survivor, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of two organizations founded in 1996, National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF), a policy organization, headquartered in Washington, DC that seeks to improve access to care through regulatory and policy initiatives at the state and federal levels and Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), a 501(c) 3 direct patient services non-profit organization, headquartered in Newport News, VA, providing professional case management services in order to resolve patient access issues. PAF served over 6 million contacts in the FY2005/2006.
Davenport-Ennis has been appointed to, and currently serves on, several national committees including and appointment by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as a Commissioner on the American Health Information Community (AHIC) with Health and Human Services (HHS) serving as Co-Chair of the Consumer Empowerment Working Group for AHIC, Directors Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a voting seat on the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Access to Quality Cancer Care Team, a committee of C-Change, One Voice Against Cancer, Virginia Governor’s Government & Regulatory Reform Task Force, Virginia Attorney General’s Regulatory and Government Reform Task Force-Healthcare Working Group, Health Information Technology Council for Virginia and the Mayor’s Committee on Medicaid and Physician Recruitment in Newport News, VA. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Friends of Cancer Research, the Advisory Board for the Intercultural Cancer Council, external Board of Review for the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis, MO, the PRR Advisory Board for Oncology Times, In-Touch, Coping and Managed Care and Cancer magazines. She has served as a Congressional witness before the Senate and House committees addressing access issues confronting patients.
Throughout her career in patient advocacy, Davenport-Ennis’ expertise has been sought by national and local media outlets for articles addressing access issues confronting patients reflecting the value of case management and/or legal interventions. Articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, US News and World Report, USA Today, Washington Post, The Boston Globe; Houston Chronicle, The Daily Press, The Virginian Pilot , Inside CMS, Family Circle Magazine; Parade Magazine, Readers Digest; Prevention Magazine, Self Magazine, All You, Real Simple Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Nursing Spectrum, Business Week, Hematology Oncology Times, Physicians Practice Magazine, Coping Magazine, Women and Cancer, American Family Physician Monograph on Cancer, CNN, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, CBS affiliate stations, and the Lifetime Network.
In 2008, Ms. Davenport – Ennis was selected by Yoplait and Susan G. Komen for the Cure as a Yoplait Champion for selflessly fighting breast cancer; as well, Ms. Davenport-Ennis joined Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a national movement to end cancer, and sits on their Advisory Council. In 2007, Davenport-Ennis was honored by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) with a Citation of Merit for the work of Patient Advocate Foundation. In 2007 PAF was named one of the “Top 25 Places to Work” in Hampton Roads by Inside Business.
Ms. Davenport-Ennis is the recipient of the 2005 Women in Business Achievement Award presented by Anthem and Business Week. Davenport-Ennis was honored with the 1989 Outstanding Young Woman of America Award, the Association of Community Cancer Centers Advocate of the Year Award and the U.S. Oncology Medal of Honor Award. Ms. Davenport-Ennis was also appointed to the Governor’s Commission on the Uninsured in Virginia. Davenport-Ennis was also named as a Paul Harris Fellow by the National Rotary Foundation. Davenport-Ennis holds a B.A. degree in English from Campbell University. She resides in Yorktown, Virginia with her husband, John H. Ennis, Jr. and has two daughters and four grandchildren.
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