Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Karen Orloff Kaplan is the CEO of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. She started on February 4, 2008.
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Board of Directors
Members of the Board of Directors include ovarian cancer survivors and relatives or friends of women who died from the disease.
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Scientific and Medical Advisory Board (SMAB)
The Scientific and Medical Advisory Board are respected leaders in research and on treating women with ovarian cancer.
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Staff List
Karen Orloff Kaplan, MSW, MPH, ScD
Chief Executive Officer, ocna@ovariancancer.org
Karen Orloff Kaplan, MSW, MPH, ScD, has served as the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance’s chief executive officer since February 2008.
Dr. Kaplan has a long track record in the health arena as an advocate, administrator, policy expert and researcher, with a particular focus on women’s health concerns and cancers.
Dr. Kaplan was the director of special projects for the Wye River Group on Healthcare, a national health care reform organization, where she created and implemented policy projects. Prior to that, she served as a consultant to the American Cancer Society on palliative care policies and was director of its Access to Care Project.
Previously, Dr. Kaplan was president and chief executive officer of Last Acts Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the care people receive as they near the end of life. For nearly four years, she also served as national program director for Last Acts: Care and Caring Near the End of Life, a campaign and grass-roots effort funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Kaplan holds a doctor of science degree and a master’s degree in public health from The Johns Hopkins University. She also has a master’s degree in social work from Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Goucher College.
She is the author of several books and numerous articles concerning health care. She is a member of the Board of Directors of several organizations including an early childhood education program.
Cara Tenenbaum, Esq.
Vice President for Policy and External Affairs, ctenenbaum@ovariancancer.org
Elizabeth White
Director of Events and Development Manager, ewhite@ovariancancer.org
Amanda Davis
Marketing and Communications Manager, adavis@ovariancancer.org
David Zook
Public Policy Manager, dzook@ovariancancer.org
Abby Allender
Web Development and Communications Coordinator, aallender@ovariancancer.org
Rachel Solomon
Executive Assistant, rsolomon@ovariancancer.org
Julie Claiborn
Staff Associate, jclaiborn@ovariancancer.org
General Inquiries: ocna@ovariancancer.org
Junior Committees
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