APCO Adds Experts in Strategic Health Partnerships, Public Health Policy to Health Advisory Board

Washington (October 9, 2014) – Stig Albinus, leader of APCO Worldwide’s
health care practice announced today the addition of two new senior advisors to
APCO’s Health Advisory Board (HAB), part of APCO’s International Advisory Council (IAC), Jack Faris, former CEO of the Pacific Northwest Diabetes
Research Institute and Lanhee Chen, Hoover Institution Fellow and former policy
director of the 2012 Romney presidential campaign.

“I’m delighted to welcome Jack and Lanhee to APCO’s HAB. Their deep industry
knowledge will be of great value to our clients and a welcome addition to this
group of distinguished senior advisors,” said Albinus.

APCO’s HAB, is a specialty group within its IAC that is comprised of more
than 20 former public health leaders, heads of communication of large
pharmaceutical and insurance companies, and former health policy officials.

“Jack and Lanhee are respected experts in their respective fields in the
health care industry, and I’m honored that they have joined APCO’s HAB,” said
Margery Kraus, founder and CEO of APCO Worldwide. “A little more than three
years since its launch in 2011, the HAB has provided our clients with even
greater, expert counsel when crucial decisions confront them.”

 

• As the CEO of the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute, Faris
  developed a strategic alliance with the Swedish Medical Center and the
  Washington global health community. He also served as president of the
  Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association and director of community
  strategies for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is currently an
  independent consultant working with organizations such as Pacific Northwest
  Diabetes Research Institute, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle
  Children’s Research Institute and University of Washington Clean Energy
  Institute.

 

• Chen is a Bloomberg columnist and is the Director of Domestic Policy Studies
  in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University. He also teaches at Stanford
  Law School. Chen’s current research focuses on health policy, campaigns and
  elections, economic policy, and California policy and politics. He was appointed
  by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as
  a member of the bipartisan and independent Social Security Advisory Board. As
  Mitt Romney’s chief policy adviser and policy director for the Romney-Ryan
  presidential campaign, Chen was responsible for developing the campaign’s
  domestic and foreign policy. He also formerly served as a senior official at the
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and worked as an associate attorney
  with international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.