Lisa Simms Booth

Senior Director of Patient and Public Engagement, Biden Cancer Initiative

Lisa Simms Booth serves as the Senior Director of Patient and Public Engagement at the Biden Cancer Initiative, helping define the organization’s strategic priorities and programs. Lisa leads the Initiative’s advocacy outreach and collaboration strategies, including the design and coordination of the Biden Cancer Collaborative which develops solutions to shared challenges.

Prior to joining the Initiative, she was at FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, shaping its approach to accelerating medical progress through leadership roles in partnership development, external affairs and operations. Throughout her 14-year tenure at FasterCures, Lisa created programs that brought together pharmaceutical, biotech, philanthropic, and non-profit communities.

Prior to joining FasterCures, she worked for a variety of political and advocacy organizations including LISTEN, Inc., The Alliance for Justice, Time Dollar Institute, Children's Defense Fund, Democratic National Committee and the National Rainbow Coalition. She is a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Michigan State University.  She is active in the music ministry and community outreach efforts for her church, Metropolitan AME, which recently celebrated its 180^th Anniversary.

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Peter M. Pellerito

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