About PatAdvHub
PatAdvHub exists to make patient advocacy easier to start, easier to sustain, and impossible to ignore.
PatAdvHub was founded by David Dubinski after a career leading patient advocacy inside oncology companies. He built PatAdvHub so the next generation of advocacy projects would never have to choose between mission and infrastructure.
Today we serve as a fiscal sponsor and resource hub for projects working across rare disease, oncology, mental health, and access to care — providing the back office so project leaders can focus on patients.
To advance patient-led advocacy by providing the operational, financial, and educational infrastructure that allows mission-driven projects to thrive.
A world where every patient has a strong, trusted advocate at the table — shaping research, policy, and care.
Our Story & Leadership
Founder
Founder & Chief Mission Officer
David dedicated 25 years inside the biopharmaceutical industry to one conviction: that patients deserve a seat at every table that matters. As Head of Patient Advocacy at Incyte, he created MPN Heroes — one of oncology's most recognized patient-recognition programs — and went on to lead advocacy at Blueprint Medicines and CTI BioPharma/Sobi. A published contributor alongside leading oncology researchers, he walked away from a successful industry career to build PatAdvHub from the ground up. Today he serves as its Founder and Chief Mission Officer — the architect behind every program, partnership, and platform PatAdvHub creates.
"Advocacy projects shouldn't have to choose between mission and infrastructure. PatAdvHub exists so they never have to."
President
Cheryl turned personal loss into purpose. After her late husband's MPN diagnosis, she founded both Heal Canada and the Canadian MPN Network — building from scratch two of Canada's most important patient advocacy platforms for the blood cancer community. That same instinct to build where there is nothing brings depth and credibility to her role as President of PatAdvHub.
Executive Director
Lynn is the operational backbone of PatAdvHub. As Director of Daily Operations at Patwell Pharmaceutical Solutions — supporting biotech and pharmaceutical clinical trial supply chains for over 20 years — she has mastered the art of keeping complex, high-stakes systems running without a single missed step. A Millersville University graduate, Lynn applies that same precision and reliability to PatAdvHub's day-to-day infrastructure: the kind of steady, behind-the-scenes leadership that lets every program and partnership focus on mission rather than mechanics.
Secretary
Tina knows what patient-centered care looks like from the inside out. She built her entire career within Cooper University Healthcare — starting as a hospital operator and earning her way to Training & Resource Specialist by developing the digital tools and systems her team needed to do their jobs better. Today she oversees the protocols running after-hours answering services across 150+ outpatient offices in the Cooper health system. Her path — from the front lines of patient communication to a systems leadership role she created through her own initiative — is exactly the kind of story PatAdvHub exists to support.
Treasurer
Carolyn sits at one of the most valuable intersections in healthcare: she understands both how drugs get developed and how they get to patients. With nearly three years managing clinical trial logistics at Syneos Health — one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical solutions organizations — followed by her current role as Regional Marketing Director at Johnson & Johnson, she has seen the drug development journey from trial supply chain to commercial launch. A Liverpool John Moores University graduate, Carolyn brings PatAdvHub the financial acumen and cross-functional perspective of someone who knows exactly what it takes to move from science to impact.
Board Member
Kate has spent nearly 30 years doing one thing exceptionally well: making patients and healthcare providers pay attention. From Wyeth and Endo Pharmaceuticals to Mylan, Otsuka, and now Ipsen — where she leads portfolio marketing for Value & Access — she has launched and scaled some of pharma's most recognized brands across every channel that matters. A West Chester University graduate and recipient of both Wyeth's President's Leadership Award and Endo's Circle of Excellence Marketer of the Year, Kate brings PatAdvHub the rare skill of turning an important message into one the world actually hears.
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