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61 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Healthcare Awards 2018 USA Since becoming the CEO of the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) in 2008, Val Bias has lead the organization to the forefront of the healthcare reform debate on such issues as the elimination of lifetime caps and pre-existing conditions with insurers. In addition, he has greatly expanded the NHF’s research agenda and created the Women’s Health and Bleeding Disorders Institute to address the growing needs for awareness and treatment for women with bleeding disorders. Before becoming CEO, Bias maintained a long and meaningful history with the National Hemophilia Foundation, from his service as NHF’s Board Chair in 1992 to his tenure as volunteer, consultant, and advocate to NHF, culminating with the passage of the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Act of 1998. In the last decade, through volunteer commitments in advocacy and blood safety and by his professional commitments in leadership and organizational training, Bias has established a solid reputation as a true consensus builder, collaborator and trusted leader in the bleeding disorders community. Bias has a track record of success with the broad and complex community in which NHF operates. He has interfaced with key decision makers in executive and legislative branches of federal government and has long-standing working relationships with such federal agencies as the CDC, NIH and FDA. In addition, Bias is known and respected by hemophilia treatment centers and NHF chapters across the country. Prior to joining NHF, Bias served the bleeding and clotting disorders community in the following ways: • Executive Director, Hemophilia Council of California • CEO/Co-Founder, Compass Non-Profit Consulting Services • Managing Consultant, The Bias Group • Consultant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Consultant, MARC Associates (Lobbyists for NHF in DC) • Associate Executive Director, Berkeley/Albany YMCA • Board President, Hemophilia Foundation of Northern CA (HFNC) • Co-Director, Camp Hemotion, HFNC Residential Summer Camp ABOUT VAL BIAS VAL BIAS CEO of National Hemophilia Foundation FIRM PROFILE The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) is dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for inheritable bleeding disorders and to preventing the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research. Established in 1948, the National Hemophilia Foundation has chapters throughout the country. Its programs and initiatives are made possible through the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations as well as through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). You can get involved by becoming a member of a local walk team, part of a NHF’s National Hemophilia Walk program, which helps fund vital research on therapies that improve and extend people’s lives. Or donate a car or other vehicle through NHF’s Vehicle Donation Program. Contributions to NHF can be made all year round, and ensure that investigators continue to pursue research and that programs continue to educate and support individuals and their families dealing with bleeding disorders. We look forward to your partnership as, together, we improve the lives of people with bleeding disorders. www.hemophilia.org