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Joan Fowler

Executive Director

Joan Menna Fowler spent her career in IT and Real Estate Development prior to becoming involved in pancreatic patient advocacy following her father’s PDAC diagnosis. Joan has been a Consumer Reviewer for both the peer and programmatic panels of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) which strives to transform health care for Service Members and the American public through innovative and impactful research.  She is a member of the National Pancreas Foundation and holds a BS from Bryant University.

Joan has spent her adult and professional life living across the United States and London, bringing a global perspective to HBF

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