PAN team member named to 40 Under 40 in Cancer list for 2025

The PAN Foundation is excited to share that our Senior Director of Development and Strategy, Anabella Aspiras, MPA, BSN, RN, was recently recognized by the Association for Value-Based Cancer Care as an emerging leader in their 2025 class of 40 Under 40 in Cancer recipients. With over 14 years of experience spanning healthcare strategy, operations, policy, and front-line public health emergency response, Anabella was selected as an emerging leader from a highly competitive pool of nominations. 

“We are thrilled that Anabella received this incredible national recognition for her work in the cancer care space,” said Alan Klein, PAN Foundation Chief Growth and Strategy Officer. “Her innovative leadership and dedication to patients are commendable. In her role here at the PAN Foundation, she is leading efforts to strengthen support for and offerings from PAN’s advocacy and education programs. These programs help advance our mission of accelerating access to affordable, equitable healthcare for everyone, including those living with cancer.”

Before joining PAN in March 2025, Anabella served in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy as Assistant Director of Public Engagement for the Cancer Moonshot. In this role, she helped advance the ambitious goals of the Cancer Moonshot: to reduce the cancer death rate and improve the experience of people living with and surviving cancer. Anabella also has deep clinical expertise from her frontline work in emergency and critical care, including responding to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic and to the Ebola outbreak in 2015. Anabella also led clinical operations and strategy for health-tech organizations, such as Mendel AI and Flatiron Health.