Leadership

Legal Structure

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is organized as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, nonprofit corporation under Chapter 24.06 of the Revised Code of Washington.

Governance and Management

SCCA's affairs are governed by a 15-member board of directors. The SCCA Board includes five directors from each parent organization, with each organization required to be community representatives. Current SCCA Board members include:

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Carl Behnke, Co-Chair FHCRC Board of Ambasadors; Past Member and Former Chair, FHCRC Board of Trustees
Bob Gerth, SCCA Board Treasurer/Finance & Audit Committee, Past Member, FHCRC Board of Trustees
Mark Groudine, MD, PhD Executive Vice President & Deputy Director, FHCRC; Professor, Radiation Oncology, UWSOM
Rich Jones, SCCA Board Chair; FHCRC Board of Trustees; President and CEO, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants; Partner, Ernst & Young (retired)
Myra Tanita, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, FHCRC

UW Medicine

Jonelle Johnson, Past Member, UW Medicine Board; Senior Vice President & Western Regional Manager; Global Treasury Management, Key Bank
Ruth Mahan, Vice Dean for Administration and Finance, UWSOM UW Medicine
Shan Mullin, SCCA Board Secretary (former Chair); UW Medicine Board; Past Member and Former Chair, FHCRC Board of Trustees; Partner, Perkins Coie
Brooks G. Ragen, Chair, SCCA Integrity Committee; Past Member and Former Chair, UW Medicine Board; Board of Directors, McAdams Wright Ragen & Manzanita Capital
Johnese Spisso, Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Washington
Clinical Operations Officer, UW Medicine

Seattle Children's

Sue Albrecht, Former SCCA Vice Chair; Past Member and Former Chair, Seattle Children's Hospital Board of Trustees
Robert Bakemeier, Seattle Children's Hospital Board of Trustees; President, Bakemeier Law Firm
Pat Hagan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Seattle Children’s
Kathy Randall, Past Member and Former Chair, Seattle Children's Board of Trustees
Bruder Stapleton, MD, Chief Academic Officer & Senior VP, Seattle Children’s; Ford/Morgan Professor & Chair, Dept of Pediatrics, UWSOM; Associate Dean, UWSOM

Member Representatives

Lee Hartwell, PhD, President and Director, FHCRC; Professor of Genetics, UW College of Arts & Sciences
Thomas Hansen, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital
Paul Ramsey, MD, Chief Executive Officer, UW Medicine; Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Washington

SCCA Management Team

Fred Appelbaum, MD, Executive Director and President of SCCA: responsible for general administration and management of SCCA operations; Director, Clinical Research Division and Member, FHCRC; Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, UWSOM
Norm Hubbard, Executive Vice President, SCCA: responsible for overall strategic leadership and management of the SCCA.
F. Marc Stewart MD, Medical Director and Vice President, SCCA: works with SCCA Clinical Affairs Committee to conduct SCCA's utilization management and quality assurance program, and oversees clinical issues on behalf of SCCA.
Jonathan Tingstad, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, SCCA
Madeline Buelt MSN, RN, Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President of Operations, SCCA: responsible for the administrative and clinical operations of the SCCA.
Brad Berg, Legal Counsel, SCCA; Foster Pepper FLLC
Kimberly Harden, Staff to the SCCA Board of Directors