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

 



Map & Directions
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Patient Guide to Clinical Studies

Find out more about clinical studies, what they are, and how to participate in them.

Careers

SCCA offers a variety of job opportunities in a broad range of disciplines.