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Leadership

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. Each Member institution appoints five of the 15 directors, with at least three of the five directors required to be community representatives. Current SCCA Board members include:

  • Sue Albrecht, Chair, Board Facility Committee; Past Member and Former Chair, Seattle Children's Board of Trustees
  • Robert Bakemeier, Board Vice Chair; Seattle Children's Board of Trustees; President, Bakemeier Law Firm 
  • Carl Behnke, Co-Chair, FHCRC Board of Ambassadors; Past Member and Former Chair, FHCRC Board of Trustees; President, REB Enterprises, Inc.  
  • Bob Gerth, Board Treasurer; Chair, Board Finance & Audit Committee; Past Member, FHCRC Board of Trustees; Partner, Deloitte (retired) 
  • Mark Groudine, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President & Deputy Director, FHCRC; Professor, Radiation Oncology, UW School of Medicine
  • Pat Hagan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Seattle Children’s
  • Jonelle Johnson, Past Member, UW Medicine Board
  • Rich Jones, Immediate Past Board Chair; UW Medicine Board; Past Member, FHCRC Board of Trustees; President and CEO, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants; Partner, Ernst & Young (retired) 
  • Ruth Mahan, Vice Dean for Administration and Finance, UW School of Medicine
  • Shan Mullin, Board Secretary (former Chair); Vice Chair, UW Medicine Board; Past Member and Former Chair, FHCRC Board of Trustees; Partner, Perkins Coie 
  • Brooks Ragen, Board Chair; Chair, Board Executive Committee; Chair, Board Compensation Committee; Past Member and Former Chair, UW Medicine Board; Chair, Board of Directors, McAdams Wright Ragen & Manzanita Capital 
  • Kathy Randall, Chair, Board Integrity Committee; Past Member and Former Chair, Seattle Children's Board of Trustees 
  • Johnese Spisso, Vice President for Medical Affairs, UW; Clinical Operations Officer, UW Medicine 
  • Bruder Stapleton, MD, Chief Academic Officer & Senior VP, Seattle Children’s; Ford/Morgan Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine; Associate Dean, UW School of Medicine
  • Myra Tanita, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, FHCRC

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
  • 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, UW School of Medicine
  • 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 
  • Janet Leeds, Administrative Director, SCCA Board: staff to the SCCA Board of Directors.