Center Leadership

President & Director

Lee Hartwell
President and Director of Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He concurrently serves as Research Professor of Genetics with the American Cancer Society and Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. Read more »

Executive Vice President and Deputy Director Mark Groudine Mark Groudine is a member of the Basic Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and serves as Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of the Center. Read more »

Division and Institute Directors Fred Appelbaum Clinical Research Division Ross Prentice Public Health Sciences Division James Roberts Basic Sciences Division Barbara Trask Human Biology Division Larry Corey Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute

Vice Presidents

• Myra Tanita, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
• Janell Baldwin, Vice President, Shared Resources
• Linda Gainer, Vice President, External Affairs and Communications
• Randy Main, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Ulrich Mueller, Vice President, Industry Relations and Technology Licensing
• Han Nachtrieb, Vice President, Human Resources
• Robert Robbins, Ph.D., Vice President, Information Technology
• Scott Rusch, Vice President, Facilities and Operations
• Doug Shaeffer, Vice President, General Counsel
• Nancy Wells, Vice President, Development

Boards

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is served by two different boards.

Board of Trustees

Since its founding Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been guided by the strong leadership of its Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees, with appropriate delegation to its committees and the center's officers, oversees the center's affairs. The specific responsibilities of the Board include:

• Establishment of broad policies for the center including its mission, values and long range strategies;
• Implementation of those policies through center management;
• Evaluation of the institutional effectiveness of the center;
• Review and approval of facilities plans;
• Approval of the annual budgets and overall financial programs and policies; and
• Appointment and evaluation of the effectiveness of the center's chief executive officer.

Board of Ambassadors

The Board of Ambassadors ("Board") is an appointed group of volunteers whose purpose is to support Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ("Center") and its mission of eliminating cancer as a cause of human suffering and death by serving as ambassadors for the Center in the community. The specific responsibilities of the Board include:

• Serve as ambassadors of the Center in the community and to advocate for the Center
• Serve as a liaison between the Center and the community at large, both locally and nationally
• Assist Center leadership in developing and strengthening relationships with key Center constituencies locally and nationally including government, academia, biotechnology, healthcare and underserved communities
• Provide input and feedback on issues of interest and concern to the Center
• Serve on Center councils as community representatives
• Be knowledgeable about the Center, its mission and current scientific activities