Our Vision
To develop prostate cancer cures for tomorrow’s patients through more precise screening, targeted treatments, and advanced risk-assessment strategies.
Our Goal
Invest $100 million in diagnostics and screening, therapeutics, risk reduction and education, and talent and tools to treat prostate cancer patients more precisely and more accurately.
Council Members
Chair
Jon Fine
Honorary Chairs
Jacob Carl Green, Jr
Pamela M. Lopker
Rick Steves
Scott Atkison, President/CEO, Idaho Forest Group (retired)
Donald Burton, Founder, CEO, Evergreen Home Loans; Past Board Member and Board Chair, Plaza Bank; Past Board Member, President, Chairman, Washington Mortgage Bankers Association
Juan Cotto, Director of Government Affairs, Bloodworks Northwest
Karl Ege, Of Counsel, Perkins Coie LLP; Chief Legal Officer, Russell Investments, retired; former Board of Trustees, Fred Hutch
Steve Fleischmann, Founder and Chairman, Fleischmann Capital
Dan Ivanoff, Founder and Managing Member, Schnitzer West
Daniel Lin, MD, Director, IPCR; Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Co-Chair of Surgical Oncology, Chief of Urologic Oncology, and Pritt Family Endowed Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, UW Medicine; Professor, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
Paul Lange, MD, Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Urology, UW Medicine; Founding Director Emeritus, IPCR
Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona; Board of Advisors, Fred Hutch
Lynn Merritt, Vice President Nike Global Basketball Sports Marketing (retired)
Peter Nelson, MD, Vice President, Precision Oncology; Director, Sloan Precision Oncology Institute; Professor, Human Biology Division; and Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute Endowed Chair, Fred Hutch
Kelly O’Brien, Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, Fred Hutch
Jim Riley, Senior Partner, Riley Stegner and Associates
John C. Rudolf, Founder, Glacier Peak Capital
Bob Vessella, PhD, Department of Urology, Professor Emeritus and Former Vice Chair; Co-Founding Director, UW Genitourinary Oncology Lab, retired; Former Pritt Family Endowed Chair in Prostate Cancer Research
Gary Young, Founding Partner, Shelter Holdings
Steve Anderson, Investor (retired)
Carl Behnke, President, REB Enterprises
Kristianne “Kristi” Blake, President, Kristianne Gates Blake, PS; University of Washington Board of Regents, 2006-2018; Treasurer, Board of Directors, Fred Hutch
Paul Buckley, PhD, Vice President & Chief Workforce Experience Officer, Fred Hutch
Ben Danielson, MD, Pediatrician, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Barton Distinguished Endowed Chair for Youth Justice and Health Equity, University of Washington, Board of Advisors, Fred Hutch
Tim Dellit, MD, CEO, UW Medicine
Tom Handley, Senior Advisor, Cascade Asset Management
Tom Herche, President, United Warehouses
Mike Hughes, President, Safeco Insurance, retired; Director, National Association Corporate Directors
Art Jackson, Vice President General Administration, Costco Wholesale (retired)
Connie Kravas, PhD, Vice President University Advancement, University of Washington (retired)
Stewart Landefeld, Partner, Perkins Coie, LLP, Former Vice Chair, Chair Elect, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD, President and Director, Raisbeck Endowed Chair for the President and Director, Fred Hutch
Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, UW Medicine; Assistant Member, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
Rick Rizzs, Voice of the Seattle Mariners
Chuck Schweizer, Investment Manager, LCI Advisors (retired)
Herb Simon, Principal, Simon and Johnson, LLC; University of Washington Board of Regents, 2005-2018