REFILL - Key Persons

Alicia Tieder

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Chief Diversity Officer

Andre A S Dick

Job Titles:

Professor of Surgery at the University
Senior Vice President and Surgeon - in - Chief

Dr. Andre Dick is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital. He is currently also serving as Surgical Director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program. in January of 2022 Dr. Dick was named Senior VP and Surgeon-in-Chief, after serving in an interim capacity since April 2021. He was born in Jamaica and attended medical school at the State University New York School of Medicine. Dr. Dick fulfilled his residency at Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, and completed his fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center. In 2008 he joined both the University of Washington Department of Surgery and Seattle Children's Hospital as Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Dick was promoted to Professor of Surgery in July 2022. Dr. Dick has been board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery since 2006. In 2011, he completed his Masters Degree in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has served as the Region 6 Representative on the Pediatric Transplant Committee for the United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS/OPTN). Dr. Dick is also dedicated to the training and education of young surgeons. He previously served many years as the Transplant Fellowship Program Director at University of Washington. In 2017, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Training and Fellowship Training Committee at ASTS (American Society of Transplant Surgeons), and is also a member of the Transplant Accreditation and Certification Council. Dr. Dick is a member of the Education Committee of IPTA (International Pediatric Transplant Association) since 2016 and is currently serving a two-year term on the IPTA Council. Dr. Dick's clinical interests include liver, kidney and pancreas transplant and hepatobiliary surgery. His research is focused on obesity and its effects on transplant outcomes and on health care disparities in transplantation.

Bonnie Fryzlewicz - SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Nursing Officer
Senior Vice President

As senior vice president and chief nursing officer, Bonnie Fryzlewicz is accountable for nursing practice across the health system. This includes supporting nursing recruitment, retention, nursing practice, research and professional development. She also has oversight for a number of patient care services.

Dinarte Viveiros

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, Patient Care Services, and Associate Chief Nurse

Dondi L. Cupp - SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Development Officer
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer / Seattle Children 's Foundation

As senior vice president and chief development officer, Dondi Cupp helps Seattle Children's Foundation and Guild Association reach its philanthropic goals and develop new fundraising initiatives to support its clinical and research programs. Cupp uses a mission-driven approach when developing and implementing strategic fundraising plans. Cupp brings over 34 years of experience in philanthropy to Seattle Children's, including 23 years at public institutions in the Pacific Northwest. Most recently at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU), he led a comprehensive fundraising program that supported OHSU's multi-faceted mission of education, research and clinical activities. He has also managed fundraising efforts at the University of Michigan, University of Washington (UW), Western Washington University Foundation and the University of Oklahoma. While at the UW, Cupp founded the Advancement Leadership Class, a comprehensive leadership development program for the advancement of staff. He was then nominated by his UW colleagues for the David B. Thorud Leadership Award and received the Marilyn Batt Dunn Endowed Award for Excellence in University Advancement. Cupp holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Oklahoma. He is a fellow of the Advancement Leadership Academy, a CASE Laureate recognizing volunteer professional service, and a recipient of the CASE Crystal Apple for excellence in teaching. Outside of work, Cupp enjoys traveling the world with his husband and son, playing tennis, entertaining friends and family at home, and following college sports.

Dr. Zafar Chaudry

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Leadership Team
MIS

As senior vice president and chief digital and information officer, Dr. Zafar Chaudry provides vision and leadership for the development of technology initiatives and enterprise-wide information systems and services for Seattle Children's. His goal is to enable clinicians with the best technology to deliver safe and excellent care to our patients. Chaudry, who began his career as a physician, brings to Seattle Children's over 20 years' worth of experience in healthcare informatics and a strong technical, business and international standards-based approach to IS. He has worked in senior IT roles in startups and served as faculty at the City Colleges of Chicago. He then became CIO of Europe's largest women's hospital (Liverpool Women's) and its largest children's hospital (Alder Hey), both in Liverpool, England. He moved on to serving as research director for global healthcare at Gartner. Most recently, he was CIO of Cambridge University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. Chaudry earned his MD from Ross University. He subsequently earned his MS in healthcare management and policy from the University of Birmingham, his MIS in information systems management from the University of Salford and his MBA from Aston University, all in the U.K. While not at work, Chaudry enjoys international travel and is an avid fan of science fiction.

Eric Tham

Job Titles:

Senior Vice President and Chief Research Operations Officer

Erik Lausund

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, Research Operations and Logistics

Erin Moya

er..@seattlechildrens.org

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Physician Relations Director ( Alaska )

Francesca Vega

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, External Affairs

Jamie Phillips - COO, SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Seattle Children's

Jamie Phillips is senior vice president and chief operating officer of Seattle Children's. In this role, she supports the overall system and clinical business operations and oversees government relations, marketing and communications. Phillips has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare administration, the past 14 of which have been in operations leadership roles. Most recently, she served as chief operating officer and vice president of Children's Services at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland, California. In addition to her time at Benioff Children's Hospitals, she served at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Phillips holds a master's degree in health administration from The Ohio State University and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Ohio Diversity and Leadership Multicultural Leadership Award and the YMCA Cincinnati Black Achiever Award. She has also served as an adjunct professor for the Undergraduate Healthcare Management Program at Franklin University.

Jeff Sperring - CEO

Job Titles:

Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey Avansino

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Member of the Medical Staff Leadership Team
Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Associate Surgeon - in - Chief

Jeffrey Ojemann - SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Medical Officer
Senior Vice President

John Saavedra

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, People Operations

Keturah Hallmosley

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, People Experience and Talent Development

Kevin Charette

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Chief Perfusionist

Leslie Walker-Harding - SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Academic Officer
Senior Vice President

Lisa Hayward - Chief Legal Officer, SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Legal Officer
Senior Vice President

As the organization's chief legal officer, Lisa Hayward's role is to look out for the legal needs of the organization by providing advice and counsel through Seattle Children's Board of Trustees, the senior executive team and other leaders and employees. She advises on a wide range of issues, including corporate bylaws; fraud; HIPAA-related concerns; tax exemption issues; trademark law; governance practices; negotiating and interpreting contracts; structuring deals for legal compliance; and litigation matters. Hayward was drawn to this line of work while pursuing her master's in health administration at Indiana University. One of her required classes covered legal issues in healthcare. She found it so fascinating that she ended up attending law school immediately after graduation. On her application essay to the University of Washington School of Law, where she earned her law degree, Hayward said her ultimate career goal was to serve as general counsel for a hospital or health system. She achieved that goal in 2016 when she was appointed Seattle Children's general counsel. At Seattle Children's, Hayward combines her backgrounds in law and healthcare. Prior to graduate school she worked for several years as a technician in the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory at New England Medical Center, then at a private gastroenterology practice affiliated with Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. After graduating from law school, she joined the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine, where she practiced for 18 years as a health lawyer, the last 11 as a partner of the firm. Outside of work, you'll rarely find Hayward sitting still. With two sons who play soccer, and as a passionate Seattle Sounders fan, she says she spends a ridiculous amount of time watching the sport. She and her family are also outdoor enthusiasts who unplug at their cabin near Lake Wenatchee skiing, scuba diving, river rafting, hiking, stand-up paddle boarding and cutting their own firewood.

Melissa Walsh

Job Titles:

Member of the Medical Staff Leadership Team
President, Medical Staff

Michael Jensen

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, Seattle Children 's Therapeutics and Chief Therapeutics Officer, Executive Director, CureWorks

Myra Gregorian - CHRO, SVP

Job Titles:

Chief People Officer
Senior Vice President
Seattle Children 's Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer

As Seattle Children's senior vice president and chief people officer, Myra Gregorian helps the institution meet its human capital needs while maintaining high levels of workforce engagement and commitment. This includes shaping a high-performance culture by ensuring that Seattle Children's values are communicated and understood at all levels. Gregorian brings to Seattle Children's two decades of experience in healthcare operations management, human resources and organizational strategy, most recently at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Before that, she was at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach and other major medical centers in Southern California. She is excited to apply her resilience, clear communication style and balance between results, relationships and outcomes in making Seattle Children's home to the very best workforce of any children's hospital. Gregorian earned her bachelor's degree in general business from Regents College in Albany, New York, and her master of arts in organizational leadership from Woodbury University in Burbank, California. While not at work, Gregorian enjoys reading, traveling, watching movies, shopping, yoga and bike riding at the beach. Since becoming a mother, much of her time off has been devoted to kid-friendly activities for her two children.

Niurka Vazquez

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President and Executive Director, CUMG

Pam Rock

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, Medical Service Lines and Specialty Programs

Paul Sharek

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer ( Quality / Safety )

Robin Turner - VP

Job Titles:

Deputy General Counsel
Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President

Ruth McDonald

Job Titles:

Member of the Leadership Team
Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Operations Officer

Suzanne Beitel - CFO, SVP

Job Titles:

Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Executive Leadership Team
Senior Vice President

As senior vice president and chief financial officer, Suzanne Beitel helps to preserve and grow the financial strength of Seattle Children's so we can continue to provide care to all the children who need our services - today and long into the future. Beitel brings to the institution 20 years' experience as a Wall Street investment banker, working with children's hospitals around the country - including Seattle Children's - on their capital planning and strategic needs. She has a deep understanding of hospital finance and credit, and will be a strong advocate for Seattle Children's in working with rating agencies, investors and other financial partners. Ever since she was a child life volunteer at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago (then known as Children's Memorial), Beitel has been interested in applying her skills in an organization that focuses on providing the best care for children. Beitel earned her bachelor's degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. While not at work, Beitel enjoys traveling, skiing and running - she has completed five marathons and many more half-marathons. She is married with two teenage daughters and an adorable mini-goldendoodle, and is excited to explore the Pacific Northwest.