ODEI Advisory Boards

Leading Our Efforts

While the Fred Hutch's President & Director and Chief Operating Officer are leading and shepherding the Hutch’s long-term commitment to diversity and inclusion, it is the responsibility of every employee to ensure that we have an inclusive campus that welcomes individuals and communities from every background.

We have an Executive Steering Committee, Faculty Committee and Advisory Committee guiding and advising our efforts.

Executive Steering Committee

The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Steering Committee oversees and guides the strategic and operational activities of the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI). It is responsible for ensuring the ODEI ‘s integration and coordination of a holistic diversity, equity and inclusion strategic plan that encompasses scientific and faculty-oriented elements and administrative and staff-oriented elements and that the ODEI will promotes the communication and coordination of its activities, programs and initiatives among multiple institutional stakeholders.

Sue Biggins, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President & Director, Basic Sciences Division

Elizabeth Boyd, Ph.D.

Vice President, Research Administration & Faculty Affairs

Paul Buckley, Ph.D.

Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Jodi Burke

Associate Vice President, Human Resources

Bruce Clurman, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Deputy Director

Chris Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Julie Overbaugh, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Education and Training

Steve Stadum, J.D.

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mari Schwab

Associate General Counsel, Employment

Faculty Committee

At Fred Hutch, we are striving to have our scientists and overall workforce better represent national demographics. We are on a journey to elevate inclusion so that we have a Center that boasts high retention and employee engagement. Faculty members of Fred Hutch are deeply invested and committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion. They recognize that diversity and inclusion will support the recruitment and retention of the world’s best talent- and most importantly, diversity and inclusion is essential to innovation. The Faculty Committee on Diversity & Inclusion is comprised of both senior and junior faculty members who represent each of the scientific divisions at Fred Hutch.

Jennifer Adair, Ph.D.

Rachel Ceballos, Ph.D.

Larry Corey, M.D.

Denise Galloway, Ph.D.

Rachel Issaka, M.D., M.A.S.

Linda Ko, Ph.D.

John Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Chris Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Jennifer Lund, Ph.D.

Harmit Malik, Ph.D.

Julian Simon, Ph.D.

Aakanksha Singhvi, Ph.D.

Advisory Committee

The ODEI Advisory Committee is responsible for advising the ODEI on engagement strategy, assisting the ODEI in coordinating and synergizing the efforts, activities and initiatives of the ODEI across the institution, and enabling institutional stakeholders to jointly pursue opportunities to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the institution. In addition, the DEI Advisory Committee will discharge such other duties or responsibilities as may be delegated to the ODEI Advisory Committee by the ODEI Executive Steering Committee.