Dr. Davidson serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Academic Officer and Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where she holds the Raisbeck Endowed Chair in Collaborative Research; she is also Professor of Medicine at University of Washington School of Medicine. A world-renowned physician-scientist in the field of breast cancer, her research has spanned preclinical studies of the role of epigenetic changes in breast cancer to phase 3 clinical trials to advance clinical care in breast cancer. A major interest is treatment for and mechanisms of resistance in hormone-responsive breast cancer, especially in young women; she has co-authored over 400 papers in the field. She has served as Chair of the Breast Committee for ECOG and co-chair of the Breast Cancer Steering Committee for the NCI National Clinical Trials Network. She previously served as Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute as well as a founding director of the breast cancer program at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. A past President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research, she is a member of the Association of American Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Mary-Claire King, PhD, is the American Cancer Society Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. She was the first to show that breast cancer is inherited in some families because of mutations in the gene that she named BRCA1. In addition to inherited breast and ovarian cancer, her research interests include the genetic bases of schizophrenia, genetic disorders in children, and human evolution. She pioneered the use of DNA sequencing for human rights investigations.
Dr. King has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Philosophical Society, and as a foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences. She has served on the Advisory Committee to the Director of National Institute of Health (NIH); the National Commission on Breast Cancer of the President’s Cancer Panel; multiple councils and study sections of the NIH; and as past president of the American Society of Human Genetics. In 2014, she received the Lasker Special Achievement Award for Medical Research and in 2016 the United States National Medal of Science.
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Lisa Lacasse is President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. As the nation’s leading voice for cancer patients and survivors, ACS CAN works to advance evidence-based public policies that improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship.
Since joining ACS CAN in 2007, Lisa has led the organization’s nationwide advocacy strategy, empowering volunteers and working with policymakers to increase funding for cancer research, expand access to quality, affordable care, and advance health equity. She serves on the American Cancer Society Executive Team and oversees advocacy efforts in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Before joining ACS CAN, Lisa held leadership positions at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center and the University of Maryland Medical System. She earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.
Molly Shen is an Emmy Award-winning anchor at KOMO News, where she has been a trusted voice for Western Washington audiences since 1997. She currently anchors KOMO News weekdays at 11 a.m. and 4, 5, and 6 p.m., following a distinguished career as both a reporter and anchor.
Throughout her career, Molly has been recognized for her thoughtful journalism and commitment to telling stories that matter. Beyond the newsroom, she is a dedicated community leader who regularly volunteers as an emcee for nonprofit organizations and serves on the Honorary Board of Harborview Medical Center’s Children’s Response Center.
A graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Molly is passionate about connecting people through meaningful conversations.
King County Councilmember Steffanie Fain represents District 5, which includes Kent, Renton, Tukwila, SeaTac, Des Moines, and Normandy Park. A longtime South King County resident, she was elected to the Council in 2025 and is the first Korean American to serve on the King County Council.
Steffanie chairs the Council’s Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee and Regional Transit Committee and serves on the Sound Transit Board of Directors and King County Regional Homelessness Authority. In her first year on the Council, she has focused on transportation access, affordability, public safety, and government accountability. Her work has included helping secure Sound Transit’s commitment to move forward with the long-planned Renton Transit Center parking garage, supporting expanded Metro service in South King County, and advancing the countywide City Transportation Improvement Program (CTIP), which provides cities with approximately $12.5M to fund local transportation projects and address cross-jurisdictional needs. She has also strengthened oversight of multiple utility rate increases and pushed for greater financial accountability and reform of the region’s homelessness system.
Steffanie lives in Normandy Park with her husband, Joe, and their two sons.
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Dr. Jones is an associate professor in the Cancer Prevention Program, Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She is a clinical psychologist and psychometrician who studies financial hardship, financial anxiety and health. Her studies have shown that financial hardship leads to worse mental health in people with cancer and administrative burden is key to addressing financial burden from cancer. Dr. Jones is also working on developing measures to improve implementation of evidence-based cancer care. Her work in implementation science has explored the use of item response theory to assess determinants of uptake of evidence-based interventions in cancer care.
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Dr. Taylor has served as the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland for 40 years and has felt blessed and privileged to have been involved with the frontline care of thousands of patients and families in the community.
Additionally, Eric has been an active volunteer and leader with the American Cancer Society, the ACS Cancer Action Network and Susan G. Komen and through their programs gravitated to advocacy efforts to improve access to care issues as this so impacts quality of life and clinical outcomes.
His personal experience as a longer term survivor of prostate cancer and two lung cancers has helped round out his understanding of the full cancer experience and has brought greater depth to his interaction with patients.
Eric is very grateful for the access to superb clinicians, research, diagnostic tests and therapies that have resulted in more quality disease free time.
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Elena is the State Policy and Advocacy Manager for Susan G. Komen, leading policy efforts in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. She works to advance policies that improve access to breast cancer screening and treatment and protect critical state health programs that support cancer patients and communities.
Previously, Elena worked in grassroots advocacy and communications for mission-driven organizations focused on birth equity, reproductive justice, and global climate and land rights issues.
She serves as co-chair of the Cancer Action Plan of Washington’s Statewide Coalition Advocacy and Government Relations Working Group. She holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from The New School.