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.
Steffanie Fain is a King County Councilmember representing District 5, which includes SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and portions of Kent, Renton, and Tukwila. She is the first Korean American to serve on the King County Council and the first Asian American to serve in nearly 40 years.
Before joining the council, Steffanie practiced civil litigation, business, healthcare, and employment law for 15 years. She also represented South King County on the Harborview Medical Center Board of Trustees for more than a decade, including five terms as President, where she focused on fiscal stewardship, reducing barriers to healthcare, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the region’s leading public hospital.
A second-generation Korean American and breast cancer survivor, Steffanie brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to her commitment to improving healthcare access. She lives in South King County with her husband and 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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