About Seattle Children’s

Seattle Children’s Leadership

Executive Leadership

Other Leadership

  • Jeffrey Avansino, MD, MBA, Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief
  • Kevin Charette, Chief Perfusionist
  • Vickie Cleator, Vice President, Research Facilities Operations and System Capital Projects
  • Gary Gooden, MBA, Chief Information Security Officer
  • Warren Hewitt, CPA, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Finance
  • Wendy Jakobsen, MJ, CHC, CHRC, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
  • Michael Jensen, MD, Vice President, Seattle Children’s Therapeutics and Chief Therapeutics Officer, Executive Director, CureWorks
  • Pradipta Komanduri, MHA, Vice President, Clinical Support Services
  • Erik Lausund, Vice President, Research Operations and Logistics
  • Andrew Lee, PsyD, Vice President and Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  • Ruth McDonald, MD, Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Operations Officer
  • Whitney Murphy, MHA, Vice President, Surgical Services
  • Trinh Pham-Dembinski, Vice President of Therapeutics, Finance and Operations
  • Wendy Piñero-DePencier, MBA, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
  • Pam Rock, Vice President, Medical Service Lines and Specialty Programs
  • John Saavedra, Vice President, Human Resources
  • Tanya Seaton, Vice President and Chief Ambulatory Officer
  • Paul Sharek, MD, MPH, Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer (Quality/Safety)
  • Ryan Sousa, Chief Data Officer
  • Robin Turner, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
  • Samuel Williams, Vice President, Facilities