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West Coast Advisory Board

Formed in November 2004, the Women’s Bioethics Project West Coast Advisory Board is composed of prominent scientists, scholars, attorneys, and business leaders. The advisory board provides guidance and advice on fundraising, organizational development, and strategy.
 
Paul Abrams, JD, MD
Former President and CEO, CEPTYR
 
Gaby Adam
Marketing and PR consultant, former SVP at DDB Worldwide Communications

Kathryn M. Battuello, JD, MPH
Health Law Faculty, University of Washington School of Law

Petra Franklin
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Vault Capital II

Laura Hamill
VP, Amgen Inc.

Jan Hendrickson, MPA
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Denny Hill Capital, LP

Suzanne Holland, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, University of Puget Sound
 
Marcia K. Johnson Witter
 
Whitney Keyes
Business strategist and Marketing consultant
 
Patricia Kuszler, MD, JD
Associate Dean, University of Washington School of Law 
 
Margaret Lane, JD
Health care strategist and the founder of mLane and Company, which provides strategic planning, policy development, and marketing services to health care organizations.

Thomas McCormick, DMin
Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine

Portia R. Moore, JD
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Amanda Paulovich, MD, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Sally Poliak
Chief Operating Officer, NyhusCommunications

Thomas B. Rainey, PhD
Professor Emeritus,The Evergreen State College

Robin L. Shapiro
President, Health Advocacy Strategies

Executive Leadership Coaching/High Performance Team Collaboration
The Executive Athlete

Executive Director, Northwest Women's Law Center
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program 
 
Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine
 
Biotech Legacy Foundation and former Immunex Executive 

Michael Yesley, JD
Staff Director National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Los Alamos National Laboratory