Optimizing the quality of life for all people
living with cancer.
Cancer Lifeline Seattle
Dorothy S. O'Brien Center
6522 Fremont Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
206-297-2100 voice
206-297-2200 fax
Hours: Mon-Fri
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Cancer Lifeline Staff Directory
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JoEtta
Bailey
Program Outreach Coordinator
206-832-1278
JoEtta conducts program outreach in the greater
Seattle area and
provides support for Cancer Lifeline programs at Valley Medical Center
in Renton and Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland. Prior to Cancer Lifeline,
she spent ten years as a Domestic Violence Advocate. She continues to
work with the homeless population and hopes to one day open a shelter
specifically for African American women and families. She is actively
involved in various ministries at her church. Born and raised in
Seattle’s central area, JoEtta is a proud graduate of Garfield High
School. She enjoys spending time with her adult daughter, listening to
jazz and gospel music, and participating in any type of dancing.
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Sean
Berger
Senior Program Operations Coordinator
206-832-1276
Sean’s responsibilities at Cancer Lifeline include
coordinating our staff and volunteers around the class registration
process. This process begins with the creation of the class schedule,
ends with collecting feedback about our programs, and includes
everything in between. Sean also maintains our program’s database and
assists the staff to ensure smooth day-to-day operations of the Dorothy
O’Brien Center. Sean is a graduate of the University of Washington and
enjoys spending time with his family and his girlfriend Ana. He also
takes pleasure in traveling, outdoor sports, and being a foodie.
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Peter
Boyle
Patient Financial Navigator
206-832-1282
After six months as a community volunteer, Peter
came on the Cancer
Lifeline staff at full speed, locating resources and providing
information to help people in treatment survive cancer financially.
Prior to Cancer Lifeline, he spent 20 years in food service as
inventor, consultant and executive chef. His personal experience with
cancer and care-giving fuels his passion for his job. During the
winter, you’ll find Peter on a snowboard; in warmer weather, he’s on
his motorcycle.
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Basha
Brownstein, MSW
Community Program Manager
206-832-1275
Basha came to Cancer Lifeline in 1998 to develop
the Healing Arts Program that is so successful today. She continues to
inspire the artist in all of us as she manages Cancer Lifeline programs
at the Dorothy S. O'Brien Center and Northwest Hospital. Basha lives in
Seattle with her feline friends Sebastian and McCavity.
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Martha
Cantrell
Office Manager
206-832-1281
Martha has a wide variety of responsibilities
ranging from answering the phone and greeting clients, to providing
support to all staff and all departments. Her work with Development
includes processing of all donations, thank you letters, matching gifts
and in-kind donations. Finance responsibilities include the processing
of incoming monies and deposit reports, and she also provides financial
support for our Fundraising Events. The Program department benefits
from her work in helping to facilitate the Komen Patient Assistance
Fund, which she finds very gratifying.
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Nancy
Cohen, Ph.D.
Program Director
206-832-1274
Nancy is a licensed clinical psychologist who has
spent the last 20 years running and evaluating programs in community
agencies, including hospitals, churches, Head Starts, schools and
jails. At Cancer Lifeline, she oversees the program staff and
psychology doctoral interns to make sure we have dynamic,
well-attended, and high-quality programs in the areas of Support Groups
and Services, Health Promotion, Healing Arts and Financial Assistance.
She has particular interest in program evaluation and expanding Cancer
Lifeline's services to serve more diverse populations. In her free
time, Nancy can usually be found with her husband Stephen, playing
chess with 7-year-old Daniel or dress up with 4-year-old Lia.
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Jan
Gray
Chief Executive Officer
206-832-1270
Chief Executive Officer Jan Gray leads the organization's management team
and is responsible to the Board of Directors for day-to-day operations,
staffing, planning and financial performance. She came to
Cancer Lifeline after 25 years in Broadcast Marketing and more than 15
years consulting with community organization boards. Jan
earned her M.S. in Management at Antioch University, Seattle. She has
served on the boards of Seattle/King County Senior Services and Sound
Experience. She is an active volunteer with the Phinney
Neighborhood Association and occasionally with this organization’s
24-hour help and support line. Jan lives with her husband
Kerry Fowler, a medicinal chemist, just 10 blocks from Cancer
Lifeline.
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Karyn
Kubo Fleming
Assistant Development Director
206-832-1273
Karyn’s fundraising duties include direct mail appeals, grants, donor
recognition and events, with additional projects in communications and
public relations. She brings to this position a background in
fundraising, public relations and broadcast journalism. Karyn enjoys
creating handcrafted greeting cards that reflect her Japanese American
heritage. She and her husband Bruce live on Queen Anne with their
rescued Rat Terrier, Chauncey, who has them both wrapped around her paw.
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Suad
Ibrahim
Program Operations Assistant
206-832-1276
The support Suad provides to the program staff
ensures the smooth,
continuous operation of the various programs offered at Cancer
Lifeline. Before Cancer Lifeline, Suad acted as a
translator/interpreter at the University of Washington Parenting Clinic
for three years. She enjoys art, movies and spending time with her
family; different languages and cultures are of particular interest.
Suad recently began a graduate program in Health Administration at the
University of Washington. Her goal is to work to develop and manage
hospital patient records and care management systems.
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Shelley
Martin
Community Program Manager
206-832-1299
Shelley is a long-time health care advocate with considerable
experience helping families face the practical challenges of living
with cancer. She comes to Cancer Lifeline from the Charles Moriarty
Foundation, where she served as Co-Founder and Executive Director. The
Foundation was a 2008 Cancer Lifeline Faces of Caregiving honoree for
the individual advocacy services it provides to cancer patients and
their families in the greater Seattle area. Shelley recently attended
the Harold Freeman Patient Navigation Institute in New York City,
earning her Certification in Patient Navigation. She is an avid golfer
and skier who loves living in the Pacific Northwest.
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Bobbi
Christensen-Meins
Associate Program Director for Community-Based
Programs
206-832-1285
Bobbi is committed to making a difference in
people’s lives through her work at Cancer Lifeline and in the
community. She is the impetus behind Cancer Lifeline’s patient
navigation program to help cancer patients pay their bills while in
treatment. Bobbi oversees Cancer Lifeline’s community-based programs,
including the Komen for the Cure and Cancer Lifeline Patient Assistance
programs and the Lymphedema program, and conducts outreach to diverse
communities throughout Western Washington. She and her husband Mike
make time to volunteer for programs supporting developmental
disabilities. Avid skiers, they also tramp up and down mountains to
watch their younger son race mountain bikes, go sailing with their
oldest son and encourage their daughter to outshine her brothers.
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Patty
Moe
Controller
206-832-1293
Patty’s responsibilities are related to the
finances of Cancer
Lifeline. She is a Certified Public Accountant who has focused on the
non-profit accounting field throughout her career as an accountant.
Patty is a graduate of the University of Washington.
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Terrie
Nixdorff
Executive Assistant
206-832-1271
Terrie has dual responsibilities for supporting
the CEO and Board of
Directors, as well as managing human resources functions. She is often
involved in preparation for a meeting or coordinating some activity of
the Board and board committees. Terrie produces the annual report,
handles special projects, and manages meetings and events related to
the Board. Her HR responsibilities support the overall effectiveness of
staff through the evaluation, planning and performance appraisal
process, hiring and staff retention efforts, and administering benefits
programs. Singing is her passion. With the 80-voice Seattle Choral
Company, she has appeared at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Benaroya Hall,
with the Symphony and Ballet, and has recorded film trailers for Lord
of the Rings, Star Wars, Walt Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean and
numerous TV shows.
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Kim
Schaaf
Lymphedema
Program Coordinator
206-832-1281
Kim has been a breast health educator since 1991.
Her passion is
sharing the message about the importance of early detection for breast
cancer, as well as the importance of being an advocate and active
participant in one’s own health care. Kim’s work and life has been
enriched by the time she has spent with women learning and laughing.
She and her husband Rod, and their daughter Angeline live in Bothell
with their two dogs and two cats.
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Mary
Ellen Shands, RN, MN
Clinical Program Manager/Family
Consultant
206-832-1279
Mary Ellen coordinates the support group program,
facilitates Family Meetings, and Share the Care Meetings. In addition
to her work at Cancer Lifeline, Mary Ellen is a member of the Family
Functioning Research Program at the University of Washington School of
Nursing since 1987 studying the impact of cancer on families. Mary
Ellen and her husband Roger, live with their two children in Lake
Forest Park.
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David
Sugarman, Ph.D.
Clinical Program Manager
206-832-1284
David is a clinical psychologist responsible for
supervising the Practicum Students and the Pre-doctoral Interns at
Cancer Lifeline. These students play a vital part in providing
emotional support for our clients who utilize our lifeline, our support
groups and the other services we offer. David states, “My mission is to
teach the students to listen carefully, and to be comfortable bringing
the full range of their humanity to their work with clients at Cancer
Lifeline. If I help them become better psychologists, then that is
particularly rewarding.” David and his wife, Ellen, live on Bainbridge
Island with their two dachshunds, Bodhi and Sattva.
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Bruce
Wood
Development Director
206-832-1272
Bruce came to Cancer Lifeline in March of 2006
bringing with him years of successful management experience in both the
non-profit and for-profit environments. Bruce's job is to develop and
manage all of Cancer Lifeline's fundraising activities including their
popular Annual Faces of Caregiving Awards Luncheon. He and his wife
Rebecca live in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood with their daughter,
Sofia.
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Joseph
Yurgevich
Associate Program Director for Operations and
Hospital Programs
206-832-1283 or
425-747-4367
Joseph has primary responsibility for Cancer Lifeline’s
hospital and other site based programs as well as over-site of Program
Operations including registration, data-tracking, and
outreach/marketing/pr. His responsibilities also include
programming classes and acting as site manager for Cancer Lifeline at
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center and Cancer Lifeline at Valley Medical
Center. Before coming to Cancer Lifeline Joseph spent 9 years
working for Bastyr University. Joseph is a licensed massage
therapist, loves music, movies and his dogs Buddy & Lulu.
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Ellen
Zahlis, MN
Clinical Program Manager/Family Consultant
206-832-1280
Ellen is responsible for the Family Support
Programs which include: the 24 hour Lifeline; Workplace Consultation,
Family Meetings, and Share the Care Program. She also manages the
Therapist Referral Program. Ellen has been with Cancer Lifeline since
responding to a PSA for volunteers for the Lifeline in 1983. In
addition to her position at Cancer Lifeline, Ellen is a member of the
Family Functioning Research Program at the University Of Washington
School Of Nursing studying the impact of cancer on the family since
1987.
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