UW Medicine Board

Gerald Grinstein, Chair

Gerald Grinstein, UW Medicine Board Chair, is a former president of the UW Board of Regents. He retired as non-executive chair of Agilent Technologies and currently is a principal of the Madrona Investment Group and a member of the boards of directors for several corporations, including PACCAR, Inc.; Delta Air Lines; Vans, Inc., and the Pittston Company.

He has served as chair and CEO of Western Airlines and Burlington Northern, and is a former partner in the firm of Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis & Holman. He was also chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and administrative aide to the late U.S. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson. Grinstein is co-chair of the UW Campaign for Washington and active in community organizations, serving on the boards of the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Foundation and Long Live the Kings. He earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and his law degree from Harvard University.

Michael D. Garvey, Vice Chair

Michael Garvey is chairman of Saltchuk Resources, Inc., a holding company with investments primarily in the maritime industry. He practiced law with the firms of Preston Thorgrimson and Garvey, Schubert & Barer, where he was a founding member.

Among his past and current business associations are Ste. Michelle Vintners, the K-2 Ski Co., Columbia River Farms Corp., Cascade Management Corp. (nursing homes), Foss Maritime Co., Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., Tollycraft Yachts, KCM (architects and engineers) and SeaBear Co.

James K. Anderson

James Anderson has served on the Health Resources Northwest/Northwest Hospital since 2000 and is currently Chairman. He also serves as the Chair of the Information Systems Committee and Executive Committee.

Mr. Anderson has also served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the Board of Directors for Northwest Healthcare Insurance Services and Washington Casualty Company and Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Board of Overseers of Whitman College.

He has served on the Board of Directors of numerous business, civic, art and educational organizations, including: Pacific First Financial Corporation, Multicare Health System, Tacoma/Pierce County Economic Development Council, The Corporate Council for the Arts and Reality Based Learning.

Sue Bowman

Sue Bowman was elected to the VMC Board of Commissioners in 2007. Sue has 27 years of experience working in health care as a Program Administrator at Western State Hospital. Her experience spans from participation in The Joint Commission accreditation surveys to developing policies and procedures for program development for the mentally ill.

Sue is the Northwest Administrator for “Opera By Children” an educational outreach program of the Utah Festival Opera Company promoting children’s creativity through music in elementary classrooms. Sue serves as Public Affairs, Media Director for the Renton LDS Church. A graduate of Washington State University she resides in Renton and is a widow with three grown children, one of whom is a nurse, and six grandchildren.

As a VMC Board Member, Sue hopes to generate grassroots and community activity in support of the hospital’s mission with a great emphasis on health care for children and the elderly.

Alan Frazier

Alan Frazier is the founder and managing partner of Frazier Healthcare Ventures, which has raised seven venture capital funds representing $1.8 billion and invested in more than 100 emerging life science companies since 1991. Frazier serves on the boards of Cadence Pharmaceuticals and Trilogy Health.

Frazier earned a bachelor’s degree from the UW and serves on the boards of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association and the Western Washington University Foundation. In addition, he is a member of the UW Medicine industry advisory committee and the advisory council for the J. David Gladstone Institute, which is associated with the University of California San Francisco.

Allan C. Golston

As the U.S. program president for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Allan C. Golston oversees education, U.S. libraries, and Pacific Northwest grant programs, as well as U.S. Program Advocacy and Special Initiatives. Golston, who joined the foundation in 1999, most recently served as its chief financial and administrative officer.

Golston's professional experience spans health care, software development, consulting and public accounting. Golston is a certified public accountant and holds a master's degree in business administration from Seattle University and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Colorado.

Before joining the Gates Foundation, Golston served as director of finance for Swedish Health Services, director of finance and controller for the University of Colorado Hospital and director of business analysis and product development at MIS, Inc.

He is an active community volunteer in several nonprofit regional and national organizations and has served on a number of boards, including New Futures, Philanthropy Northwest and the Public Library of Science. He was a fellow of the British-American Project and a delegate to the United States/Japan Leadership Program.

Sally Jewell

Sally Jewell is president and CEO of REI, a national retail cooperative with three million members. Before joining REI, Jewell spent 19 years in the banking industry, where she held executive leadership roles. Earlier in her career, she worked as an engineer for Mobil Oil Corporation.

An active leader in the community, Jewell is a member of the UW Board of Regents. She is also on the board of the National Parks Conservation Association and is one of the founding board members of the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, a nonprofit coalition dedicated to preserving and enhancing the 100 miles of open space land along I-90. In addition, Jewell is active with the nonprofit Initiative for Global Development, a group of business leaders working to end global poverty. A graduate of the UW, she has been active in many nonprofit and civic leadership roles in her 30-year business career.

Richard E. Jones

Richard E. Jones is the president and CEO of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants. Prior to assuming that role in 2005, Jones worked for Ernst & Young for more than 30 years in San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle.

Jones, who holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California at Berkeley and attended Northwestern University, has been an active board member for several Seattle health-care institutions. He served as a board member for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He is chair of the UW Medicine board’s compliance committee. In addition, Jones has served on the board of directors for the Pacific Science Center.

Gary Kohlwes

Mr. Gary Kohlwes served on the Valley Medical Center Board of Commissioners from 1995-2007 and was recently appointed to the Valley Board as a community trustee. He has served on the Washington Pacific Insurance SP Board since 2008. Mr. Kohlwes was the superintendent of the Renton School District from 1974-1997. He is owner and president of a commercial fishing vessel in Bristol Bay, Alaska. He is a board member and executive director of the First Financial Northwest Foundation and founding board member and initial president of the Renton Community Foundation. Mr. Kohlwes is a UW alumnus.

Shan Mullin, Immediate Past Chair

Shan Mullin is a partner in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie law firm.  He earned a degree in business administration and a law degree from the University of Washington.  He became a member of the UW Medicine Board in 2004 and served as the board chair from July 2010 through June 2012.  Prior to joining the UW Medicine Board, he served as board chair of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and United Way of King County.

Mullin is now a board member of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, board chair of the Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation and chair of the Alliance for Education Emeritus Board.

In 2004, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UW Law School and the A.K. Guy Award for Volunteer Service from the YMCA.  In 2009 he received the National Association of Corporate Directors National Nonprofit Director of the Year Award.

Julie A. Nordstrom

Julie A. Nordstrom is a full-time parent to three children and a part-time community volunteer. She has served on the board of Seattle Children's Home and on the advisory board of Child Haven. Nordstrom has volunteered at Seattle Children's in several capacities, and she is currently working on projects for UW Medical Center and Seattle Children's. She participated in Leadership Tomorrow and completed the program in June 2005. Nordstrom was formerly an associate for the law firm of Stafford, Frey, Cooper and Stewart, where she worked in the construction and surety division. She was also a law clerk for Justice James Dolliver of the Washington Supreme Court. She earned her law degree from Seattle University and her bachelor’s degree in political science from the UW.

Dennis I. Okamoto

Dennis I. Okamoto is a 1970 graduate of the UW with a bachelor’s degree in general business. Okamoto has held many significant leadership positions in local business and community organizations. He retired in 1996 as regional vice president for US West, now Qwest. Okamoto served in Gov. Booth Gardner's cabinet as director of the Department of Revenue and is a past president of the Japan America Society. He serves as director and treasurer of the board of Watermark Credit Union.

Paul G. Ramsey, M.D.

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey is the chief executive officer of UW Medicine and dean of the UW School of Medicine. He graduated from Harvard College in 1971 with honors in biochemistry and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1975. Following completion of residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Ramsey came to the UW in 1978. Ramsey was appointed chair of the Department of Medicine in 1992 and became the first holder of the Robert G. Petersdorf Endowed Chair in Medicine in 1995. In June 1997, he was appointed vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Ramsey has received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the UW School of Medicine’s graduating class three times (in 1984, 1986 and 1987) and the Margaret Anderson Award from the UW graduating class of 1989. The latter award recognizes exceptional support of medical students.

Ramsey is noted for developing methods to assess physicians' clinical competence. He received the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1999 in recognition of his research contributions in the field of physician evaluation. He is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He serves on the boards of directors for the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Association of Academic Health Centers.

Bill Rex

Mr. Rex retired as Managing Director of Prudential Securities Inc. and currently serves in an advisory role at Wachovia Securities Inc. Prior to Prudential Securities, Mr. Rex was President of Picnic Point Development Company, Ltd. Concurrently, he was Executive Vice President at Shearson Lehman Brothers and President of Foster & Marshall Realty and Mortgage Company, where he previously held the title of Senior Executive Vice President. Prior to Foster & Marshall, Mr. Rex held Vice President positions at John Nuveen & Company and at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, consecutively. Mr. Rex has a long history of leadership, membership and participation in dozens of civic, business and charitable boards and organizations. In addition to the Northwest Hospital Board, he currently sits on the board of the Museum of Flight. Mr. Rex graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Grinnell College.

Herman Sarkowsky

Herman Sarkowsky, a 1949 UW graduate, is president of Sarkowsky Investment Corporation and has been in the home building and construction business since 1950. He was a partner in Frederick & Nelson department stores and developer of the 62-story Key Tower in downtown Seattle. Sarkowsky was an owner and managing partner of the Seattle Seahawks and managing partner and owner of the Portland Trailblazers Basketball Club.

Sarkowsky is active in UW affairs, having served in the past as president of the alumni Fund, chairman of the President’s Club, board member of the Alumni Association, as well as trustee and chairman of the University Hospital Board. He also has served as a member of the Board of Regents and chaired the first capital fund drive for the UW School of Medicine and medical center. He also served as a member of the executive committee of the UW Foundation Board.

In addition, Sarkowsky has been chairman of the board of trustees of Seattle Children’s foundation and was the board chair of the Seattle Art Museum.

JoAnn Taricani

JoAnn Taricani is a UW associate professor and chair of the Division of Music History at the UW School of Music. She received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in music history and has published articles in the fields of American and Renaissance music, including work on music written by the novelist Henry Fielding, published by Oxford University Press in 2004. At the UW, she has chaired the provost's Academic Advisory Committee on Legislative Matters and the Faculty Council on University Relations, and served on several presidential task forces. She served as the faculty legislative representative and subsequently worked in the UW Office of Government Relations. From 2003 to 2005, Taricani was special counsel to the president of the University of Michigan, where she continues to provide services as a consultant on university events.

Michael K. Young