The UW Medical Center Board consists of community leaders appointed by the University of Washington Board of Regents. The UW Medical Center board ensures that priorities, activities and initiatives of UWMC complement and advance the mission of UW Medicine to improve the health of the public, as well as ensure that high quality and safe patient care is provided at UW Medical Center.
Tom Turnure, Chair
Tom Turnure, Chair
A seasoned Insurance Executive, Risk Management Expert and Entrepreneur, Tom has been a leader in the insurance industry for more than 25 years. Having owned his own business for nearly 10 years, Tom’s success has come from his ability to partner with organizations, business owners and individuals to build trust and help guide them through the process of protecting and growing their own greatest investments. Tom understands what it takes for a business to be successful, and his process of navigating and assessing critical elements of business operations around financial decisions and risk have made him a recognized leader in his field. Tom is currently the Senior Vice President for Brown & Brown Insurance in Seattle, Washington. Tom is passionate about giving back to the community in which he serves and has been involved with many organizations locally. A few of the organizations where he has held leadership roles include the UW Tyee Board of Advisors, where he has also served as President and Chairman of the Board; the Assumption/St. Bridget School as both a Board Member and President; Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Committee for Business Development; and as a Big Brothers & Big Sisters Board Member. Tom is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in economics and as a walk-on played football for the Huskies during the era of Don James lettering four years. Upon graduation with a degree in economics, he was drafted by the NFL and played football professionally for the Detroit Lions and Oakland Invaders for 8 years.
Brad Brown
Brad Brown
Brad Brown is the Senior Vice President of Digital Retail for Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI). Since 1998 he has held positions as VP of Information Services and Corporate Purchasing and VP eCommerce & Direct Sales at REI. In his current role, Brown is responsible for REI.com, REI-outlet.com, Mobile offerings (m.rei.com, shopping applications for both iPhone and Android platforms, and the REI Snow Report) and a Direct Sales team in Sumner, WA. Brown serves on the Board of Directors for Bikes Belong Coalition and Shop.org, the digital division of the National Retail Federation. Brown holds a BA in Accounting from Central Washington University and an MBA from Seattle University.
Leslie Magid Higgins
Leslie Magid Higgins
Leslie is a community volunteer and seasoned marketing and management executive who began her career in the software industry. For the last twenty years she's devoted these skills to working with nonprofit organizations. Her focus has been on assisting non-profit organizations in the areas of health care, social justice and education. Those organizations include Seattle Children's Hospital Research Committee, Rainier Scholars, Seattle Aquarium and Seattle–King–Snohomish YWCA.
Leslie is originally from Queens, New York. She received a BS from the University at Buffalo and Master's degree in business from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University.
Toni Hoover
Toni Hoover
Toni Hoover, director, strategy planning and management of Global Health for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leads a team that is responsible for supporting the programs and functions with business strategy and operations, portfolio and project management, and engagement with product development partners. Her team is working to create more opportunities to consistently deliver high-impact interventions in global health by integrating the network of diverse partners involved in product development by leveraging their respective strengths. She also oversees the foundation’s new Fellows program.
Before joining the foundation in 2012, Toni was Senior Vice President and Site Director at Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, overseeing the operations of the company’s largest R&D laboratories located in Groton, Connecticut. She is a 25-year veteran of pharmaceutical R & D product development and management where she held positions in clinical research and operations, project and portfolio management, and laboratory and facilities management. While at Pfizer she led the global development of Lyrica® from exploratory development through early commercialization.
In 2013 Toni was named a “Woman of Influence” by the Puget Sound Business Journal. In 2007 Toni was named one of the “Top 50 Women to Watch” by The Wall Street Journal and in 2004 she received the YMCA’s Black Achiever in Industry Award. Throughout her career she’s been a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion and has mentored many associated with the pharmaceutical R & D enterprise.
Toni is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Bachelor of Arts, Masters and Doctorate in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard University. She serves on several not-for-profit boards, including the New York Academy of Sciences, Xavier University of Louisiana, the Joyce Theater, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Richard E. Jones
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 and was the Partner in Charge of Tax for their San Jose and Seattle offices. Jones, who holds a bachelor’s degree, with honors, 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 and officer for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Board Chair of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the UW Medicine Board. He is past chair of the UW Medicine board’s compliance committee. In addition, Jones has served as a board member and officer for the Pacific Science Center.
Terry Lengfelder
Terry Lengfelder
Terry Lengfelder is a long-time member of the board of UW Medical Center. He is a past chairman, and currently heads several committees. He has also served as a Community Member of the Finance and Audit Committee of U.W. Medicine. Mr. Lengfelder has served as a consultant in business management, finance and accounting and as an arbitrator. Prior to his years of consultancy, he spent almost four decades at Arthur Andersen & Co., where he served as managing partner of the Seattle and Washington D. C. offices and in Chicago as partner in charge of the firm’s central region. He served two terms on the Board of Partners of Andersen Worldwide and as chairman in 1993 and 94.
Mr. Lengfelder is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and has served as a director on several corporate boards, as well as a director of a number of not-for-profit organizations including the Chamber of Commerce Boards in Seattle, Washington, D. C. and Chicago, where he served two years as chairman.
Brad Simmons
Brad Simmons
Brad Simmons, FACHE, currently serves as the President, UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Washington. He is responsible for overseeing the clinical entities of UW Medicine, including Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center (Montlake and Northwest campuses), Valley Medical Center, UW Neighborhood Clinics and Airlift Northwest. He is also responsible for information technology, human resources, strategy and finance for UW Medicine’s approximately $4 billion health system.
Prior to joining UW Medicine, Simmons served in senior leadership positions at University of California, Davis. As Chief Administrator of UC Davis Medical Center and Chief Operating Officer of UC Davis Health’s Hospital Division, he was responsible for all inpatient care as well as patient-support services and nursing and medical staff clinical operations. He also provided oversight for UC Davis Health's level 1 adult and pediatric trauma and emergency services, surgery/procedures-based services, facility operations and supply chain management.
Jim Snyder
Jim Snyder
Jim Snyder retired from Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, LP as of December 31, 2007. He was a founding principal and had served as its President and Chief Executive Officer continuously since 1978. Mr. Snyder was responsible for managing the strategic direction of the company and, as Chief Executive, was ultimately responsible for the implementation of investment strategy for all funds and separate accounts. Mr. Snyder holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a BS degree from the University of Colorado; he is a member of the Texas Bar Association. In addition, he is a co-founder and charter member of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), a past member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a past member of the Real Estate Roundtable, and a past member, as well as past Chairman, of the National Associate of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). He was the co-founder of both the NewTower Trust Company and the Multi-Employer Property Trust (MEPT), a $5 billion commingled open-ended real estate fund. NewTower Trust Company, a Maryland chartered trust company, serves as trustee for MEPT. Mr. Snyder has served on corporate and charitable boards, including NewTower Trust Company Board of Directors; Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, LP; The Highlands, Inc.; Seattle Children’s Home Board of Trustees; UW Medicine/UW Medical Center - Northwest Board of Trustees; Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies Advisory Board, University of Washington; OceanGate Inc. and Swiftsure Capital, LLC.
Blaine Tamaki
Blaine Tamaki
Blaine Tamaki has been a trial lawyer for over 30 years. He graduated with a J.D. from the University of Washington Law School in 1982. He obtained his B.A. in Economics with Honors Distinction from the University of Washington in 1979. He founded Tamaki Law in 1994 and has record breaking settlements in cases throughout the Northwest.In August 2012, Blaine received the distinguished “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award. This award, presented by the Washington State Association for Justice, honors a lawyer who advances the art and skill of advocacy, either in trial or by training others so as to benefit humankind. He was also designated a Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics, a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
Blaine has been very active in community civic activities. He now supports dozens of non-profits charities through his charitable donations every year.