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.

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.

Basha came to Cancer Lifeline in 1998 to develope the Healing Arts Program that is so successful today. She continues to inspire the artist in all of us as she manages programs at the Dorothy S. O'Brien Center and Cancer Lifeline at Northwest Hospital. Basha lives in Seattle and hosts a lively crew of pets visited frequently by Obie One -a highly opinionated crow and including cats Sebastian and McCavity.

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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.

Nancy is a licensed clinical psychologist who has spent the last 15 years running and evaluating programs in community agencies, including hospitals, churches, Head Starts, schools, and jails. At Cancer Lifeline, she works with the program staff to make sure we have dynamic, well-attended, and high-quality programs, in the areas of Support Groups and Services, Health Promotion, and Healing Arts. She has particular interest in program evaluation and in expanding Cancer Lifeline's services to serve more diverse populations. When not at Cancer Lifeline, Nancy can usually be found with her husband, Stephen, playing pirate ship or chasing games with their 4-year-old son Daniel and 18-month-old daughter Lia.

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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Terrie works in tandem with the CEO, providing support and coordination for her activities. Terrie supports the work and of the Board and board committees, handles special projects such as cookbook sales, and manages meetings and other events. She produces the Lifeline newsletter and the annual.report. Singing is her passion. With the 80-voice Seattle Choral Company, she appears at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Benaroya Hall, and has recorded film trailers for Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Walt Disney’s The Alamo, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Janet’s responsibilities at Cancer Lifeline include financial management, human resources, technology planning & oversight, facilities, and contract management. She served as the agency's Associate Director of Administration from 1995 - 2000. She and her husband, Gordon Sivley, live in Seattle with their two children. Outside of work you can find Janet on the squash court, on a bike trail, or volunteering with efforts to end homelessness in our community.

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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.

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.

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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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.