Donald R. Theophilus III is executive director of the Foundation and Swedish's vice president of development. Don earned his bachelor of arts degree in business administration with honors from the University of Puget Sound and a law degree from the University of Washington. Before coming to Swedish, he served as vice president for Corporate and Foundation Relations at the University of Colorado Foundation. After practicing law in Seattle, Don began his development career in 1993 at the University of Washington and moved to the University of Michigan in 1995, where he worked in Corporate and Foundation Relations before moving to Colorado in 2000.

Jennifer Blume is an assistant director of major gifts at the Foundation. In this role, Jennifer is the lead fundraiser for the Women & Infants and Pediatrics programs. She brings more than 18 years of fundraising and development experience to Swedish, having served most recently as development director at Wonderland Developmental Center. She has also held previous development positions at the Parkinson’s Project, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. A native Seattleite, she earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.

Learn more about Women & Infants programs.

206-386-3348

Colleen Bromen is an assistant director of major gifts for the Foundation. In this role, Colleen’s primary focus is to secure support for the Swedish Neuroscience Institute.

Colleen earned her bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University, and is currently pursuing her master of public administration degree at Seattle University. A Seattle native, Colleen has nearly a decade of experience in the local nonprofit sector, including service on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Washington Chapter, Central Youth & Family Services and Therapeutic Health Services. Prior to joining the Foundation team in 2010, Colleen was associate director of major gifts & planned giving at the YWCA of Seattle | King | Snohomish.

Learn more about the Neuroscience service line.

206-386-3527

Karen Chan is the assistant director for corporate relations for the Foundation. In this role, she stewards all corporate giving and cultivates new partnerships to support critical initiatives across the medical center.

Karen brings a decade of healthcare experience spanning the biomedical, health services, and non-profit sectors. She began her career with Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical division, leading product development programs, and most recently held marketing and patient advocacy positions at innovative medical device companies. Karen earned her dual masters degrees in Business Administration and Public Health from Boston University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Stanford University.

Learn more about Corporate Giving.

206-215-2235

Tatiana Chernih is a Stellar Club patient experience coordinator for the Foundation. Tatiana has dual responsibilities for the Foundation and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) administration. As a Stellar Club patient experience coordinator with a diverse clinical background, she works in stewardship for the Foundation to help support current and prospective Stellar Club donors. She also has a keen interest in helping to create the best patient experience throughout the hospital system, and to provide the best support to the management team. As part of these responsibilities, she works with the CNO team to support patient experience improvement initiatives and research projects measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).

Tatiana started at the Swedish Medical Center in 2003 as a registered nurse. She has worked in the pediatric, high-risk labor and delivery, neonatal special care, and multidisciplinary surgical units. She is currently studying in the Master of Nursing and Health Sciences Program at the University of Washington.

206-386-6770

Mary Hackett is the director of annual giving for the Foundation. In this role, Mary is responsible for overseeing the Founders Circle and Summit Club.

Mary brings more than 10 years of gift experience to Swedish, and has held leadership roles with the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Dayton and her master's degree from Gonzaga University.

Learn more about the Gift Clubs or the Benefits of Annual Giving.

206-386-6796

Lindsay Hopkins is an assistant director of major gifts for the Foundation. As the lead fundraiser for Swedish/Edmonds, Lindsay is responsible for securing community leadership support for all programs throughout the campus, including emergency services, cancer care, the women & infants program and cardiovascular services.

Additionally, Lindsay is the editor-in-chief of IMPACT magazine, Swedish’s featured news publication that reaches over 14,000 donors. Prior to her position in major gifts, she successfully managed all aspects of Swedish’s planned giving program, working with donors to secure both bequest and life income gifts.

Lindsay received her bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Communications from the University of Washington. She then worked in the legal field for four years and obtained her paralegal certification before joining the Foundation in 2007.

Learn more about projects and programs at the Swedish/Edmonds campus.

206-386-2751

Becca Kelly manages the major gifts, annual giving, institutional giving, stewardship, and operations teams for the Foundation.

Becca earned her bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  Becca brings 20 years of development experience to Swedish. She has held leadership positions in annual giving and major gifts at Dickinson College, Duke University and was the chief development officer at the Seattle Symphony prior to coming to Swedish in 2004.

206-386-2138

Andrea King is the director of planned giving for the Foundation. Andrea works with individuals and their professional advisors to support Swedish Medical Center’s mission through legacy giving, including bequests, trusts, gift annuities, life insurance, and other types of estate gifts. Andrea manages the Swedish Legacy Partners program to promote planned giving and provide gift planning information to benefactors.

Andrea most recently worked as the associate director for planned giving at Seattle University. Previously, she has served as associate director of development for University of Washington (UW) Medicine and in several development roles at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. She received her bachelor's degree in history from Cornell University and her master's degree in non-profit administration from Golden Gate University.

Learn more about planned giving.

206-386-3379

Ellen Kuo is a director of major gifts for the Foundation. As the lead fundraiser for the Swedish/Issaquah and Swedish/Ballard campuses, she is responsible for securing leadership gifts for all services relating to these campuses. Prior to this position, Ellen successfully led major gift fundraising efforts for Swedish’s Women & Infants program, as well as the Cancer Institute at First Hill.

After graduating from Boston University, Ellen began her career as a sr. project manager for high-tech companies, including Walt Disney Internet Group. Now, she brings over ten years of major gifts experience to Swedish. Ellen has held major gifts leadership positions at the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research, and the United Way of King County, managing the major gifts program for the Microsoft Employee Giving campaign.

Learn more about Swedish/Issaquah or Swedish/Ballard.

206-386-6928

Tracie Lievense is the director of development services for the Foundation. In her role, Tracie manages an operations team that performs a range of support functions for the Foundation including gift processing, finance, research, web development and event data coordination. Her primary duties also include donor database management.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from Whitworth University, Tracie was a full time AmeriCorps volunteer working in inner-city Chicago. After returning to Seattle, Tracie began her non-profit operations career with the Girl Scouts and later moved to The American Red Cross. She has been working in Development Services at the Foundation since 2008.

206-215-2276

Randy Mann is the senior director of the Campaign for the Foundation. In this role, Randy has been responsible for the development and implementation of all aspects of The Campaign for Swedish, the $100 million fundraising campaign for the health system. In addition, he is the lead fundraiser for the Swedish Neuroscience Institute and the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute located on the Swedish Cherry Hill Campus. He also manages the Foundation's special events team.

Randy earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University. Prior to Swedish, Randy was involved in large fundraising campaigns at Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Learn more about the Neuroscience and Cardiac service lines.

206-386-6791

Shilo Markegard is the Campaign operations manager for the Foundation. In this role, Shilo is responsible for coordinating and implementing all aspects of The Campaign for Swedish, the health-care system’s seven-year, $100 million fundraising campaign – the largest in its history. She has been involved in institutionalizing the Campaign through marketing efforts, was responsible for the Campaign website, and manages both small and large scale Campaign cultivation and recognition events. In addition, Shilo works with the major gift officers on strategic plans for the physician giving program.

Shilo earned a Business Administration degree from the University of Montana and has worked in the health care field for more than 16 years. She began her career at Swedish as the Rehabilitation Department’s business office manager, and joined the Foundation in 2004.

206-386-6186

Lauren Moore is an assistant director of major gifts for the Foundation. In this role, she works to secure support for the Swedish Cancer Institute.

A native Seattleite, Lauren earned her bachelor's degree from Occidental College and is a graduate of the University of Washington’s Fundraising Management Certificate program. Prior to joining the Foundation, Lauren held fundraising roles at Pacific Science Center and the University of Washington and also served in Ukraine with the United States Peace Corps. She serves on the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Washington board as vice president of diversity as well as on the advisory board for the University of Washington Fundraising Management Certificate program.

Learn more about the Swedish Cancer Institute.

206-386-3302

Jennifer T. Nolte is the stewardship manager for the Foundation. In this role Jennifer is responsible for the management of donor services programs like The Bentley Family Donor Lounges and The Stellar Club. She works closely with the director of annual giving and the annual giving and gift clubs manager to implement donor recognition and benefit delivery for all gift club levels.

Jennifer has twelve years of event-planning and donor stewardship experience with non-profit organizations. She received her bachelor's degree from Southern Oregon University.

206-386-2711

Ashley Petty is the Annual Giving and Gift Clubs Manager for the Foundation. In this role, Ashley is responsible for the management of the Summit Club as well as the implementation of the annual giving program.

Ashley brings over 7 years of fundraising experience to Swedish. Prior to joining the Swedish Foundation in 2012, she held an annual giving leadership position at Bastyr University. Ashley received her bachelor’s degree in Communication and Sociology from the University of Washington.

206-215-2217

Kate Purcell is senior director of major gifts and the lead fundraiser for the Swedish Cancer Institute.

Kate came to Swedish in 2006 with a background in patient advocate relations and health education, working on the east coast and abroad with nonprofits such as the National Breast Cancer Coalition and Family Health International. As a strategic consultant, she advised pharmaceutical and biotech leaders, including Pfizer, Genentech, and Amgen, in the areas of corporate grant making, health literacy, community outreach, and communications. She earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University.

Learn more about the projects and programs at the Swedish Cancer Institute.

206-386-3194

Gabriel Kabar Trust-Bolack is a Stellar Club patient experience coordinator for the Foundation. Kabar works as a member of the Foundation’s stewardship team to help expand stewardship activities. Additionally, he works with the Chief Nursing Officer’s team to support patient experience improvement initiatives and research projects measured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).

Kabar graduated from the University of Washington (UW) with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Since then, he has worked as a registered nurse (RN) in hospitals throughout the Seattle area. He also spent several years working as an RN in Italy and India. Prior to joining the Foundation team, Kabar was a member of the Flexible Staffing Department at the Swedish First Hill campus. As a member of that team, he worked in the intensive care units and as a member of the Critical Care Rapid Response Team. Kabar is currently studying in the UW’s Master in Health Administration Program.

206-215-6497

Samantha Vanover is an assistant director of major gifts for the Foundation. In this role, Samantha’s primary focus is to secure philanthropic support for the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute.

Samantha earned her bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her most recent experience was on the Management Team of Cameron-Brooks, a recruiting firm that helps transition successful Junior Military Officers into private sector roles with Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, Samantha spent more than five years as an assistant director on the development staff at the Cleveland Clinic, where she secured major gifts for the Clinic’s Heart & Vascular Institute. During this time, she worked closely with patients, physicians and prospective donors to raise funds for the institute’s capital campaign.

Learn more about the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute.

206-386-3349

Matthew Vivion is the web manager for the Foundation, where he manages swedishfoundation.org and a variety of other web projects.

Matthew's most recent experience was at the Washington National Primate Research Center, where he managed the public website, staff intranet and conference websites. Previously, he worked as a public information specialist for the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering departments at the University of Washington College of Engineering. He also worked for The Seattle Public Library during the Libraries for All capital campaign, a $290 million project to build and renew the city library system. He earned his bachelor's degree in English and minor in screenwriting from the University of California, Riverside.

206-215-6960