The Knight Cancer Institute Council is a vital partner in our mission to defeat cancer. Council members help build relationships with business, civic, and philanthropic leaders; secure philanthropic support; and champion the institute’s work.

Council members

• Wayne Drinkward, Council Chair
  CEO and President, Hoffman Corporation
• Jeff Baker
  President and CEO, Platt Electric Supply
• William Berg
  President, Sigma Investment Management Company
• Alex Druker
  Journalist
• Nancy Fischer
  Owner, Storables
• Ruth J. Fisher
  President, Jim Fisher Volvo
• Bill Foster
  Director, Northwest Film Center
• Jim Franzen
  Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
• Jacki Gallo
  Owner, The Gallo Group
• Mark Goodman
  Co-President, Downtown Development
• Steve Janik, J.D.
  Ball Janik, LLP
• Tom Kilroy
  Mentor, Merryck & Co
• Peter O. Kohler, M.D.
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellor, Northwest Arkansas Region OHSU President, Retired
• Julie Leuvrey
  Co-President, Oregon Pacific Investment and Development Company
• Ty Pettit
  VP-Business Development, Portland Commercial Banking - Union Bank
• Dilip Ratnam
  Managing Director, Vista Ridge Capital
• Jeff Richardson
  Technology Executive
• Richard Rubinstein
  Thompson/Rubinstein Investment
• James H. Rudd
  CEO and Partner, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
• Rob Shick
  Branch Manager, Robert W. Baird and Co.
• Eugene C. Skourtes, D.M.D.
  Founder and President of Willamette Dental Group
• Nicholas Stanley
  President, Stanley Investments and Management
• Vanessa Sturgeon
  President and CEO, TMT Development Company
• Keith L. Thomson
• Marcia Walsh