Interim President, OHSU

Steve Stadum is interim president of Oregon Health & Science University. He was appointed by the OHSU board of directors Nov. 4, 2024.

Before joining OHSU in 1999, Stadum served as the first managing partner of Ater Wynne, a 65-attorney Pacific Northwest law firm.

During his tenure at OHSU, Stadum served in several leadership roles, including general counsel, chief administration officer and corporate secretary, executive vice president, and chief operating officer for the Knight Cancer Institute.

He established the university’s regulatory compliance program, drafting the Code of Conduct and hiring OHSU’s first integrity officer. He co-led the Portland Aerial Tram Project, the build-out of OHSU’s new campus on South Waterfront, the team that directed the 2002 Oregon Opportunity legislative initiative and the fundraising campaign at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to raise $1 billion for cancer research within two years.

Stadum left OHSU in 2016 for a series of leadership roles at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. In the past eight years, he held the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer, chief integration officer, and, lastly, special adviser to the director; he retired from Fred Hutch in September 2024.

During his time with Fred Hutch, he was responsible for long-term clinical planning and strategic growth initiatives, including leading a team in a multi-year restructuring of cancer programs among Fred Hutch, UW Medicine, Seattle Children’s and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. 

Claire Irvan has been employed at OHSU for over 21 years. She is a financial coordinator for the Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and CAR-T program. Her role is responsible for establishing global case rates for transplant, helping to secure single case agreements for CAR-T, and ensuring services have been authorized by insurance companies.

Medical Student, OHSU

Calvin Jara is a fourth-year medical student at OHSU. He pursued undergraduate study at Boston College and further graduate study at Hunter College.

Before medical school, he began his career in medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, contributing to multiple NIH-funded research studies on environmental health, epigenetics and child development.

At OHSU, Jara has served on student council and has been actively involved in longstanding mentorship for students interested in health care careers and community outreach programs.

Senior Vice President, Global Tax at Visa

Wayne Monfries is senior vice president, Global Tax at Visa. Monfries joined Visa in April 2020. He previously was VP, Global Tax at TransUnion in Chicago, and prior to that served as VP & Chief Tax Officer for Nike in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Georgetown University, he began his career in public accounting with PwC in Washington, D.C., before moving on to work for food manufacturer, Mars, Inc., in New Jersey and London, England, where he held various roles in tax and finance.

Maria Rodriguez is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and the medical director for Oregon's Reproductive Health Program. She is the director for the Center for Women's Health and Center for Reproductive Health Equity. 

She completed medical school and residency at OHSU (2004, 2008), a fellowship in family planning at UCSF (2010), and an M.P.H. at UC Berkeley (2010). Following her fellowship, she spent five years working for the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She serves as chair of Oregon’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee and as co-chair on the Medicaid Advisory Committee.

Dr. Rodriguez provides OB/GYN care at the Center for Women’s Health and is a physician-scientist. Her research focuses on the intersection of reproductive health, policy and economics.

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Citizen and Tribal Board Member

Sue Steward currently serves the 43 tribes of the Northwest as the Deputy Director at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). She served NPAIHB from 2018 through 2020 as the CHAP Project Director. Before that, she served a small Alaska Tribal Health Organization as a federally certified, primary midlevel provider from 2000 to 2018, and as the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) Director from 2008 to 2018.

Her education includes a B.S. in health administration and a graduate degree in health leadership. She served as the Alaska CHAP Directors Association Chair for four years and the Vice Chair for three years, and also served on the Alaska Area CHAP Certification Board for two years.

In 2005, Steward was a recipient of the IHS Director’s Award for her contributions to the revised Alaska Community Health Aide Manual. She currently serves as the Cow Creek delegate to the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) and to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

She is grateful for the many experiences she has enjoyed in her professional career. Her husband of 40 years is her best friend and a great support. Their two sons have rich experience with the Navy, Air Force, and Alaska Militia and volunteer firemen. Their oldest now serves their tribe as the Cultural Coordinator and is completing his B.S. in Indigenous studies. Their youngest son is an Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sergeant, 4N031/Aerospace Medical Technician and works in the local hospital as an ER tech. He is currently completing his B.S. in homeland security/emergency management.