Northwest Kidney Centers recently added new members to its board of trustees. The Northwest’s largest nonprofit kidney dialysis provider welcomes the following individuals to help advise the organization’s leaders and set policy going forward.
Andrew Dervan, MD, is a physician-scientist and biotech leader with experience in translational medicine, oncology, and strategic partnerships. He is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cajal Therapeutics, a Seattle-based biotechnology company focused on iron deficiency and anemia. Prior to co-founding Cajal, Andrew held leadership roles at Celgene and Translational Medicine @ Celgene, where he led cell therapy partnerships and oncology-focused translational research initiatives.
Jon Rosen, is a Seattle-based labor and employment attorney and founder of The Rosen Law Firm. Practicing in Washington since 1977, he represents individuals and labor unions and has held leadership roles with the American Bar Association and King County Bar Association. Jon brings extensive nonprofit governance experience, having served in leadership roles with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Jewish Family Service of Seattle, Classical KING-FM, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Cornish College of the Arts, and the Seattle Arts Commission. A strong advocate for social justice and community service, Jon also brings a deeply personal understanding of kidney disease as a former Northwest Kidney Centers home dialysis patient and kidney transplant recipient.
Melissa Roy, is a senior technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading global sales, business transformation, and growth strategies across the technology and healthcare sectors. She currently serves as Head of Global Specialty Sales, Strategy Collection & Product Collection at Atlassian. Prior to Atlassian, she held executive leadership roles at Google, Philips Healthcare, and Microsoft, where she spent 17 years leading worldwide industry solutions, business transformation, and enterprise growth initiatives. Her expertise includes digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, strategic partnerships, and commercial growth. Melissa brings deep expertise in innovation, technology, and organizational transformation.
Debbie Treen, is a retired chief financial officer with more than 30 years of leadership experience in finance, accounting, and nonprofit management. She retired from Cornish College of the Arts in 2024 and now serves as Deputy Mayor of Sammamish.
Debbie has been a dedicated supporter of Northwest Kidney Centers for many years, serving nine years on the Foundation Board, including as Chair in 2020. She also brings a deeply personal connection to NKC’s mission as a living kidney donor to her daughter, who will celebrate the 20th anniversary of her transplant this October.
Northwest Kidney Centers is a not-for-profit, community-based provider of kidney dialysis, public health education and research into the causes and treatments of chronic kidney disease. Founded in Seattle in 1962, it was the world’s first outpatient dialysis organization and today is the eighth-largest dialysis provider in the United States, serving nearly 2,000 patients a year in 20 dialysis centers and eight hospitals in the Puget Sound region.
Northwest Kidney Centers’ mission is to promote the optimal health, quality of life and independence of people with kidney disease. Its patients have access to the first-in-the-nation kidney palliative care program, as well as an outpatient pharmacy staffed by kidney specialists. Through its long-standing partnership with the University of Washington, Northwest Kidney Centers helped establish the Kidney Research Institute and the Center for Dialysis Innovation in support of new treatments and discoveries to better patients’ lives. For more information, visit www.nwkidney.org.