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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, James R. Downing is the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's CEO. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has 4,483 employees, of which 64 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital executive team is 38% female and 63% male.
  • 61% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
James R. Downing

CEO / President

James R. Downing's LinkedIn

| Architect of a six-year strategic plan on the expansion of St. Jude clinical care and research programs in Memphis and around the globe| Research focuses on understanding the genetic basis of cancer and using that information to improve the treatment of children with cancer| Launched the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, which has sequenced the normal and cancer genomes of more than 800 young cancer patients with some of the least understood and most aggressive tumors| Appointed to the Blue Ribbon Panel to advise Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative through the National Cancer Institute

Keith Perry

SVP & CIO

Keith Perry is a SVP & CIO at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Robyn Diaz

SVP & Chief Legal Officer

Robyn Diaz is a SVP & Chief Legal Officer at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Robin Mutz

Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President

Robin Mutz's LinkedIn

Robin Mutz is a Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and is based in Memphis, Tennessee. She has worked as Manager OB/GYN Ambulatory Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Associate CNO Women's Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Executive Nursing Director Women's and Children's/Service Line Administrator Women's at Medical University of South Carolina. Robin attended Birmingham-Southern College between 1996 and 1998 and University of North Carolina at Charlotte between 1980 and 1981.

James M. Hoffman

Chief Patient Safety Officer

James M. Hoffman's LinkedIn

James Hoffman is a Chief Patient Safety Officer at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Associate Member, Pharmaceutical Sciences at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and is based in Greater Memphis Area. He has worked as Medication Outcomes and Safety Officer at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Medication Outcomes Coordinator at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Resident/Fellow at University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. James attended University of Wisconsin-Madison between 2001 and 2004 and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia between 1995 and 2001.

Terrence L. Geiger

MD

Elizabeth Fox

MD

Pat Keel

SVP/CFO

Pat Keel's LinkedIn

Pat Keel is an EVP/CFO/CAO at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and is based in Memphis, Tennessee. She has experience at GLG Consultant and has worked as CFO at CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, Executive at CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION, and Assistant Administrator at Integris Health. Pat studied at Trinity University between 1997 and 2001, Arkansas State University between 1977 and 2001, and Financial Women International.

Virgil Holder

Chief Liaison Officer

Virgil Holder is a Chief of Staff at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Amar Gajjar

MD

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital board members

Name & TitleBio
Terrence L. Geiger

MD

Amar Gajjar

MD

Charles G. Mullighan

Board Member

David W. Ellison

Board Member

Elaine I. Tuomanen

MD

Leslie L. Robison

Board Member

Melissa M. Hudson

Board Member

Suzanne J. Baker

Board Member

Ellis Neufeld

Board Member

Ellis Neufeld's LinkedIn

Ellis Neufeld is a Clinical Director, Exec. VP and Physician in Chief at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and is based in Memphis, Tennessee. He has worked as Associate Chief, Hematology at Boston Children's Hospital; Egan Family Foundation Chair in Transitional Medicine at Harvard Medical School; and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Ellis studied at Washington University School of Medicine between 1979 and 1985, Walter Johnson High School between 1972 and 1975, and Wesleyan University between 1975 and 1979.

Frederick Smith

Board Member

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leadership demographics

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital gender distribution in management team

  • The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital executive team is 38% female and 63% male.
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is 52% female and 48% male company-wide.
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Male
63%
Company-wide: 48%
Female
Female
38%
Company-wide: 52%

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among St. Jude Children's Research Hospital executive officers is White.
  • 61% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 54% of employees are White.
  • 18% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 14% of employees are Asian.
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What employees say about the executives at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Pros of working at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The environment, work-life balance, our team.

Cons of working at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The isn't really anything that I don't like. It's just that we are going from remote work to campus work. I live quite a distance away from campus. So that creates a bit of a problem.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital may also be known as or be related to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, St Jude Children's Research, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.