AACR Project GENIE® is governed by a Steering Committee, which includes representatives from each participating institution and oversees the strategic direction of the initiative. The Executive Committee, a smaller subset of the Steering Committee, makes time-sensitive decisions and includes key leadership from AACR, strategic partners, and governance committees.
Governance Overview:
- Steering Committee: One representative per participating institution, including the Chairperson. Reports to the External Advisory Board and AACR Board of Directors.
- Executive Committee: A subset of the Steering Committee responsible for day-to-day decision-making. Includes AACR leadership, strategic partners (Sage Bionetworks, cBioPortal), and key governance members.
- Strategic Partners: Sage Bionetworks and cBioPortal serve as ex officio members, supporting technology and data-sharing infrastructure.
Executive Committee Members
Leadership
- Chairperson (2021–2024): Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCPC – Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Founding Chairperson (2015–2020): Charles L. Sawyers, MD – Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering
AACR Leadership
- Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc) – CEO, AACR
- Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR – President (2024-2025), AACR
Academic & Institutional Leaders
- Christina Curtis, PhD – Professor, Medicine & Genetics, Stanford University
- Kevin Haigis, PhD – Chief Scientific Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Brian Henick, MD – Director of Translational Research, Columbia University
- Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD – Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Technology & Data Partners (Ex Officio Members)
- Nikolaus Schultz, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering (cBioPortal)
- Adam Taylor, PhD – Director, Cancer Biology, Sage Bionetworks
Steering Committee Members
The Steering Committee includes representatives from each participating institution who play a key role in guiding project strategy and implementation.
Executive Committee
Charles L. Sawyers, MD
(Founding Chairperson 2015-2020)
Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair
Executive Committee
Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCPC
(Chairperson 2021-2024)
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Steering Committee
Fabrice Andre, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Institut Gustave Roussy
Executive Committee
Alexander Baras
Director, Pathology Informatics
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Executive Committee
Christina Curtis, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science
Stanford University
Executive Committee
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Executive Committee
Kevin Haigis, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Executive Committee
Brian Henick
Associate Director of Experimental Therapeutics
Director of Translational Research in Aerodigestive Cancers in Medical Oncology
Columbia University
Executive Committee
Marilyn Li, MD
Vice Chief, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Director, Cancer Genomic Diagnostics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Steering Committee
Shannon Jones McCall, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Duke University
Executive Committee
Gerrit Meijer, MD, PhD
Professor of Oncologic Pathology
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Executive Committee
Christine Micheel
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Executive Committee
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Molecular Oncology Initiative
Co-leader, Pediatric Malignancies Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco
Executive Committee
Zenta Walther, MD, PhD
Clinical Director at YNHH Tumor Profiling Laboratory
Director of Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program
Yale School of Medicine
Steering Committee
Wei Zhang
Director of Center for Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Steering Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Biology and Professor of Oncology and Pathology
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Steering Committee
James F. Amatruda, MD, PhD
Interim Chief and Interim Director, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Head, Basic and Translational Research, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Dr. Kenneth O. Williams Chair in Cancer Research
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Steering Committee
Rodrigo Dienstmann, MD
Group Leader, Oncology Data Science (ODysSey) Group, VHIO
Research Scientist, Computational Oncology Group, Sage Bionetworks
Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology
Steering Committee
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Genetics
Senior Associate Dean of Research, LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Cancer Crusaders Endowed Professor in Cancer Research
The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Steering Committee
Kyong Hwa Park (박경화)
Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Korea University Anam Hospital
Executive Committee, Ex Officio
Nikolaus Schultz, PhD
Attending Computational Oncologist, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Affiliate Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Steering Committee
Pearl Seo, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Divison of Medical Oncology Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Executive Committee
Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
President (2024-2025)
American Association for Cancer Research
Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Program
Codirector, Robert and Maggie Bras and Family Drug Development Program
Clinical Lead, Tumor Immunotherapy Program
BMO Chair, Precision Cancer Genomics
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Steering Committee
Peng Wang, MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Surgical Pathology
University of Chicago
Executive Committee
Adam Taylor, PhD
Director of Cancer Biology
Sage Bionetworks
Steering Committee
Brady Bernard, PhD
Director of Informatics
Providence Cancer Institute
Associate Member of Computational Immuno-oncology
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute