Kimberly Popovits BBA

Kim Popovits has led Genomic Health in revolutionizing the treatment of cancer through genomic-based diagnostic tests for breast, colon and prostate cancers that personalize and optimize treatment decisions. Kim has served as Genomic Health's Chairman of the Board since 2012, and Chief Executive Officer and President since 2009. She was President and Chief Operating Officer since joining the company in 2002.
Prior to joining Genomic Health, Kim served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales at the biotechnology company, Genentech, Inc. During her 15 years at Genentech, Kim led the successful commercialization of 14 new therapies, including Herceptin1, the revolutionary targeted treatment that changed the way doctors treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer.
Kim currently serves on the boards of the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), and MyoKardia. Kim is also the President of The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine. Kim's contributions to the science and commercialization of the biotechnology industry have been acknowledged by multiple organizations including being named Most Admired CEO in 2014 and one of the Forever Influential Women in the Bay Area from by the San Francisco Business Times.
She was also named Woman of the Year by Women Health Care Executives in 2008, received the Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award from MedTechWomen in 2016, and received the Salute to Excellence Award from the American Liver Foundation in 2017. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Michigan State University.