Paula L. Houston EdD

Dr. Paula L. Houston is the Director of UW Medicine. She worked as CEO of Sound Generations in Seattle, prior to that she was the Executive Director for the Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA. She has broad experience in public health and community health administration and owned her own fitness and wellness center.

Commissioner Houston is a member of Seattle Rotary #4, where she has held an officer position, sits on the board of the Alzheimer’s Association and is a member of the Seattle Art Museum’s Education and Community Engagement Committee. She has also been a member of numerous other non-profit boards and served two terms on the Seattle Women’s Commission.

She has a B.S. from Syracuse University, a master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of Washington and earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Seattle University in 2014.