Sharon Green, MHA

Sharon Green, MHA
Executive Director
Institute for Women’s Health Research, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Sharon Green started her adult career as a medical technologist working in the special hematology departments at the University of Illinois and then at the University of Chicago. After several years in the laboratory, her career, while always medically related, shifted toward new program development. She now has over 30 years developing new organizations. Her former positions include serving as the first executive director of the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, the first deputy director of the Office of Women’s Health at the Illinois Department of Public Health, and one of seven co-founders of the National Breast Cancer Coalition in Washington, DC . She established the Office of Special Population Initiatives at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern where she was responsible for getting the Center named as a Fertile Hope Center of Excellence. She currently serves at the Executive Director of the new Institute for Women’s Health Research at the Feinberg School of Medicine where she is responsible for strategic planning and new program development.

Ms. Green has an undergraduate degree in medical technology and a master’s degree in health administration.