Darcy Jaffe has been at HMC for over twenty years in multiple leadership positions including Administrator for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Science and has been an active partner with Washington State and King County in planning and implementing healthcare. In her current role she is responsible for nursing practice and several clinical departments throughout HMC. Darcy Jaffe is also adjunct Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Darcy was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow for the years 2014-2017. Prior to HMC, she was a registered nurse with Public Health Jail Health Services. Her current appointments include the Washington State Speaker of the House Mental Health Task Force, King County Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Oversight Committee, the King County Community Alternatives to Psychiatric Boarding Task Force and Seattle-King County Opiate and Heroin Addiction Task Force. A lifetime resident of the Puget Sound area, she earned her undergraduate and master’s degree at the University of Washington School of Nursing.

dmjaffe@uw.edu