
David Browdy has been the CFO at Fred Hutch since August 2018. He oversees financial strategy, operations and investment management.
Browdy has served as the University of Utah’s associate VP and CFO for the Health Sciences, where his responsibilities have included strategic financial management, performance and planning for its hospitals and clinics; medical group; health insurance plans; and medical, nursing, pharmacy, health and dentistry schools. During his tenure, he managed a large budget that grew quickly, from $2.3 billion in FY12 to $3.6 billion in FY17, according to Dr. A. Lorris Betz, senior vice president of University Health Sciences and interim executive dean of the University of Utah’s School of Medicine.
Before joining the University of Utah, Browdy for 20 years served in various capacities at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, including senior associate dean and chief operating officer, where he oversaw a $500 million operating budget. In addition to finance and budget, his areas of responsibility at Northwestern included information technology, human resources, communications and facilities management.