Cynthia Bellas

Candidate, Central Ward
 

Cynthia Bellas is Chief Strategic Officer for IRB Advisors. She is an expert in eRA systems and Process Improvement.  She most recently served as Team Lead for Governor Inslee’s Washington State-Staying Open Staying Safe Private-Public Collaborations on Covid-19 testing, tracking, tracing and data management. Cynthia also serves on Harvard Researcher Dr. Michael Mina’s https://www.rapidtests.org. Cynthia is a Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs certified Advocate.

Cynthia speaks globally on Research Administration topics of Ethics, Process Improvement, and Crowd Funding for NCURA, SRA, ARMS and ARMA.  She held the position of Manager of the Office of Sponsored Research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. While at SCRI, she led her team through the Continuous Process Improvement conversion.

 Prior to her work with Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Cynthia was the Chief Grants Officer at Anthem Grants and Advocacy in Seattle.  She along with Former Secretary of the State of Washington Ralph Munro (1981-2001) worked at Anthem to provide their clients with cost effective contract services designed to secure critical Federal, State and Foundation funding in support of their institutional missions. 

 Cynthia served on the Kitsap Humane Society Board, KidsUp of Bainbridge, One Call for All of Bainbridge and The Eviction Defense Collaborative of San Francisco. 

She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Washington and the prestigious Barnes Foundation.

Ms. Bellas enthusiastically revels living on Bainbridge Island WA, enjoys hiking, birding, gardening, athletic training and being a mother to her daughter and wife to her husband, Brett.