Deanna graduated from University of Arizona, majoring in microbiology. She began her career as a pharmacy tech and now has twenty-five years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Diverse roles in sales, product management, marketing, and patient access have given her a broad perspective of the industry. Her passion for helping patients drew her to patient access where she supports patient access initiatives for Exelixis and partnership opportunities with oncology advocacy organizations. In her current role, she provides leadership oversight and management for all Exelixis’ patient access support services and programs including EASE (hub) and the EASE pharmacy.