Brent Shafer

Brent Shafer joined the Veracyte board of directors in September 2024. Mr. Shafer is a veteran healthcare industry leader with over 40 years of experience in health information technology, medical devices and other related industries. From 2018 to 2021, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cerner Corporation, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Shafer held key roles at Royal Philips, the health technology company, including as Chief Executive Officer of Philips North America and of the Philips Home Healthcare Solutions business. Before joining Philips, Mr. Shafer was Vice President and General Manager of Hillrom’s Patient Care Environment Division and worked at GE Medical Systems in key sales, marketing and general management positions. Following early roles at Intermountain Healthcare’s Primary Children’s Hospital and Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Shafer held senior roles at Hewlett Packard’s Medical Products Group. He currently serves on the boards of Baxter International Inc. and Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. Mr. Shafer holds a B.S. in Communications from the University of Utah.