People

Jill Sells, MD, Director

As Director, Dr. Sells is responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of all aspects of Reach Out and Read Washington State. Dr. Sells worked with the Reach Out and Read National Center to launch ROR Washington State in late 2007. She is delighted to work with medical practices and our partners to help support young children and families across Washington state.

A fifth generation Washingtonian, Dr. Sells received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology with a concentration in Child Development and Disability, and her MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). She trained in Pediatrics at the UW and Seattle Children’s, and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UWSOM. After practicing primary care pediatrics in the Seattle area, she transitioned her career into early childhood. Dr. Sells and Reach Out and Read are active partners in early learning and health efforts in Washington and across the nation. 

Mary Ann Woodruff, MD, Medical Director

As Medical Director, Dr. Woodruff helps develop and implement our statewide training programs. As a pediatrician focused on child development and family life, Dr. Woodruff joyfully discovered the Reach Out and Read program. She brought it to her pediatric practice in 2001, and she and her Pediatrics NW colleagues will distribute 10,000 books this year at well child visits in Pierce County. She has been a Reach Out and Read trainer since 2004. She shares her enthusiasm for ROR with other doctors, nurses and primary care providers.  She helps make it feasible and fun for practices across the state to participate. 

A northwest native, Dr. Woodruff  has been caring for children in the South Puget Sound for nearly twenty years. She received her undergraduate degree from Seattle University, and her MD from the University of Washington. She trained in pediatrics in the Bay Area, at Mt. Zion Hospital, Stanford, and University of California San Francisco. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Food Connection Food Bank and the Pierce County Library Foundation, and is the Board President for Friends of Pediatrics Northwest.