The Carole and Stuart Potter Professorship in BRCA Clinical Care

Shari and Len Potter established this professorship in 2022 in honor of Len’s parents, Carole and Stuart Potter and the excellent care they received at Penn Medicine. 

Shari Potter is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Fordham University School of Law. She practiced Environmental Law in New York City at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel. Len Potter is the President and Chief Investment Officer at Wildcat Capital Management, a private investment advisory firm. Shari and Len live in Scarsdale, NY and have three children, Dustin, Cami, and Josh. Cami and Josh are both Penn graduates.  

Shari is a member of the Basser Center Advisory Board, as well as the Abramson Cancer Center Director’s Leadership Council. Len is a member of the Abramson Cancer Center’s Innovation Advisory Board.  

Shari and Len are longtime champions of the Basser Center and Penn. In 2013, the Potters established and endowed the annual Basser Global Prize, which honors a visionary scientist in the field who has advanced BRCA1/2-related research. Shari and Len also established the Pearl Basser Professorship for BRCA-Related Research in memory of Shari's mother Pearl. They are also generous supporters of undergraduate scholarships at the University, having established the Pearl and Philip Basser Endowed Scholarship. 

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The Carole and Stuart Potter Professorship in BRCA Clinical Care is currently open.