Janice Tufte was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She has also resided in Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, Vermont, and New Mexico. She attended college in Washington, Minnesota, and California with a focus on sociology and special education. Tufte has a passion for connecting communities and or individuals to each other. She is an expert at taking learned best practices and information gained from one organization or institution and sharing that important knowledge with others. She calls this practice of connecting the dots “pollination.” She is currently presenting as an individual and on panels at medical conferences. She also has participated on large international research conference planning committees and reviewed abstracts for many conferences, bringing the patient partner voice to conferences. Tufte has initiated and nurtured six Puget Sound community-based projects, addressing the social determinants of health and disparities, combining poverty awareness with volunteer-based opportunities. She is currently involved with evidence-based work, measurement recommendations, and guidelines participation, with health systems improvement as her priority area. She has been a PCORI Ambassador since 2014 and has attended multiple Annual Meetings and presented at the 2017 preconference. She has received multiple scholarships related to integrating the patient partner voice and is active in Ambassador activities.