We are excited to announce our new board leadership team for 2025.
- Julie Sandler, Co-founder & General Partner, PSL Ventures, will serve as Chair, bringing a forward-looking perspective shaped by her leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Jeff Roe, President & CEO, Premera Blue Cross, steps into the role of Vice Chair, contributing his strategic vision and commitment to addressing Washington’s workforce and economic challenges.
- Kerri Schroeder, Pacific Northwest Regional Chair & Region Manager – Middle Market Banking, JPMorganChase, will serve as Secretary/Treasurer, offering her expertise and dedication to ensuring opportunity and prosperity for all Washingtonians.
Learn more about them below.
Julie Sandler
Co-founder & General Partner
PSL Ventures
www.psl.com
Julie Sandler is a managing director at PSL and co-founding general partner of PSL’s venture capital firm, PSL Ventures. She is also an adjunct professor at the UW Foster School of Business where she teaches a popular course on entrepreneurship. In addition to her work with the Roundtable she is also a board director of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship.
She launched the Seattle Entrepreneurial Women’s Network, and previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group after her tenure at Amazon Kindle, TeachStreet, and Accenture. She has served on the boards of privately held companies and several industry associations and advisory boards. Julie was one of 60 Americans selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar in 2016 by the Clinton Foundation, LBJ Foundation, and the two Bush Presidential Centers.
She holds dual Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in psychology from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jeff Roe
President & CEO
Premera Blue Cross
www.premera.com
Jeff Roe is the president and chief executive officer of Premera Blue Cross. Roe joined Premera in 1996 and has served in roles leading the company’s Employer and Individual market segments. He became president in January 2014.
His leadership in insurance also includes positions as co-president of Safeco Insurance and chief marketing officer for Torrent Technologies. Roe started his career in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Slade Gorton and later consulted as a member of The Gallatin Group, a public affairs firm.
Roe serves on the boards of the National Institute for Health Care Management, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Washington Healthcare Forum (Vice Chair), University of Washington Foster School of Business, and the Visiting Committee of the University of Washington Economics Department.
At the University of Washington, Roe earned bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science and a Master’s in Business Administration.
Kerri Schroeder
Pacific Northwest Regional Chair & Region Manager – Middle Market Banking
JPMorganChase
www.chase.com
Kerri is the Pacific Northwest Regional Chair and Region Manager of the Middle Market banking group serving the Pacific Northwest. She joined JPMorganChase in January 2023 and brings over 25 years of banking experience.
As regional chair, Kerri provides oversight and governance to the market leadership teams across the Pacific Northwest and works with JPMorganChase teams to deliver the breadth of expertise of the firm locally to clients, employees, and the communities where they live and do business. She is responsible for aligning efforts to drive firmwide initiatives, including diversity, equity and inclusion, corporate responsibility, and community engagement.
In addition to her role as Regional Chair, Kerri leads a team of middle market banking professionals with disciplines in domestic and global treasury, credit products, liquidity management, investment banking, international trade, foreign exchange, and capital markets. Her team delivers comprehensive financial solutions and strategic guidance to companies across the Pacific Northwest.
Prior to joining JPMorganChase, she worked at Bank of America for 23 years in a variety of roles serving commercial clients. Most recently, she served as President of Bank of America Seattle, where she led the bank’s strategy across the greater Puget Sound region.
A first-generation Irish American originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Kerri has lived in the Seattle area for nearly 30 years and is an active member of the community. She currently serves on the board of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, where she served as board chair from 2021–2022; is board secretary of Evergreen Goodwill Industries; and serves on the boards of directors for the Washington Roundtable and Challenge Seattle. Kerri was recognized by Puget Sound Business Journal as a Woman of Influence in 2020 and as one of the Power 100 in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Kerri holds a B.A. in Economics from Pacific Lutheran University. She lives in Sammamish, Washington, with her husband Ken and their four sons. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking and travel and is an avid downhill skier.