Community Engagement & Impact
- Amazon investments have helped create or preserve more than 10,000 affordable homes across the Puget Sound region.
- Thanks to a $500,000 gift from McKinstry, specialized pediatric care at Seattle Children’s Tri-Cities Clinic is expanding.
- Congratulations to Fred Hutch as it completes its third cohort of the LabLaunch program, which offers students hands-on lab experience and academic training on the path to a lab tech certificate and a job interview.
Thought Leadership
- Check out Seattle Sports Commission’s podcast “We, the Game Changers,” featuring Puget Sound Energy CEO Mary Kipp, where she reflects on her role, challenges facing the energy sector, and the importance of hiring the right talent.
- In this Puget Sound Business Journal piece, Seattle Children’s CEO Jeff Sperring, MD, reflects on a decade of leadership, shares lessons learned, and looks ahead with optimism as he prepares for retirement.
- In a recent article in The Seattle Times, Elizabeth Wako, MD, president and CEO of Swedish Health Services, shared her perspective on the importance of entering healthcare careers and the need for skilled and motivated workers.
- In a recent address to the Seattle Metro Chamber, Microsoft President Brad Smith urged business and nonprofit leaders to push back on policies that threaten long-term economic vitality, emphasizing that you have to have health businesses to have healthy communities. Read more in GeekWire.
- Premera CEO Jeff Roe recently spoke with the Puget Sound Business Journal about how taxes, regulation, and rising healthcare costs are squeezing Washington employers — and why it matters.
Industry Development & Accolades
Congratulations to Alaska, Amazon, Bank of America, Boeing, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, Nordstrom, Premera Blue Cross, Slalom, WaFd Bank, and Washington Trust Bank for being selected among America’s Greatest Workplaces 2025! |
