The Washington Roundtable board is comprised of senior executives of major private sector employers in Washington state. Our members work together to effect positive change on public policy issues that they believe are most important to supporting state economic vitality and fostering opportunity for all Washingtonians.
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The Roundtable applies the knowledge, creativity and expertise of Washington’s senior business leaders to the policy issues that matter most to our state and its citizens. Our board members are the senior executives of Washington companies or ranking executives of companies headquartered elsewhere that have significant presence here. A select number of board seats are reserved for citizen members and other business leaders who bring unique experience, knowledge or expertise.
Bart Ricketts *, Roundtable Chair;
CEO, Lease Crutcher Lewis
Michael Senske *, Roundtable Vice Chair;
Chairman & CEO, Pearson Packaging Systems
Julie Sandler *, Roundtable Secretary/Treasurer;
Co-founder & General Partner, PSL Ventures
Dean C. Allen
CEO
McKinstry Co. LLC
René Ancinas
Chairman & CEO
Port Blakely Companies
Frank Armijo
Principal
Armijo Group
Chuck Arnold
President
Seattle Seahawks and First & Goal, Inc.
Steven Ashby, Ph.D.
Laboratory Director
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Brent Beardall
President & CEO
WaFd Bank
Frank A. Blethen
Publisher & CEO
The Seattle Times
Doug Bowser
President & COO
Nintendo of America, Inc.
Zach Buchwald
Chairman & CEO
Russell Investments
Betsy Cadwallader *
Regional Executive, Commercial Banking
U.S. Bank
Tony Christensen
President & CEO
Christensen, Inc.
Betsy Cowles
Chair
Cowles Company
Imelda Dacones, MD FACP
Market President
Optum Care Washington
Craig Dawson *
President & CEO
Retail Lockbox, Inc.
Stan Deal
President & CEO
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Preston Feight
CEO
PACCAR, Inc.
Reggie Fils-Aime **
Managing Partner
Brentwood Growth Partners
Teresa Foy, Ph.D.
Senior VP, Head, Immuno-Oncology and Cellular Therapy
Bristol Myers Squibb
Daniel S. Fulton **
CEO, Retired
Weyerhaeuser Company
Catie Griggs
President, Business Operations
Seattle Mariners
Ada Healey
Chief Real Estate Officer
Vulcan, Inc.
Matt Hill
Seattle Market President
KeyBank
Barbara Hulit**
Senior Advisor
Fortive
Brad Jackson
CEO & Co-Founder
Slalom Consulting
Mary Kipp
President & CEO
Puget Sound Energy
Mary A. Knell *
CEO, Pacific Northwest & Western Canada
Wells Fargo
Tod Leiweke
CEO
Seattle Kraken
Howard C. Lincoln **
Chairman & CEO, Retired
Seattle Mariners
Rodrigo Lopez
Regional Senior Vice President, Pacific Northwest Region
Comcast
Jeremy Lott
President & CEO
SanMar
Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD
President & Director
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Stanley B. McCammon
President & CEO
Joshua Green Corporation
Brian McGuigan
CEO
Laird Norton Company
Stan W. McNaughton
President & CEO
PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company
Margaret A. Meister *
President & CEO
Symetra
Ben Minicucci
CEO
Alaska Air Group
Mark Mitchke
President & CEO
Delta Dental of Washington
Jim Morehead
President, Seattle
Bank of America
Colin Moseley
Chairman
Green Diamond Resource Co.
Erik Nordstrom
CEO
Nordstrom, Inc.
Earl Overstreet
President, Retired
General Microsystems Inc.
Ketul J. Patel
CEO
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Mary Pugh
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Pugh Capital Management
Chad Robins
CEO, Co-Founder, & Chairman
Adaptive Technologies
Jeff Roe
CEO & President
Premera Blue Cross
Kerri Schroeder
Pacific Northwest Region Chair
JPMorgan Chase
Bradford L. Smith *
Vice Chair & President
Microsoft Corporation
Olumide Soroye
President & CEO, Intelligent Operating Solutions
Fortive Corporation
John W. Stanton**
Managing Partner
Trilogy Partnership
Peter Stanton
Chairman & CEO
Washington Trust Bank
Dave Stewart
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, & Chief Ethics Officer
Saltchuk
Devin W. Stockfish
President & CEO
Weyerhaeuser Company
Alisha Valavanis
CEO & General Manager
Seattle Storm & Force 10 Sports Management, LLC.
Dennis Vermillion *
President & CEO
Avista Corporation
Jeffery S. Vincent
President & CEO, Retired
Laird Norton Company
Geoff Wood
CEO & Co-President
Windermere
Howard Wright
Chairman & Founder
Seattle Hospitality Group
Amadou Yattassaye
Executive Vice President of Market Growth
Cambia Health Solutions
David Zapolsky
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, & Secretary
Amazon
Harold Zeitz
CEO
Ziply Fiber
Eric Zimpfer
VP Refining Cherry Point
bp Cherry Point Refinery
* Executive Committee
** Council of Former Directors
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Steve Mullin
President
steve@waroundtable.comNeil Strege
Vice President
neils@waroundtable.comSara Garrettson
Vice President, Communications
sara@waroundtable.comKim Martinez
Operations Manager
kim@waroundtable.comBrian Jeffries
Policy Director, Partnership for Learning
brian@partnership4learning.orgIngrid Stegemoeller
Communications Director, Partnership for Learning
ingrid@partnership4learning.org
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How does the Roundtable determine the issues it will focus on?
We focus on a select number of issues that our members believe are most important to supporting economic vitality and fostering opportunity for all Washingtonians. We consider issues possibly under consideration by state leaders, and where we believe the knowledge and expertise of our members can most affect positive change.
How does one become a member of the Washington Roundtable?
Candidates for membership must be the senior executive of a Washington state company or the ranking executive of a company headquartered elsewhere that has significant business presence here. A select number of board seats are reserved for citizen members and other business leaders who bring unique experience, knowledge or expertise.
Is the Washington Roundtable a government organization?
No. Although we work to address state policy issues, we are not affiliated with or supported by the public sector.
Does the Washington Roundtable endorse candidates or sponsor bills or ballot measures?
We focus on policy, not politics. We work closely with elected officials and policymakers to support sound policy and affect positive change via the legislative process. In select cases, we will play an active role in ballot measure campaigns that directly relate to our core areas of focus. We do not engage in political races, endorse or support candidates running for elective office.
Are there Roundtables in every state and are they organized the same way?
There are state roundtables in one form or another in many states. Each is organized and has a membership reflective of its needs and mission. We often share information and ideas with other state roundtable organizations, but we have no formal affiliations.
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Partnership for Learning – www.partnership4learning.org
Partnership for Learning, the education foundation of the Washington Roundtable, is a statewide nonprofit organization that communicates the need for all Washington’s students to graduate from high school ready for career and college. As a trusted source of information, Partnership for Learning makes complex education issues accessible.
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