Updated 3/2/2012
(in alphabetical order)
| Aaron Wolfe | Principal, Wolff Defense. |
| Adam Clark | Executive Director, Aegis Assisted Living. Adam is an accomplished professional with over 5 years’ experience of project and staff leadership. He also holds extensive experience in finance, technology, leadership and operations. |
| Ahkil Shah | Founder/Owner, Shah Safari, International New / Zebraclub. |
| Al Kiniski | Hockey Analyst and Color Comment, Everett Silvertips/Concur. Al played for the Seattle Thunderbirds from 1989-1992. Al was a 3rd round draft pick for the Philadelphia Flyers. |
| Andrew Allison | Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch. |
| Andy Costabel | Creative Director, Creative House Branding. |
| Anthony O’Neil | Principal/Branding Consultant, Creative House Branding. My professional experiences range from being employed with a professional sports team (Seattle Supersonics/Seattle Storm) where I sold the team’s sponsorship, media and brand. Once leaving the NBA experience I went to Comcast Spotlight where I sold cable advertising for 52 cable networks. Because of my passion and experience for sports my primary focus was selling sports programming. Today I’m principal owner of Creative House Branding a promotional products company based here in Seattle. |
| Audrey Lincoff | Bio coming soon. |
| Becky Bogard | Princicpal / Managing Member, Bogard & Johnson. Becky is a graduate of Duke University and American University School of Law. In addition, Becky is a government liaison and head of the Film Incentives Board in Washington State. |
| Bill Hogan | Athletic Director, Seattle University. |
| Bill Meissner | Director and CEO, Jones Soda. Prior to joining Jones Soda, Bill served as the Brand Director at Sobe Beverages and PepsiCo, Chief Marketing Officer of Fuze Beverages and Coca-Cola as well as President of Talking Rain Beverages in Seattle. |
| Blair Buttersworth | Princicpal, FDR Services. Blair Butterworth & Associate a political consulting firm in Seattle. Blair is also a board member of Schools First which is a grassroots citizen-based organization to inform voters about upcoming school levies and to direct efforts toward ensuring their passage. |
| Bob Chaffey | Co-President, Chaffey Homes. Bob, alongside his brother Rick and Father Herb, has helped mold one of the most established names in Northwest Homebuilding. Chaffey Homes has been defining the standards of excellence in the industry for more than 40 years and been one of the most sought after custom design groups in the northwest. |
| Bob Jones | President and CEO, Northwest Energy Systems Company LLC. |
| Bob Whitsitt | Professional Sports Executive, . Former sports executive in both the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. Bob holds over 17 years of experience as an NBA general manager where he built teams that made the playoffs 16 times. In addition he played a key role in the successful completion of the Rose Garden Arena in Portland. As president of the Seattle Seahawks from 1997 through the beginning of 2005, he negotiated the acquisition of the team for Paul Allen and led a successful statewide referendum that secured $300 million in public funding for the Seahawk’s new football stadium and exhibition center. |
| Brad Ferrell | General Sales Manager, The Mtn. – MountainWest Sports Network. |
| Brett Allen | Owner, GolfTEC Seattle. Brett Allen has 2 indoor golf training facilities in Seattle and Bellevue. Brett has spent time as the CFO of Retail Entertainment Design (RED) as well as the General Manager and Director of Sales Operations for Flexcar Seattle where he was responsible for overseeing the Seattle Team, marketing, operations, sales and assisting in fundraising. In addition, Brett works with various non-profits as a partner with social venture partner and sits on the Board of Trustees for Children’s Home Society. |
| Brian Sloan | Vice President, Everett Aquasox. |
| Brooks McCartney | Director, Janus Capital Group. |
| Bryan Weeks | President and CEO, Silver Creek Capital Management LLC.. Silver Creek Capital Management LLC is A leading manager of hedge funds with over $6 billion in assets under management. It has offices in SEATTLE, NEW YORK and LONDON, whose team has been managing funds since 1994. |
| Charlie Billow | CEO, Triple B Corporation. Charlie ensures that the operation Charlie’s Produce a wholesale supplier of various products in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington State. The company also distributes other food products through its subsidiary Rogge to Seattle and Alaska. |
| Chris Allphin | Vice President, Wasserman Media Group. Chris Allphin joined Wasserman Media Group in 2002, where he serves as vice president. In his current role, Allphin is responsible for the day-to-day management of projects including MetLife Stadium, Kauffman Stadium, and the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Allphin held the position of director of naming rights before becoming vice president. |
| Chris Soriano | Executive Director, Pacific 8 Hockey Conference. Chris is also the Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach at Washington State University. Chris’ playing career included 4 years on the WSU Men’s Ice Hockey team. |
| Chuck Scullion | Chief Strategy Officer and Interim President, Motricity. Chuck has served as a Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Technology Media and Telecommunications practice. In addition, he was part of the firm’s American Leadership Team and was Leader of the Americas Organization practice area for several years. |
| Cindy Spodek Dickey | President, Radarworks. Cindy is an accomplished business and marketing executive with proven experience and achievement with world-class brands, start-up companies, new product launches, and promotional marketing. She has more than 25 years of developing and delivering success with comprehensive and integrated go-to-market campaigns and business initiatives, corporate communications, and partnership tie-ins and co-marketing relationships.While at The Walt Disney Company, she led global marketing efforts for the home entertainment releases of such animated film blockbusters as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King. At Microsoft, Cindy was an integral part of the global marketing team that launched Xbox, Xbox Live, and Xbox 360. She established and built the first dedicated promotions department for Xbox and has done promotional programs with a broad portfolio of partners including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Taco Bell, Anheuser Busch, Samsung, Adidas, AT&T, and many more! |
| Craig Kinzer | Bio coming soon. |
| Cyrus Yun | Senior Project Manager, Samsung Telecommunications American. Cyrus is also the co-owner of Firehouse Coffee. Previously, Cyrus was Product Manager of Digital Media at ESPN, where he launched an online media platform to bring live NHL games to Europe and the first version of ESPN360, which manifested today as ESPN3. |
| Dan Brettler | Chairman / CEO, Car Toys Inc. & Wireless Advocates, LLC. |
| Dan Levine | President and CEO, K&L Distributors. Dan is the managing partner of K&L Beverage Company. Dan started his career in banking with Citibank in New York City and has been active in the Wine and Spirits industry since 1980. Dan is a partner in Young’s Markets Northwest. |
| Daniel Holmes | Managing Vice President, Gartner, Inc. Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Prior to joining Gartner, Daniel was the Director of Business Development for Click Commerce. |
| Dave Gandara | Director of Community Relations, Moneytree. David sits on the Board of Trustees for the UW Alumni Association and the Board of Ambassadors for the Foster School of Business. |
| Dave Kreig | Former Professional Football Player, Seattle Seahawks. Former Seattle Seahawk and one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, ranking among the all-time top 15 in most passing categories |
| Daver tiryakioglu | Sr. Vice President – Investments, Merrill lynch/bank of America. Portfolio manager and financial advisor, manager of. Team with $300+ million under mgmt. |
| David Mazzeo | Alumni Director and Freshmen Football Coach, O’Dea High School. |
| David Roberts | MBA, CFP, Principal and Director of Business Advisory Services, Rainier Group Inc.. Dave has lead the national firm that helps many business owners and affluent individuals achieve their business transition and wealth management objectives. He serves on Rainier Group’s Executive Management Team that directs all aspects and strategy for the company’s business operations. |
| David Spouse | Director, Adaptive Mobile Security. Adaptive mobile is a leading global mobile security company. David is an accomplished sales and business development professional with over 18 years’ experience in mobile technology. He holds extensive sales, marketing and business development experience in both the mobile and internet space. A graduate of the University of Washington and both born and raised in Seattle. |
| David Starr | Professor of Sports Marketing, Shoreline Community College. |
| Dennis Forsyth | Senior Marketing Manager, . Dennis is a principal with the architectural firm of SRG Partnership. He had a long experience with the design of sports facilities. He was involved with the visioning of a combined NHL & NBA arena in the early 90′s on the Safeco Field site. He led the design of both the renovation of the Seattle Center Coliseum to become KeyArena in the mid 90′s and the design of Safeco field in the late 90′s. He worked with Seattle Center in the early 2000′s to reinvasion an expanded KeyArena. He and his firm continues to be involved in sports facilities and are presently designing a new baseball park and training facilities for UW Husky Baseball. |
| DeVon Manier | President and Co-Founder, Sportn’ Life Records. DeVon co-founded Seattle’s longest operating Hip Hop, Soul and R&B record label. In addition, DeVon is also a commissioner on the City of Seattle’s Music Commission. |
| Don Tremblay | Owner, T.S. McHugh’s Restaurant. |
| Donald Green | Former Officer, United States Air Force. Former Air Force Officer with over 30 year’s experience. Don has also been successful in business operations analysis and project management. |
| Dow Lucurell | CEO, Uptown Espresso. |
| Dwayne Clark | Founder & CEO, Aegis Assisted Living. Dwayne holds more than 25 years of Senior Housing experience and is nationally known for the quality of projects he manages as well as his innovative flair. He has been involved in the development construction and/or management of over 200 senior housing projects. Aegis Living has been voted “Best company to work for” many times by Washington CEO Magazine. In addition, Dwayne was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 as well as was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from senior services. |
| Eddie Francis | On Air Personality, KUBE 93.3 FM. |
| Eddie Poplawski | Owner, Bellingham Baseball Club LLC and President of Barclay’s Realty & Management Company. Prior to serving as the President of Barclay’s Realty and Management Company, Eddie served as the President/CEO/Chairman and sole owner of Anderson Chamberlain Inc. (Now Anderson Daymon Worldwide) and the co-founder of CommercialCondos.com. Currently, he is a board member with Global Partnerships as well as the Board of the Moyer Foundation, Aegis Living, Fast Water Heater and Fitness Anywhere. In addition, he serves on the management Board of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Young Presidents Organization. |
| Erik Anderson | President, West River Capital. President of West River Capital since 2002. Erik Anderson has as served as company Chairman of Tachyon Networks Inc., Vice Chairman of Montgomery & Co. LLC as well as Chairman of Zula LLC . Erik is also the founder of America’s foundation for Chess and serves on the Board of Advantage IQ Inc. |
| Erik Liedholm | Company Wine Director, The John Howie Restaurant Group. |
| Euan Menzies | President, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, Vertafore. Vertafore, the leading provider of connected technology and information solutions to the insurance industry. Prior to Vertafore, Euan served as the President and Chief Executive of the Thomson Corporation Tax and Regulatory Division. He is a Chartered Accountant in the UK. |
| Frank Marcus | Managing Director, Ernest & Julia Gallo Winery. |
| Garrick Dorn | Western Region manager, CBS Collegiate Properties. |
| Greg Komen | President, MFS Management Company. Greg also sits on the Eastside Catholic School Board of Trustees. |
| Greg Root | Executive Board member (President/GM), Seattle Sports Commission. |
| H.S. Wright III | CEO, Seattle Hospitality Group. With investments that include SH Worldwide MTR Western, Space Needle, Sheraton Seattle and more. H.S. also serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Washington State University Foundation. In addition, he has served as a volunteer and on field staff for the Amigos De Las Americas Program. |
| Hank Riner | President and CEO, Onvia. Hank holds over 30 years of experience in building and growing profitable businesses in the information services and software industries. Oniva is the fifth CEO assignment in his career. Previously, Hank was CEO of OSG Billing Services, CoAMS Sourcelink and UMI. In addition, he developed and introduced Proquest, which is the first information provider to earn revenue from paid content on the Internet. |
| Herb Chaffey | Co-President, Chaffey Homes. |
| Howard McQuaid | Vice President, Kemper Freeman Development. |
| J.R. Celski | Olympian & Advocate, M.A.D. Northwest. An American short track speed skater and two-time bronze medalist in the Winter Olympics. Before switching to speed skating, J.R. was a champion class in-line skater. He is currently working on his new business promoting the Seattle Arts Scene M.A.D. Northwest. |
| James Donaldson | President/Owner, The Donaldson Clinic: Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab. James Donaldson is a Washington State University graduate (’79). After an outstanding basketball career with WSU, he went on to play professional basketball in the NBA with the Seattle Supersonics, San Diego/L.A. Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz. He also played for several teams in the European Leagues in Spain, Italy, and Greece, and he toured with The Harlem Globetrotters to wrap up his career. James was an NBA All-Star in 1988 while playing center for the Dallas Mavericks. In 2006, James was inducted into the Pac-10 Sports Hall of Fame and also the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2010, James was elected as a board member for the NBA Retired Players Association. |
| James Snook | VP Technology Strategy & Innovation, Starbucks Coffee. |
| James Stremme | CFO, Best Health Management, Inc. |
| James Zachodni | Co-Founder, D-LIST Magazine. James is also one of Seattle’s premier event producers and Media marketing strategists. |
| Jamie Huscroft | Former Professional Hockey Player, . Jamie played for the New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes, and Washington Capitals as well as the Seattle Breakers and Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. He finished his career in 2001 with 5 goals and 37 points in 352 career NHL games. Huscroft later served as an assistant coach with the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League. |
| Jason Rubenstein | Amazon.com |
| Jason Young | Amazon.com |
| Jeff Scoma | President, Seattle Team Shops. |
| Jeff Cirillo | Proprietor & Professional Baseball player, . Jeff played in Major League Baseball for 14 years. |
| Jeff Durrell | Managing Partner, Mohr Partners. |
| Jeff Dye | Television Personality, Star of MTV’s Money From Strangers. Jeff was also a finalist on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Comedian, Designer on Extreme Makeover Home Edition |
| Jeff McIntyre | President, Ruffneck Scarves. The official scarf provider to Major League Soccer, Manchester United, FC Barcelona and several NCAA institutions. Jeff is the founder of Glass Bangers hockey shirts and is co-owner of Bellingham United FC. |
| Jeff Obermeyer | Hockey Historian & Proprietor, www.seattlehockey.net. A hockey historian and author of Hockey in Seattle and Emerald City Ice as well as the proprietor of www.seattlehockey.net |
| Jeff Razore | Principal, Director of Branding/Marketing, Evergreen Capital Management. Jeff is also the founder of Seattle Swish AAU Basketball program. |
| Jeffrey Miller | Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. |
| Jim Marsh | Former Professional Basketball Player / President, NBA / Washington State Mentors. Former Sonics Announcer, NBA and USC Basketball player. Jim is currently serving our community through establishing basketball camps and other activities for underprivileged youths and is currently president of Washington State Mentors. |
| Jim McTaggart | Former Professional Hockey Player & Assistant Coach, Seattle Thunderbirds. Former NHL Player. Jim is currently serving as assistant Coach, Seattle Thunderbirds WHL hockey team. |
| Jim Mora | Collegiate Football Coach, UCLA Bruins. Jim has served as an NFL Analyst on NFL Networks as well as been the head coach of both the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons. |
| Joe Mallahan | CEO, Step Up Mobile, LLC. An 11 year veteran of T-Mobile USA. Joe is a recognized leader in operations improvement and has spoken at several national and international conferences on customer service, operations and mergers integration. In addition, Joe is an active supporter and advisor to organizations supporting foster care and education including Treehouse and City Year in Seattle. Joe was a Mayorial Candidate for the City of Seattle in 2008. |
| Joel Graves | Staff Member, Metropolitan King County Council. |
| John Besteman | Vice President of Sales, Onvia. |
| John Howie | Chef Proprietor, John Howie Steak, Seastar Restaurant, Raw Bar, Sport Restaurand and Wine Bar. |
| John Rial | Senior Vice President, Investments wealth management advisor portfolio manager PIA Program.. John holds seventeen years’ experience with Merrill Lynch. In addition, John served in the US Navy with distinction in Desert Shield Desert Storm and Noble Eagle, former diver and demolitions expert. |
| John Spring | Owner & President, Cascade Machinery and Electric. |
| John Torrance | Senior Vice President, CB Richard Ellis. |
| Joseph Wheeler | Senior Partner CEO and Founding Member, MTG Management Consultants. Joseph is an experienced professional providing IT implementation and management experience in the public sector arena. He has served as an active mentor at the University of Washington School of Business. |
| JR Celski | Olympian & Advocate, . Member of the United States Speed Skating team and two-time bronze medal winner in the Winter Olympics. An American short track speed skater and two-time bronze medalist in the Winter Olympics. Before switching to speed skating, J.R. was a champion class in-line skater. He is currently working on his new business promoting the Seattle Arts Scene M.A.D. Northwest |
| Justin Jumani | Bio Coming Soon. |
| Karen Wheeler | Director of Human Resources, Jones Soda. |
| Kathy Haggart | CEO, Bellevue Boys & Girls Club. |
| Kelly Ogilvie | Founder/CEO/President, Blue Marble Biomaterials. Prior to founding Blue Marble, Kelly worked with the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to promote business interests in Washington State as well as spent time with Paul Allen who founded Vulcan inc. in marketing and strategy planning for capital and real estate market holdings. He began his career in the former Washington State Governor Gary Locke’s office by coordinating outreach efforts. Kelly also spent time as Deputy Director for former Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels office and currently serves on the Board of Directors at Seafair and the external advisory Board of Washington State University’s Center for Environmental Research Education and Outreach. |
| Ken Devones | Marketing and Sales Management, WA State Mentors. Marketing and Sales Management with Holland America Line. Ken served in Marketing and Sales with Holland America for 25 years and is currently on the board of directors for Washington State Mentors as well as the Gonzaga University School of Business Board. |
| Ken Woolcott | Founder and CEO, Six Degree Capital. Founder and CEO of iPi. President at Woolcott Bioscience Strategies. Founder at Six Degrees Capital. Prior he was the Vice President General Counsel & Licensing Executive at IDEC Pharmaceuticals and Patent Counsel at Hybritech. He was also a former minority owner of the Seattle Supersonics. |
| Kevin Densmore | Principle, Titanium Media Solution. |
| Kim Bedier | General Manager, Comcast Arena and Everett/ Global Spectrum. Kim is also a Seattle Sports Commission Board Member. |
| Kip Durrell | Commercial Real Estate Broker, Member of Commercial Brokerage Industry since 1992. Kip currently serves as Executive Director of Cushman & Wakefield and has been a member of the commercial brokerage industry since 1992. His clients include Expedia, Boeing, Wells Fargo, City of Bellevue, General Electric and T-Mobile. Kip has been recognized by Co-Star as the Top 20 office broker within the Puget Sound region. |
| Kirk Callison | Founder & President, TWIST Architecture and Design, Inc. |
| Larry Brown | Legislative and Political Direct, International Association of Machinists Local 751 IAM. As the Director of the 751 IAM, Larry leads a crucial association that represents over 35,000 active and retired aerospace workers at Boeing Industries in Washington State. |
| Layne Sapp | CEO, S & S Advanced Metal Technologies. S & S Advanced Metal Technologies is a private company that deals in metal mining services. |
| Lea Lo | Owner and Artistic Director, Cornerstone Studio. |
| Leigh Steinberg | Sports Agent, Leigh Steinberg Enterprises. Leigh has been an instrumental figure in the Save the Giants, Save the A’s, and Save the Rams campaigns. Leigh has also been an active participant in efforts to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles. |
| Leo Backer | Real Estate Advisor, . A distinguished leading commercial real estate advisor in the Puget Sound region. Leo began his real estate career with Leibsohn & Company where he became a firm partner. Leo also serves as a Board Chair of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue, Board Member of the Bellevue Downtown Association and Seattle and the Bellevue Youth Basketball Association. |
| Lorin Sandretzky | Seattle Sports Fan, . Also known as Big Lo, Seattle’s Biggest Sports Fan |
| Marcus Lolario | Bio coming soon. |
| Mark Jensen | Principal, Jensen Marketing. |
| Mark Pattison | CEO, Maverick Apparel. In addition to Maverick Apparel, Mark is a former football player at the University of Washington. |
| Mary Renouf | Global Communications Manager, Microsoft Xbox. Mary has fourteen years of marketing experience in the entertainment industry and is currently the head of social-media marketing for Xbox. She has numerous awards for her social-media initiatives during her time in professional sports with the Portland Trail Blazers and adidas. |
| Michael Brandt | Founder & President, Downtown Bellevue Network. |
| Michael Jaquet | VP, Television & Sponsorship Sales, CBS Sports Network. Jaquet has worked at the 24-hour, nationally distributed cable network since right after its launch in 2003 and heads up advertising and sponsorship sales. Growing up in Sun Valley, Idaho, with parents who are Garfield and Roosevelt High graduates (as well as UW), Jaquet is a life-long Sonics fan and owns a Rashard Lewis throwback jersey. |
| Michael Johnston | CEO and Co-Founder, Equity Strategies for Steelhead Partners, LLC. Prior Co-Founding Steelhead Partners, he was the Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Loews Corporation. He Co-Managed over $5 billion in corporate bonds and managed an equity portfolio. |
| Michel Pinard | Co-Founder & CEO, Hoov Productions LLC.. |
| Mick McHugh | Owner, FX McRory’s. |
| Mike McQuaid | Principle, McQuaid & Co. Strategic Relations. |
| Nadir Naini | General Partner, Frazier Healthcare. A General Partner with Frazier Healthcare and served on the firm’s management committee and led the firms growth equity investment practice. Prior to joining Frazier Healthcare Nader Naini was with Goldman Sachs & Co. |
| Nalin Sood | Head Basketball Coach / President, Mountlake Terrace High School / WIBCA. Currently in his 12th year as head coach and 25th year coaching basketball at Mountlake Terrace High School. Nalin also serves on multiple boards and associations such as President of the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association, Board Member of the National High School Basketball Coaches Directors Association and Vice President of Washington State Coaches Association. |
| Nate Silverman | Associate General Manager, Learfield Sports. |
| Nicole Morry Dierks | Senior Marketing Manager, University of Washington Community Outreach. |
| Pat Moran | Partner, Paterson, Russell, Kelley PLLC. |
| Pat Walker | Principle, Pat Walker Productions. |
| Pat Weinstein | Owner and CEO, Weinstein Beverage. Pat’s family has been providing Pepsi Cola and Dr Pepper franchisee for North Central Washington (Wenatchee, Moses Lake, Omak) since 1937. Under Pat’s direction, Weinstein Beverages were named national Bottler of the Year by the trade magazine Beverage Industry. |
| Peter Anderson | Manages Foundations, The Union Gospel Mission. Manager of Multiple Foundations. Peter Anderson currently manages corporate and charitable foundation relationships for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission to serve those most in need in our community. |
| Peter Graves | Executive Director, Washington State Republican Party. Peter has been involved in Republican politics in Washington since 2002. |
| Peter Noble | President, Uptown Espresso. |
| Peter Retztagg | Executive Director, Community for Youth. Prior to his current role, Peter served as Vice President of Development at a Big Brothers Big Sisters as well as President and CEO of Pete’s Jersey Subs. |
| Prometheus Brown | Vocalist, Blue Scholars. The Blue Scholars are a hip-hop duo based in Seattle. Prometheus has also performed as a spoken word poet and in the 2007-2008 city wide election for Seattle’s Poet Populist, Brown placed sixth with ninety-six write in votes. Ninety six votes is the highest total for a write-in candidate in the nine year history of the competition at the time. |
| Raj Singh | President, Concur. Raj has been a director of Concur since April 2008. In 1993, he co-founded Concur, became Chief Operating Officer in September 2002, and became President in September 2005. Raj also serves on the boards of directors of PaySimple and Apptio, as well as nonprofit groups Partnership for Learning and SeeYourImpact. |
| Ray Araujo | Founder & CEO, Radarworks. Radarworks is a full-service integrated marketing firm with offices in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Diego. |
| Ricardo Frazier | President, MEMUSIC. |
| Rich Begert | COO, Absher Corporation. Prior to his current role with Absher Corporation, Rich served as CEO with multiple corporations including SinglePoint, Wireless Services Corp and imagex.com. |
| Rich Brooks | CFO / CEO / DIRECTOR, Zumiez, Inc. In addition Richard has served on the University of Puget Sound Board of Trustees since May of 2002 where he is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees as well as serving on its Executive Committee Development member and an active participant on the Alumni Relations Committee and Compensation Committee. |
| Rich King | National Sales Manager, Amazon.com. |
| Rich Moore | Program Director, Sports Radio KJR/Clear Channel Seattle. Has been with KJR for 18 years, born and raised in the Market. Started career working in marketing for the Sonics. Sports Radio KJR was the flagship for the Sonics for 19 years. |
| Rick Ellison | Business Developer Manager, PNWNET.net. |
| Rick Freedman | CEO, reAct Fitness. |
| Rick Hart | Vice President, Kidder Mathews. Commercial real estate broker specializing in providing professional advisory services to corporate clients. Avid sports fan. |
| Rick May | VP Business Services, Radarworks. I am passionate sports fan. I am willing to do whatever I can to help us bring this important initiative to our Seattle home. |
| Rob Grady | COO, WetPaint.com. |
| Rob Martin | Vice President, Marketing Alliances, Bensussen Deutsch and Associates (BDA). Former VP of Operations, VP of Marketing/Communications for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1991 through 2004. |
| Robert Frey | Owner and Managing Partner, MunchBar. Robert operates multiple venues in Las Vegas including Munchbar at Caesars Palace and PURE Nightclub. |
| Robert Regan | Owner, Catalyst Commercial Partners. |
| Ron Elgin | Chairman & CEO, DDB Marketing. DDB has 206 offices across 98 countries. In addition to his responsibilities with DDB, Ron holds positions in multiple organizations including PONCHO, Ronald McDonald House, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Swedish Medical Foundation, Special Olympics, and Big Brothers. |
| Russ Daggatt | Founder & General Partner, Denny Hill Capital. Russ spent more than seven years working with Cellular Pioneer Craig McCraw in various roles including President and Vice Chairman of Teledesic LLC, CEO of New iCO Global Communications Ltd. and CEO and Vice Chairman of iCO-Teledesic Global Ltd. Russ is also the Co-Author of the book “The Global Negotiator-Building Strong Business Relationships Anywhere in the World,” and was selected as a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. |
| Ryan Leopold | Senior Loan Officer, Cobalt Mortgage. |
| Sarah Jean Underwood | Television Personality, Host of G4′s Attack of the Show. |
| Scott Cameron | CEO, The Cameron Group. |
| Scott Lennard | Career marketing and advertising professional, . Having spent my first 30 years in Toronto Canada, I have loved the game of hockey and would happily volunteer time to help bring an NHL team to Seattle.My career has been in advertising and marketing – both global advertising campaigns for tech brands like IBM and Microsoft and have also done online publishing and advertising product management and sales for MSN.com. 11 year Microsoft employee. |
| Scott Paine | Advertising Director, 425 Magazine. Scott has been an Eastside resident for 25 years and a marketing executive in Radio for 23 years. Scott has also served as a freelance marketing consultant to a variety of companies throughout the Puget Sound area. |
| Scott Swerland | Owner, Seattle Sun Tan & Emerald City Smoothies. |
| Shawn Kemp | Former NBA Superstar, . |
| Sir Mix-a-Lot | Musician, Nastymix Records. Sir Mix-a-Lot is an emcee and producer based in Seattle, Washington. He is the founder of the Nastymix record label and is also a Grammy Award winner. |
| Slade Gorton | Politician, United States Senator. 17 year member of the United States Senate. Slade is one of 10 Americans chosen to sit on the 9/11 commission. |
| Slick Watts | Former NBA Player, SuperSonics. Legendary Seattle SuperSonics point guard. Slick and his family currently operate The Watts Foundation in Seattle |
| Steve Fleischmann | Owner, Fleischmann Office Interiors. |
| Steve Neighbors | Chairman, TERRA Staffing Group. In addition to his obligations with Terra, Steve is also the Board Vice-Chairman of the Freedom Foundation and on the Washington State Leadership Council for National Federation of independent business. He won the WA State NFIB Business Champion Award in 2010, The Western Region Business Champion Award is on the AWB Health Care Committee and BIAW Board Member. |
| Steve Page | Associate Professor & Faculty Director, Executive MPA Program, School of Public Affairs, University of Washington. |
| Steve Rabuchin | Director of Western Washington Sales & Support, Amazon Web Services. Steve serves as General Manager of Sales and Business Development. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club. |
| Steve Sloboda | Managing Broker, Windermere Real Estate. In addition, Steve is the Director, Northwest Sports Connections |
| Su Ring | Author, Motley Su Blog. Author of Motley Su Hockey Blog and hockey activist. Su covers hockey for KING5 News in Seattle. |
| Susanna Williams | College Relations / Foundation Director, Renton Technical College. Susanna has also served as the Chair of the37th District Democrats, Prior to her current role; Susanna spent time as school teacher as well as a campaign manager. |
| Tim Quinlan | Vice President of Sales, Careersearch.com. |
| TJ McGill | Managing Partner, Evergreen Pacific Partners. |
| Tom Ellison | Chairman, Savers. Savers is the world’s largest for profit seller of used items based in Bellevue. Tom is also an owner of Value Village a private equity investment company and a real-estate development firm, the founder of Legacy Capital and Founder and Chairman of Foundation Bank in Bellevue. Additionally, Tom is a Board Member on the Evergreen Pacific Partners Board of Advisors |
| Tom Hoban | Principle, Coast Real Estate Services. |
| Travis Leach | Sports & Entertainment, Jennings Strouss, Attorneys at Law. Mr. Leach helps lead the firm’s Sports and Entertainment practice. He counsels professional athletes, coaches, entertainers, and ownership groups in contract and licensing negotiations and a variety of other individual business ventures. Mr. Leach has been involved in over $3 billion in corporate transactions, including over $250 million in endorsement deals negotiated with major fortune 500 corporations. |
| Tre’ Maxie | Executive Director, Powerful Schools. Tre’ Maxie is the Executive Director of Powerful Schools, an education non-profit committed to eliminating the opportunity/achievement gap in public schools. Powerful Schools provides literacy, arts, and afterschool programs at pre-schools and elementary schools throughout Seattle and S. King County. Mr. Maxie also serves in Position 5 on the WA State Board of Education. “It’s all connected, especially in this current economic climate, the absence of a viable Arena not only discourages sports fans, it literally reduces the resources available to our City to help children succeed,” said Maxie |
| Trevor Olson | Sr. Account Manager, Converse. |
| Tyler Hay | CEO, Evergreen Capital Management. |
| Zach Parker | Business Development, Amazon.com. |
| Zach Silk | Principal/Political Consultant, Silk Strategic. Zach is a successful political consultant with over a decade of experience in Washington State. He was recently Deputy Campaign Manager for Governor Gregoire. |
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