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Board of Advisors

UEC is governed by a volunteer board of advisors made up of business and civic leaders, elected officials and educators.

UEC Advisory Board Chair
Glenn Gregory

Board of Advisors

David Allen, Executive Vice President, McKinstry

Kevin Baker, Tabor 100

Tony Benjamin, Executive Director, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

Alexander Borromeo, President, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest

Steve Boyer, Hill & Knowlton

William Bradford, Endowed Professor, Business, Michael G. Foster School of Business

Marja Brandon, Head of School, Seattle Girls' School

Norward Brooks , Director, Seattle Vocational Institute

Tonnette Bufford, Assistant Vice President, Interest Rate Risk Management, KeyBank

Sheila Burrus, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest

Phil Bussey, President & CEO, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Carol Butterfield, Senior Consultant, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

Doreen Cato, Executive Director, First Place

Marget Chappel, Strategic Advisor, Seattle Public Utilities

Christine Chen, Principal, Associate Member

Louise Chernin, Executive Director, Greater Seattle Business Association

Erica Chung, Principal, Urban Enterprise Center

Cynthia Cooper, Director, WA State OMWBE

Tracy Corley, President & Chief Strategist, TsuluWerks, Inc.

Novelett Cotter, President, NCCS, Inc., Urban Enterprise Center

Felecia Crumbley, Urban Enterprise Center

Craig Dawson, President, Retail Lockbox, Inc.

Mark Dederer, Director, Safeco Foundation, Safeco Corporation

Ruben Del Valle, Vice President, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest

David Della, Principal, Eco-Ready, LLC

James Donaldson, President, Donaldson Fitness & Physical Therapy

Cheryl Engelaer,Onvia, Inc.

Jack Faris, Associate Member

Bobby Forch, Strategic Advisor, Seattle Department of Transportation, City of Seattle

Jose Gaitan, The Gaitan Group, Managing Member

Ollie Garrett, President, Tabor 100

Peter Gishuru, President & CEO, African Chamber of Commerce

Regina Glenn, President/CEO, Pacific Communications Consultants Inc.

Janice Greene, Suppier Diversity Manager, The Boeing Company

Glenn Gregory, President, Obsidian Investment Advisers, LLC

George Griffin III , nbsp; President & CEO , G3 & Associates

Cristobal Guillen, Executive Director, Washington State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Amani Harris

Andrew Harris , President, Harris & Associates

Bob Hasegawa, State Representative, 11th District, State of Washington

James Hereford, Executive Vice President, Group Health Cooperative

Paul Jackson

Robert Jeffrey, Jr., President, Colors NW Magazine

Leslie Jones, Diversity Program Manager, Sound Transit

Emmy Jordan, SVP, Membership& Business Development, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Sam Kaplan, Vice President, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle

Elaine Ko, Director, Office of Social Responsibility, Port of Seattle

Steve Leahy, Former President & CEO of GSCC, Associate Member

Evelyn Lemoine, Vice President, People Programs, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Greg Lins, President, TLG Innovation, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest

Phyllis Mayo, Director, Diversity & Inclusion Strategies , The Seattle Times Company

Nate Miles, Director of Government Affairs Western US, Eli Lilly & Company

Stacy Moon, Moon Town

David Moore, President, Junior Achievement of Washington

Lee Mozena, Training Consultant, Zenith Diversity

Robert Nellams, Director, Seattle Center

Julie Nelson, Director, Seattle Office for Civil Rights, City of Seattle

Kirk Nelson, President- ashington, Qwest

Quang Nguyen, Executive Director, Vietnamese American Economic Development Association

A. M. (Anthony) Noel, Associate Member

George Northcroft, Director - Business Relations & Economic Development, King County

Eleonor Oshitoye, Auditor /Board Member, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest

Patti Payne, Columnist, Puget Sound Business Journal

James Peoples, Managing Director, Associate Member

Gilbert Petitt, The Boeing Company

Silas Potter, Small Works Hub Manager, Seattle School District #1

Linneth Riley-Hall, Contracting Division Director, City of Seattle

John Rosellini, Starbucks Coffee Company

Leon Rowland, Executive Director, Urban Enterprise Center

Lewis Rudd, President, Ezell's Famous Chicken

Rita Ryder, President of Strategic Initiatives, YWCA of Seattle, King & Snohomish County

Lourdes Sampera-Tsukada, President, Opening Latino Doors, Flagstar Home Lending

Eric Schinfeld, Senior Economic Policy Analyst, Puget Sound Regional Council

Greg Scully, Corporate Relations Manager, Seattle University

Mike Skinner, Highline Community College

Mike Sotelo, President, APPROACH Management Services

Alan Sugiyama, Executive Director, Center For Career Alternatives

Eri Takahashi, CCI

Jim Thomas, CEO, Community Capital Development

Albert Torres, Tu Decides Media

Maria Tringali, Membership/Mktng Director, The Harbor Club

Wilfredo Tutol Jr., Assistant Director, University of Washington

George Twiss, Partner, OneAccord

Solomon Uwadiale, Executive Outreach/Leadership, DSHS

Victor Valdez, Executive Director, Northwest Minority Business Council

Tayloe Washburn, Member, Foster Pepper PLLC