Our People

Gabriella Buono

Interim President & CEO

Teresa Hutson

Chamber Board Chair, and Corporate Vice President, Trusted Technology Group at Microsoft

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

Chamber Board First Vice Chair, and President and CEO of Swedish Health Services

Hewan Teshome

Chamber Board Vice Chair, and SVP and General Counsel at Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Gabriella Buono

Interim President & CEO

Teresa Hutson

Chamber Board Chair, and Corporate Vice President, Trusted Technology Group at Microsoft

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

Chamber Board First Vice Chair, and President and CEO of Swedish Health Services

Hewan Teshome

Chamber Board Vice Chair, and SVP and General Counsel at Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Gabriella Buono

Interim President & CEO

Teresa Hutson

Chamber Board Chair, and Corporate Vice President, Trusted Technology Group at Microsoft

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

Chamber Board First Vice Chair, and President and CEO of Swedish Health Services

Hewan Teshome

Chamber Board Vice Chair, and SVP and General Counsel at Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Executive

Lynnette Buffington

Chief of Staff

Marie K. Hutchins

Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Economic Development

Shishana Evans

Project Director of Economic Development

Vaughn Taylor

Vice President of Economic Development

Public Affairs and Communications

Anna Benedetti

Marketing Manager

Cori Lumens

Brand Manager

Lars Erickson

Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications

Lilly Hayward

Senior Policy Manager

Sarah Clark

Director of Policy

Member Development

Alex Tagami

Membership Specialist

Amy O’Donnell

Vice President of Member Development

Ashley Mackens

Senior Manager of Events & Programs

Leigh Jacobson

Director of Events & Programs

Margaret Sauer

Director of Membership

Shannon Farley

Events & Programs Specialist

Sharon Magliano

Events & Programs Manager

Tali’a Roberts

Events & Programs Specialist

Operations & Organizational Health

Courtney Grey

Director of Human Resources

Heather Lee

HR Generalist – Recruiting Focus

Jean Casper

Vice President of People Operations

Kristin Fulcher

Senior Director of HR Operations

Maimuna Bah

Controller

Nancy Lane

Finance Director

Sarai Childs

Contract CFO

Shelley Bonczek

Office & Events Center Manager

Aaron Blank

President & CEO

Fearey

Ada Healey

Chief Real Estate Officer

Vulcan

Alesha Washington

President & CEO

Seattle Foundation

Ambika Singh

Owner

Armoire

Angela Dowling

Kaiser Permanente Washington

Angela Dunleavy

Founder

Rally Hospitality

Anna Boone

Government Relations and Public Affairs

Zillow Group

Becky Ferguson

EVP for Philanthropy / CEO

Salesforce / Salesforce Foundation

Ben Brookman

Managing Director of Airport Real Estate and Network Planning

Alaska Airlines

Bill McSherry

Vice President, Government Operations, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

The Boeing Company

Boaz Ashkenazy

CEO

Augmented AI

Bob Donegan

President

Ivar's

Brian DeFoe

Vice President and Associate General Counsel

Nordstrom Downtown Seattle

Bryan Flintoff

Owner

Medosweet

Caleb Weaver

Vice President of Public Affairs, Legal, Compliance and People

Mill Industries, Inc.

Colleen Ecohawk

President

Headwater Consulting

Craig Schafer

Owner

Inn at the Market / Hotel Andra

Dave Stewart

SVP, General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer

Saltchuk

David Namura

Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, PNW

Google

DeLee Shoemaker

General Manager

Microsoft Corporation

Donna Moodie

Owner

Marjorie Restaurant

Drew Dambreville

Founder / Executive Director

All Star Holdings / H206

Eduardo Penalver

President

Seattle University

Elizabeth Wako

President and CEO

Swedish Health Services

Eric Lonergan

Executive Managing Director

Savills Inc.

Everett Billingslea

General Counsel

Lynden

Francesca Vega

Vice President, External Affairs & Community Relations

Seattle Children's Hospital

Fred Siy

Managing Director, West Health Technology Delivery Lead

Accenture

Glynda Becker Fenter

VP External Affairs and Government Relations

Washington State University

Greg Hendershott

Partner

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Gretchen Adams

President

Systems Consulting, LLC

Hayden Harvey

Director, Government & Community Relations

Lime

Heather Redman

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Flying Fish Partners

Hewan Teshome

Chamber Board Vice Chair, and SVP and General Counsel at Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Hilary Hehman

VP of Business Development

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Jacqueline Gruber

Senior Director, Government & Community Affairs

Vulcan

Jaebadiah Gardner

Founder & CEO

GardnerGlobal, Inc.

Jaison Elkins

Chairman

Muckleshoot Tribe

Jaja Okigwe

CEO

First Choice Health

Jamila Conley

Founder and CEO

WeRise Wines

Jared Axelrod

Senior Manager of Public Policy

Amazon

Jasmine Donovan

President & CFO of Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Jen Berg

Senior Manager, Public Policy, Public Relations & Communications

Starbucks Coffee Company

Jila Javdani

General Manager

Slalom

Jim Blundell

State Legislative Affairs

T-Mobile

Jim Morehead

President

Bank of America

Jim Wales

Executive Director-Network Engineering, Pacific Market

Verizon Wireless

Joe Dacca

Vice President, Office of External Affairs

University of Washington

Joe Fugere

Founder

Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria

Joey Burgess

Owner

Burgess Hall Group

John Feltz

President, Pacific Northwest

IMA Financial Group

John Murray

Partner

Monument Advocacy

John Pletsch

President and founder

Electric Pen

Jordan Mitchell

Public Policy Manager

Airbnb

Julien Loh

Local Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager

Puget Sound Energy

Kamala Saxton

Co-Owner

Marination

Katherine Cheng

Kelly Campbell

Region VP of Marketing & Communications

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Kerri Schroeder

Managing Director, PNW Region Chairwoman and Region Manager

JP Morgan Chase

Krish Srinivasan

President & CEO

PCC Markets

Kristine Agers

Washington State Office Leader/Vice President

HNTB

Laura Clise

Founder & CEO

Intentionalist

Laura MacNeil

Regional President

PNC Bank

Marc Berger

Executive Vice President of Puget Sound

Marianne Bichsel

Vice President External Affairs, Washington Region

Comcast NBC Universal

Matt Allen

Executive Vice President, Chief Client Officer

McKinstry

Matt Hill

Commercial Banking Regional Leader

KeyBank

Matt Steuerwalt

Senior Vice President of External Affairs

Puget Sound Energy

Maya Mendoza-Exstrom

CBO

Seattle Reign FC

Megan West

Chief Experience Officer

AAA of Washington

Michael Greer

President & CEO

ArtsFund

Michelle Merriweather

President and CEO

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

Nate Silverman

Chief Commercial Officer

Seattle Storm

Neha Nariya

CEO

Civic Hotel

Nic Bley

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Bank

Ollie Garrett

President & CEO

Tabor 100

Paige Davis

Attorney

Ballard Spahr

Pallavi Mehta Wahi

Partner

Arnold & Porter

Patrick Bannon

President

Bellevue Downtown Association

Paula Hammond

Multimodal National Market Leader

WSP USA Inc.

Raymond Connell

Managing Director

Holland Partner Group

Richard de Sam Lazaro

Senior Director, Government & Corporate Affairs

Expedia Group

Robert Mahon

Attorney at Law

Perkins Coie LLP

Sharmila Swenson

Vice President of Public Affairs & Social Impact

Symetra Life Insurance Company

Steve Metruck

Executive Director

Port of Seattle

Susan Loosmore

Chamber Board Chair, and Executive Vice President, Strategic Advisor at T-Mobile

T-Mobile

Teresa Hutson

Chamber Board First Vice Chair, and Corporate Vice President, Trusted Technology Group at Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation

Thomas Garrett

Director Strategic

Verus Investments

Walt Townes

Vice President & Co-Founder

Retail Lockbox

Will Daugherty

President & CEO

Pacific Science Center

Zach Hensley

Vice President of Operations, General Manager Lumen Field & Event Center Seattle Seahawks/First & Goal Inc

Seattle Seahawks/First & Goal Inc