Our People

Joe Nguyen

President & CEO

See Joe’s bio and contact him here.

Teresa Hutson, First Vice Chair, and Deputy General Counsel

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

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

William McSherry

First Vice Chair, The Boeing Company

Hewan Teshome, Vice Chair, and SVP and General Counsel

Jasmine Donovan

Vice Chair, Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Joe Nguyen

President & CEO

See Joe’s bio and contact him here.

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

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

William McSherry

First Vice Chair, The Boeing Company

Jasmine Donovan

Vice Chair, Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Joe Nguyen

President & CEO

See Joe’s bio and contact him here.

Dr. Elizabeth Wako

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

William McSherry

First Vice Chair, The Boeing Company

Jasmine Donovan

Vice Chair, Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Executive

Emily Kaseberg

Senior Manager, Administration

Gabriella Buono

Chief Impact Officer

Lynnette Buffington

Chief of Staff

Marie K. Hutchins

Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Economic Development

Shishana Evans

Manager, Economic Development

Public Affairs and Communications

Anna Benedetti

Marketing Manager

Cori Lumens

Brand Manager

Lars Erickson

Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications

Mara Samudrala

Director of Marketing and Communications

Sarah Clark

Director of Policy

Member Development

Alex Tagami

Membership Specialist

Amanda DeCicco

Senior Manager of Member Development

Amy O’Donnell

Vice President of Member Development

Leigh Jacobson

Senior Manager, Events & Programs

Margaret Sauer

Director of Membership

Operations & Organizational Health

Heather Lee

HR Generalist

Jean Casper

Vice President of People Operations

Kristin Fulcher

Senior Director of HR Operations

Maimuna Bah

Controller

Marc Gervais

Revenue Accounting Specialist

Nancy Lane

Finance Director

Sarai Childs

Contract CFO

Aaron Blank

President & CEO

Fearey

Ada Healey

Chief Real Estate Officer

Vulcan

Alesha Washington

President & CEO

Seattle Foundation

Ambika Singh

Owner

Armoire

Angela Dunleavy

Founder

Rally Hospitality

Anna Boone

Government Relations and Public Affairs

Wells Fargo

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

Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Microsoft

Caleb Weaver

Carl Gipson

Vice President, Government & Community Affairs

Comcast

Colleen Echohawk

CEO

Community Roots Housing

Craig Schafer

Owner

Inn at the Market/Hotel Andra

Cynthia Dold

Regional President

Kaiser Permanente

Dan Huber

VP of Operations

BNBuilders

Dave Stewart

SVP, General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer

Saltchuk

David Namura

Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, PNW

Google

Deniz Anders

Chief Marketing Officer

Nordstrom

Donna Moodie

Owner

Marjorie Restaurant

Drew Dambreville

Founder / Executive Director

All Star Holdings / H206

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

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

SVP and General Counsel

Seattle Kraken/Climate Pledge Arena

Hilary Hehman

VP of Business Development

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Holli Martinez

VP Head of Belonging, Recognition, Corporate Responsibility

T-Mobile

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 & CEO

Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants

Jen Berg

Senior Manager, Public Policy, Public Relations & Communications

Starbucks Coffee Company

Jila Javdani

President, US West Region

Slalom

Jim Morehead

President

Bank of America

Joe Dacca

Vice President, Office of External Affairs

University of Washington

Joe Fugere

Founder

Tutta Bella Culinary

John Feltz

John Pletsch

President and founder

Electric Pen

Jonathan DeMella

Partner

Davis Wright Tremaine

Jordan Mitchell

Public Policy Manager

Airbnb

Julien Loh

Local Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager

Puget Sound Energy

Kamala Saxton

Co-Owner

Marination

Karen Lee

CEO

Plymouth Housing

Katherine Cheng

KC Strategies

Kelly Campbell

Region VP of Marketing & Communications

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Krish Srinivasan

President & CEO

PCC Markets

Kristine Agers

Washington State Office Leader/Vice President

HNTB

Marc Berger

Executive Vice President of Puget Sound

Marianne Bichsel

Partner

Engaged Public Affairs

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

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

Paula Hammond

Multimodal National Market Leader

WSP USA Inc.

Rajat Puri

Executive Vice President, COO

Premera Blue Cross

Raymond Connell

Managing Director

Holland Partner Group

Reuven Carlyle

Executive Vice President

Earth Finance, Inc.

Richard de Sam Lazaro

Senior Director, Government & Corporate Affairs

Expedia Group

Robert Mahon

Attorney at Law

Ashurst Perkins Coie

Scott McClellan

VP of University Affairs

Seattle University

Sharmila Swenson

Vice President of Public Affairs & Social Impact

Symetra Life Insurance Company

Sheridan Blanford

Chief Social Impact Officer

Seattle Storm

Steve Metruck

Executive Director

Port of Seattle

Teresa Hutson

Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Technology and Services

Microsoft Corporation

Thomas Garrett

Senior Principal | Strategic Research, Institutional Consulting

Cerity Partners

Timothy Howell

Managing Director | Market Manager

JP Morgan Chase

Trevor Gooby

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Seattle Mariners

Will Daugherty

President & CEO

Anvil Rock Partners

Zach Hensley

Vice President of Operations, General Manager Lumen Field & Event Center

Seattle Seahawks/First & Goal Inc