Host and Planning Committee
2014 Conference Host Committee
Akhtar Badshah
Former Senior Director,
Citizenship and Public Affairs
Microsoft Corporation
Brian Baird
President
Antioch University
Bill Center*
Senior Advisor
Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
Bill Clapp*
Co-Founder & President
Seattle International Foundation
Bookda Gheisar
Former Executive Director
Global Washington
Peter Gishuru
President & CEO
African Chamber of Commerce
Fay Hanleybrown
Managing Director
FSG
Tim Hanstad*
President & CEO
Landesa
Shaunta Hyde
Managing Director, Community Relations
Alaska Airlines
Scott Jackson*
CEO
Global Impact
Susan Jeffords*
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Washington Bothell
Nazim N. Karmali
President, Greater Seattle Market
Pacific Continental Bank
Manisha Kathuria
Associate Director, Non-Profits
Russell Investments
Mary Knell
CEO, Washington & Western Canada
Wells Fargo
Marty Kooistra*
Executive Director
Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County
Jacqueline Miller
President and CEO
World Affairs Council
Will Poole*
Managing Partner
Unitus Seed Fund
Jennifer Potter
Former CEO
Initiative for Global Development
Rep. Dave Reichert
U.S. Congress
Jeffrey Riedinger*
Vice Provost, Global Affairs
University of Washington
Rep. Adam Smith
U.S. Congress
Mauricio Vivero
CEO
Seattle International Foundation
Tom Waldron
Founder and CEO Waldron & Company
Carol Welch*
Program Officer, Policy & Advocacy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Whitney Williams
Founder + CEO, williamsworks and
Co-Founder, Eastern Congo Initiative
David Wu*
Director of Development
PATH
Katie Young*
Director of Food Category
Starbucks Coffee Company
* Global Washington Board Member
2014 Conference Planning Committee
Sandy Clark
Advisor
Partners Asia
Radha Friedman
Director of Programs
World Justice Project
Derek Mathis
Senior Worldwide Program Manager
Projectline
Marion McGowan
Executive Director
Mobility Outreach International
Ada Williams Prince
Program Officer,
West Marguerite Casey Foundation
Steve Schwartz
Co-Founder & Director, External Relations
Upaya Social Ventures
Laurie Taylor
Principal
LKT Consulting
Kentaro Toyama
Visiting Scholar
University of Berkeley
Mark West
Seattle Office Director
East-West Management Institute
* Global Washington Board Member