Conference Host and Planning Committee

2015 Conference Host Committee

Akhtar Badshah*
Former Senior Director
Citizenship and Public Affairs
Microsoft Corporation
Bill Clapp*
Co-Founder & President
Seattle International Foundation
Patricia Devereux
VP, External Affairs
Grameen Foundation
Fay Hanleybrown
Managing Director
FSG Social Impact Advisors
Tim Hanstad*
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor
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
Marty Kooistra*
Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County
Melissa Merritt*
Vice President and Managing Director
Executive Search
Waldron
Jacqueline Miller
President and CEO
World Affairs Council

Dan O’Neill*
Founder
Mercy Corps
Matthew Oppenheimer
Co-founder and CEO
Remitly Inc.
Will Poole*
Managing Partner
Unitus Seed Fund
Jennifer Potter
Former CEO
Initiative for Global Development
Jeffrey Riedinger*
Vice Provost, Global Affairs
University of Washington
Kentaro Toyama
Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Mauricio Vivero
CEO
Seattle International Foundation
Carol Welch*
Senior Program Officer, Policy & Advocacy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Whitney Williams
Founder + CEO
williamsworks
David Wu*
Director of Development
PATH
Katie Young*
Vice President, Food Category
Starbucks Coffee Company

*Global Washington Board Member

Susi Collins
Program Assistant, Development Policy & Finance, Global Policy & Advocacy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
George Durham
Principal
Linksbridge, SPC
Michele Frix
Director of Programs
Seattle International Foundation
Teresa Guillien
Senior Program Director
Resource Media