Michael Atkinson
Managing Director
Americas and China
AREVA T&D’s Automation Business Unit, Redmond, WA
 

Michael Atkinson heads AREVA T&D’s Automation Systems Business Units in the Americas and China. As a worldwide leader in the development of solutions for the energy industry, AREVA T&D’s products and systems serve to transmit and distribute electricity, ensure the reliability, quality and safety of energy flows, and operate efficient networks through information management. AREVA T&D is one of the world's leading companies serving transmission and distribution customers in over 100 countries.

Mr. Atkinson joined AREVA T&D Inc. in 2006 as Managing Director and Operations Director for the site in Redmond, WA. He assumed the role of Managing Director, Americas and China in June 2008. He is deeply committed to growing and expanding the Automation Systems business.

As the Managing Director, Americas and China, of AREVA T&D’s Automation Systems Business, Mr. Atkinson is responsible for setting a clear strategic vision for the AREVA T&D Automations sites located within these regions and to properly structure and lead the management teams therein to achieve worldwide goals. His responsibilities encompass sales and tendering, project execution and delivery, contract management, quality, marketing, finance and people development.

Prior to joining AREVA T&D Inc., Mr. Atkinson worked in the engineering software field for Aspen Technology. Throughout his career at Aspen Tech, he held positions of increased responsibility in business consulting, product marketing, and product management. Previous to Aspen Tech, he spent 15 years in the Engineering and Construction industry, involved in all phases of large-scale project management and delivery for the Process Industries (petrochemical, chemical, polymer, and oil & gas).

Mr. Atkinson obtained his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) at Clemson University, Clemson, SC in 1991. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA in 1985. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE).

Mr. Atkinson moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2006 and currently resides in Redmond, WA with his wife and three children.

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Ash Awad, P.E.
Vice President
Energy & Facility Service
 

Ash has over 14 years of energy efficiency experience and has been with McKinstry for nine years. He is responsible for evolving McKinstry’s energy services, sustainable services, and facility services business lines, while providing vision and leadership for a variety of related strategic initiatives. Ash’s extensive knowledge of the energy efficiency industry includes systems engineering, evaluation of sustainable ideas, development of alternative-financing solutions, and optimizing and securing utility incentives and grants. As a registered professional engineer, he oversees a staff of more than 200 of the finest energy and facility services professionals in the industry. He and his team support cities, counties, school districts, universities, medical centers, and commercial clients in a variety of energy and facility related services.

Ash is the current President of the Board of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council which promotes energy efficiency policies, programs, and technologies that create jobs and foster economic growth in the Northwest. In 2008, he was appointed to serve on Governor Gregoire’s Climate Advisory Team.

Ash has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters Degree from the University of Washington.

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Ernesta Ballard
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Weyerhaeuser
 

Ernesta Ballard was elected senior vice president, Corporate Affairs, in October 2004. In this role she leads Environment, Health and Safety; Sustainability; Government and Public Relations; and Communications and Community Investments.

She previously served in the cabinet of the governor of the state of Alaska as commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation. Prior of joining the governor’s cabinet, she had a consulting practice specializing in regulatory strategy with an emphasis on management systems for protection of the environment, health and safety.

In 1997 Ballard was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the board of governors of the U.S. Postal Service. From 1983–1986 she was the administrator of Region 10 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Ballard holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania (1967), attended Oxford University on a Thouron Scholarship and received an MBA from Harvard University (1970).

Ballard served for many years on the board of the University of Washington Medical Center. She is a past board member and officer of the Alaska Forest Association and a founding member of the Ketchikan Humane Society. She served on the board of the Ketchikan General Hospital. She was a founding member and currently serves as chairman of LifeCenter Northwest, the organ donation organization for Washington, Montana and Alaska. She is on the Council of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

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David Benson
Principal
Stoel Rives LLP
 

David Benson is a principal in the Corporate, Securities and Finance practice group and a member of the Renewable Energy group. He leads the firm's Biofuels Initiative and Biomass Initiative. He represents clients in public and private transactions, including debt and equity financings, merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances. David also has experience in structuring and advising on international transactions, primarily in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He represents alternative energy and clean technology clients in biofuels, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean energy and other energy related areas. His clients are also engaged in fuel cell and other storage technologies, smart grid and energy efficiency and other technologies focused on alternative energy markets. He represents clients in the development, structuring, financing and acquisition of facilities producing ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel and other advanced biofuels, including those producing or using a variety of feedstocks such as algae, jatropha, MSW, woody waste and other sustainable, non-food feedstocks. David has extensive experience with advising clients in the development, financing and acquisition of wind and biomass (including biosolids, MSW, biogas, waste-to-heat and landfill gas facilities). In addition to advising on the financing and acquisition of alternative fuel and energy projects, David has represented clients in negotiating turbine supply contracts, development agreements, operation and maintenance agreements and related development agreements. He also represents a number of other technology companies, including internet-based and software companies, in structuring operations, financings and acquisitions, and advising to successfully commercialize technology. David has experience representing food and beverage companies, including wholesale and retail distributors, and advises his clients on their operations and significant corporate transactions.

He was a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Suhrheinrich, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1992).

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Peter Brehm
Vice President of Business Development & Government Relations
Infinia
 

Peter Brehm joined Infinia in October of 2003 as Program Manager for Infinia’s 110-Watt Space Radioisotope Program and became Director of Government Programs in March of 2004. In July of 2005, he was promoted to Vice President of Business Development and Government Relations. Mr. Brehm brings over 20 years of business and management experience to Infinia including business start-up, technology commercialization, business development and the negotiation and management of international acquisitions and joint ventures. Prior to joining Infinia, Mr. Brehm was Director of Business Development for FlashFind Corporation, an Internet B2B start-up and served as Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Development for Daniel Measurement Services, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company. Mr. Brehm began his career with Deloitte & Touche and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, a B.A. in Economics, an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University.

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Michael Butler
Chairman & CEO
Cascadia Capital
 

The co-founder of Cascadia Capital, Michael Butler leads the firm and is an emerging thought leader in the New Energy Economy. His recent focus on sustainable technology has helped propel Cascadia into some of the most important transactions in this market.
Prior to co-founding Cascadia Capital, Butler served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers responsible for global equity sales and equity syndicate. He also served on the firm's Equity Commitment Committee, Equity Syndicate Committee and Private Equity Commitment Committee. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Butler was a Principal with Morgan Stanley & Company, where he was responsible for divisional global product and risk management and was a member of the division's Operating Committee. He has been involved in numerous equity financing transactions for both public and private companies.
Butler holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. in International Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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R. Lee Cheatham, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Washington Technology Center, Seattle
 

Lee Cheatham is Executive Director of Washington Technology Center, an economic development organization focused on technology and innovation. Since 1998, Dr. Cheatham has expanded Washington Technology Center’s interactions with companies, research institutions and communities within Washington state – bringing state, federal and private resources together to help companies develop and commercialize new products and technologies. The impact of Washington Technology Center’s work has generated more than $600 million in additional investment for Washington companies and researchers, leveraging the state’s investment more than 15 to 1.

Previously, Dr. Cheatham founded a start-up software company and held senior management positions with engineering and research organizations, including 17 years with Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Dr. Cheatham holds a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University, a master’s degree from Washington State University, and a doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University, all in electrical engineering.

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Marc Cummings
Director, Policy & External Relations
Battelle & Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 

Mr. Cummings is the Director of Policy & External Affairs for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), which is operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.  Battelle manages over 20,000 employees and $4 billion in R&D activities globally.  PNNL has a business volume of over $1 billion annually and more than 4,300 staff members focused on advancing the frontiers of science and solving some of our nation’s most complex challenges in energy, the environment, and national security.  His responsibilities include external relations, legislative affairs, regional partnerships, and corporate philanthropy.

Mr. Cummings’ primary areas of policy expertise include energy, economic development, and innovation policy.  He serves on a number if influential business and technology boards in Washington State including the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and the Washington Clean Technology Alliance (WCTA) boards.  Mr. Cummings was recently appointed by Gov. Gregoire to Co-Chair the Washington State Clean Energy Leadership Council.  Previously, he served as a loaned executive to help launch the Washington State Economic Development Commission.  Due to Battelle’s strong philanthropic commitment to math and science education, he also works closely with state leaders in the area of education reform.

Prior to joining Battelle, Mr. Cummings held a variety of policy and consulting positions in Washington, DC focused on innovation, high-tech business climate issues, and public-private partnerships.  Most recently, Marc directed Federal Government Affairs for CGI-AMS.  Prior to that, he directed a public sector consulting practice at Infotech Strategies.  His experience also includes serving as a Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Technology at the U.S. Department of Commerce.  

Mr. Cummings holds a M.S. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and a B.S. degree from the University of Puget Sound.  Mr. Cummings lives in Kenmore, WA with his wife Angela and two sons.  He is an avid waterskier and tennis player.

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Senator Jerome Delvin
Deputy Republican Whip
(R) District 8
 

After five terms in the state House of Representatives, Sen. Delvin is serving his second term as senator from the 8th District, which includes Kennewick, Richland, West Richland, Benton City and Prosser. He also serves on the Senate Economic Development, Trade and Innovation; Environment, Water and Energy; and Transportation Committees. Delvin retired in 2007 from the Richland Police Department after 28 years as bomb technician and a Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer. He holds two associate degrees from Columbia Basin College. An avid mountain climber, Delvin was part of the 2002 American expedition that climbed Manaslu, the world’s 8th highest peak. He lives in Richland with his wife, Josie, who is the Benton County Clerk.

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John Gardner
Vice President for Economic Development and Global Engagement
Washington State University
 

Washington State University President Elson Floyd created the office of Economic Development and Extension in July of 2007, appointing John Gardner as Vice President to lead this new effort.  In March of 2009, Dr. Gardner was reappointed as VP of Economic Development and Global Engagement, reflecting the merge of Economic Development and International Programs.  Having worked in both universities and business, Dr. Gardner works to engage private, public, and philanthropic sectors to better leverage all of WSU’s assets for economic growth and vitality of the state.   

Gardner is a native of the Kansas City area where he earned degrees in agriculture and agronomy at Kansas State University, and a PhD at the University of Nebraska in plant physiology.  His US-AID funded graduate work focused on the sorghum/millet program INTSORMIL directed at Africa and India.  He then moved north to Carrington, North Dakota, and spent much of his twenty years there as Director of the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center.  His work on the domestication of new crops led to business interests throughout the 1990’s and he became one of the founders and chief executive of AgGrow Oils, a 540-member LLC that integrated the production, processing, and marketing of both novel and designer oilseeds.

Just prior to WSU, Gardner spent six years at the University of Missouri as the Associate Dean/Director for Research and Outreach in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources after which he became the Vice President for Research and Economic Development.

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Bert Gregory FAIA LEED® AP
President and CEO
Mithun
 

As Mithun's President and CEO, Bert Gregory, FAIA has guided the Seattle-based firm to national recognition for concept based, environmentally intelligent design. His progressive approach has resulted in award-winning projects throughout North America and Asia. Under Bert’s leadership, Mithun has received four American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Projects awards, AIA National Honor Awards for Interior Architecture and Regional and Urban Design, and two American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) National Honor Awards for excellence in planning and analysis.

Bert reaches beyond traditional architecture to merge science and design, helping to translate abstract concepts into high-performance solutions. His recent work on the award-winning Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan transforms an underused, inner-city neighborhood in Portland, Oregon into a vibrant and attractive place to live and work. The plan’s on-site and off-site strategies allow the 35-block ecosystem to mimic the carbon footprint and natural systems of a pristine forest, even as the area’s density increases fivefold.

Other exemplary projects include the REI Seattle Flagship store (a Seattle landmark); IslandWood, an environmental learning center (the first LEED® Gold project in Washington state and the fifth in the country); innovations such as The Blue Ring (a 100-year open space vision for Seattle’s city center); and Kitsap SEED (clean technology incubator targeting LEED Platinum).
 
As a national leader, speaker and advocate for sustainable building and urbanism, Bert serves on the USGBC LEED® Neighborhood Development core committee, the Washington Clean Technology Alliance steering committee and the City of Seattle Mayor’s Urban Sustainability Advisory Panel.

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Kimberly J. Harris
Executive Vice President and Chief Resource Officer
Puget Sound Energy
 

Kimberly J. Harris is executive vice president and chief resource officer for Washington-based Puget Sound Energy, utility subsidiary of Puget Energy.

Named CRO in May 2007, Harris heads Energy Resources, including project development and contract management, Energy Efficiency Services, and federal government relations. She most recently was senior vice president of Regulatory Policy and Energy Efficiency where her primary responsibilities included federal and state regulatory activities, negotiations and collaborative efforts with regulators and constituents, as well as overseeing PSE’s nationally recognized Energy Efficiency programs.

Harris joined PSE in 1999 and has held several key leadership positions within the company, including vice president of Regulatory and Government Affairs, associate general counsel and director of Load Resource Strategies.

In addition to her responsibilities with PSE, Harris is a member of the board of directors of the American Wind Energy Association and is active in the community. She serves on the board of directors of the American Red Cross of King and Kitsap counties and is a member of the King County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association.  She is married with two children.

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Jeremy Jaech
President and CEO
Verdiem
 

As CEO of Verdiem, Jeremy Jaech brings 20 years of insight, leadership and market-creation strategy behind some of today’s most recognizable software, including Microsoft Visio and Adobe PageMaker. As CEO, Jeremy leads Verdiem’s corporate development and strategy in broadening the company’s impact and seizing evolving market and policy opportunities, with a focus on growing the company’s partner and channel relationships.

Most recently, Jeremy served as co-founder and CEO of Trumba, which makes calendaring web services for companies to manage events online. He also co-founded and served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Visio, developing the breakthrough technology from 1990 until its acquisition by the Microsoft Corporation in 2000. Jeremy began his entrepreneurial path by founding Aldus Corporation in 1984, the first company to create graphical design software for consumers. On the heels of PageMaker’s success, Jeremy was appointed Aldus’ Vice President of Engineering and oversaw the development of all Aldus products before it was acquired by Adobe in 1994.

Jeremy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Doyenz, Trumba, Cozi, and has contributed as a scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the Battelle Research Center. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington.

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Margaret McCormick, Ph.D.
General Manager, Bio-Based Materials
Targeted Growth, Inc.
 

Dr. McCormick has served as General Manager of Bio-Based Materials for TGI since 2008.  Prior to joining TGI, Dr. McCormick was a partner with Integra Ventures where she led Integra's biotechnology investment strategy, including its investment in TGI.  Prior to joining Integra, she was the founding president and COO of Sapphire Therapeutics (formerly Rejuvenon Corp.). Earlier in her career she was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Dr. McCormick earned a Ph.D. in Biology (with a focus on metabolic engineering) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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Rep. John McCoy
(D) 38th District
 

Representative from the 38th Legislative District, which includes the Tulalip, Marysville and Everett communities of Snohomish County. John served in the United States Air Force for 20 years, retiring in 1981 with extensive training in computer operations and programming. He worked as a computer technician in the White House from 1982 to 1985. John is active with the United Way, the Native American advisory boards for the National and Snohomish County Boys and Girls clubs, and the advisory board for Cascade Land Conservancy. John and Jeannie McCoy were married in 1965, and they have three daughters and nine grandchildren.

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Egils Milbergs
Executive Director
WA State Economic Development Commission
 

Egils Milbergs is the executive director of the Economic Development Commission of Washington State.  The Commission is charged with developing a long term economic development strategy. He was appointed by Governor Chris Gregoire on January 23, 2008 after a nation-wide search. He is a noted thought leader and strategist in global innovation, advanced manufacturing, competitiveness and public-private partnerships. He held previous positions as president and founder of the Center for Accelerating Innovation, president of the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, president of the Institute for Illinois, Deputy Assistant Secretary for productivity, technology and innovation for the U.S. Commerce Department, and executive director the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. He is a graduate of Harvard College.

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Bart Phillips
CEO
Columbia River Economic Development Council
 

Mr. Phillips is Chief Executive and Operating Officer of the Council. He develops and represents the regional economic development vision and builds the programs and partnerships to realize the mission of the Council. Phillips is responsible for marketing the region for business locations and servicing the needs of business evaluating new investments in Clark County. Bart has over 25 years of experience in economic development and business recruitment services in Washington State.

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Keith Phillips
Executive Policy Advisor
Governor Gregoire’s Office
 

Keith Phillips currently serves as Governor Gregoire's energy and climate policy advisor, and previously served as her environmental policy advisor.  Prior to his current appointment, Keith spent 17 years with the Washington State Department of Ecology, the last seven of those years working on water resources.  Prior to joining the State, Keith spent 10 years at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle, Washington as an environmental planner, after receiving his B.S. degree in Oceanography in 1977 from the University of Washington.

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Senator Phil Rockefeller
(D) District 23
 

After public school education in the state of New York, Phil Rockefeller attended and graduated from Yale University, then Harvard Law School.  Following active duty with the U.S. Air Force, he became a resident of Washington, joined the Weyerhaeuser Company’s law department, and was admitted to the Washington State Bar Association.

In 1967, Rockefeller moved to Washington, D.C. and took a staff job with the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education & Labor.  In 1969, he joined the Office of the Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare, working on Departmental legislative requests and testimony before the Congress.   In 1970 he returned to Washington as Regional Attorney for the newly formed regional office of “HEW” (for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington) and later held other regional management positions, including Regional Commissioner of the United States Office of Education and Regional Administrator for the Office of Student Financial Assistance in the U.S. Department of Education.  In 1981 Rockefeller accepted an invitation to serve as education aide to then-Governor John Spellman, and did so through 1984, returning to the U.S. Department of Education in 1984.  He retired from federal service in 1994.
Senator Rockefeller was elected to his second four-year term as State Senator on November 4, 2008, and was sworn in on January 12, 2009.  He came to the Senate in 2005, after election to three two-year terms as State Representative from the 23rd Legislative District, from 1999 to 2005.

In his current duties as a Senator, Rockefeller chairs the Environment, Water & Energy Committee, the Joint (House and Senate) Legislative Audit & Review Committee, and the Joint Committee on Energy Supply & Energy Conservation.   He also serves on the Senate Ways & Means Committee.  He also finds time to serve on the Statute Law Committee, and the Ecosystem Coordinating Board of the Puget Sound Partnership, an agency created by legislation championed by Senator Rockefeller in 2007.

Senator Rockefeller has been a board member of numerous civic and community service organizations, including Kitsap Community Resources, the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Council, Bainbridge Public Library, Bainbridge Island Land Trust, and the Kitsap Area Agency on Aging.  He also participates in the work of the Environment & Natural Resources Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Western Water & Environment Committee of the Council of State Governments (West).

In his spare time, the Senator enjoys hiking, traveling, jazz and classical music, and growing and especially harvesting raspberries and blueberries at his home.  He was also a beekeeper until the mites destroyed his colonies.

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Rep. Shelly Short
(R) 7th Legislative District
 

A life-long Washingtonian, Shelly is serving her first term representing the 7th District which includes Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille and Stevens counties and parts of Okanogan and Spokane counties.

Shelly was chosen by her colleagues as ranking member on the House Ecology and Parks Committee. She also sits on the General Government and Appropriations, Local Government and Housing, and the Audit Review and Oversight committees.

Shelly has spent the past 14 years as a key staffer for state and federal officials. She has served as a precinct committee officer and past district leader for the Stevens County Republican Committee.

Shelly is a 4-H leader, participates in the Colville Valley Gymkhana Club and enjoys skeet shooting, canoeing, swimming and gardening. She and her husband, Mitch, live in Addy with their two children, Trevor and Brianna.

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Rogers Weed
Director
WA State Department of Commerce
 

Rogers Weed was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire as Director of the Department of Commerce in March 2009. In appointing him to this agency cabinet position, Gov. Gregoire said Rogers is a proven leader and innovator. As director, Rogers will fulfill the governor’s clear mission to retain the jobs and companies that we have in our state today and attract new ones. His focus will be on forging effective partnerships with the business community, with other agencies in the public sector and with the legislature.

Rogers attended Duke University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Computer Science. After college he worked for the management consulting firm, Bain and Company in Boston, focusing on strategy and planning for companies in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing and high tech industries. Rogers received his MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He came to Seattle in 1990 to work at Microsoft and managed teams in the Windows, Mobile Devices, On-line Content and Consumer Software Divisions over his 15 years with the company. He was promoted to Vice President in 2001. Rogers has been a board member and volunteer for regional organizations focused on climate change and social services. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three sons.

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Roger Woodworth
Vice President
Avista Corp.

Vice President
Sustainable Energy Solutions
Avista Utilities

 

Roger Woodworth is vice president for Avista Corp. and vice president for Sustainable Energy Solutions for Avista Utilities. Woodworth began his career at Avista Corp. as a fish and wildlife biologist in 1979, doing environmental studies for energy project licensing.
During his career with Avista, he gained extensive experience across the organization, including in corporate communications, strategic counsel, corporate development and energy operations.

Woodworth is active in civic and professional organizations. He serves as board vice chair of the Northwest Energy Alliance, chair of Edison Electric Institute’s Executive Advisory Committee on strategic issues, and chair of the Spokane Mayor’s Task Force on Sustainability. In addition, he is board chair for Washington State University President’s
Spokane Advisory Council.

Woodworth received his Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife biology from Washington State University in 1978. He is also an alumnus of Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program.

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Kim D. Zentz, P.E.
Executive Director
Sirti, Spokane
 

Kim Zentz has been executive director of Sirti (aka: Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute) since 2005.  Sirti is an economic development agency of the state whose mission is to accelerate the development and growth of technology companies in the Inland Northwest, especially Eastern Washington.  Sirti’s target clients are innovative technology companies with defensible intellectual property, large market potential, and principals who show a strong desire to grow their business.  During the past 14 years Sirti alumni companies have raised more than $230 million in private and public add-on financing and have posted a 68% survival rate.

Before coming to Sirti in 2005, Ms. Zentz was the founding president and chief operating officer of Avista Labs (now ReliOn), an energy technology company offering fuel cell products for the back-up, telecommunications and premium power markets.  Prior to helping establish Avista Labs, Kim served 16 years with Avista Utilities in various project, technical and senior management positions.  From 2003-2005, Kim served as CEO of the Spokane Transit Authority.

Kim is on the Board of Directors of United Way of Spokane County and Mobius Science Center. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Technology Center and the Gonzaga Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.  She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Greater Spokane Incorporated (the region’s combined Chamber and Economic Development Council).  Kim is also a member of the President’s Advisory Council for Washington State University, Spokane.  Kim served on the Transportation Improvement Board and is the Washington co-chair of the Inland Pacific Hub Board (a regional freight mobility and economic development initiative).

Kim holds a Masters of Engineering Management from Washington State University and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho.

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