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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council is made up of professionals representing a variety of constituencies such as corporations, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and private businesses, among others.

2008 Board Of Trustees

Updated: April 3, 2008

Chair: Megan Bowman, Initiative for Global Development
Vice-Chair: John Kennedy
Chair-Elect: Mimi Warner, Stoel Rives LLP
Treasurer: John Walsh, US Bank
Secretary: Kristi Branch, Battelle/PNNL

Chris Ajemian

Alicia Austin
Teacher, Lake Washington School District

Kathy Berman
BGI

Ellie Bertani
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill Christopher
Cascadia Community College

Paul Cifka

Mark Dawson
Rainier Investment Management

Dean DeCrease
The Fourth Element

Stan Emert
Symetra Financial

Chris Fidler
Bockorney Petrizzo, Inc., PNW Practice

Consul General John Gokcen
Consulate General of Turkey

Kevin Gruben
K & L Gates LLP

Charles Gust
Multiversal Entertainment

Eric Han
Microsoft Corporation

H. Arnold Huang
Washington First International Bank

Janet Aldrich Jacobs
PATH

Ludmila Kraabel

David Larsen
Weyerhaeuser Corporation

Rebecca Lenaburg
Microsoft Corporation

Dawn MacNab
Waldron and Associate

Greg Magee
PACCAR

Nina Marini
Microsoft Corporation

Consul H. Ronald Masnik
Consulate of Belgium

Ian Moncaster
World Affairs Council

Brent Olson
Olson Consulting Associates

Nathan Rosenbaum
Microsoft Corporation

Kathryn Scott
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

Consul General Solomon Tadesse
Consulate General of Ethiopia

Mark Trahant
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

John Walsh
US Bank

Mimi Warner
Stoel Rives LLP

Anand Yang
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

Soon Beng Yeap
Seattle University