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Foster Advisory Board

The purpose of the Foster Advisory Board is to provide the Dean of the Foster School with strategic and operational guidance, advice, and support in pursuit of the School’s purpose to better humanity through business.

Board Chair: 

Eileen OdumF
Former Exec VP & Group CEO
NiSource Inc.

Board Members: 

Charles K. Barbo*W
Partner
Catalyst Storage Partners

Patty Bedient*
Retired EVP and CFO
Weyerhaeuser

Dorrit BernF
Former Chair, President & CEO
Charming Shoppes Inc.

Susan J. Bevan*F
President
Bevan-Daddino Foundation

Artie BuerkF
Former Managing Director
Montlake Capital

Jason ChildF
CFO
Arm

Robert ChristensenF
Retired President
PACCAR Inc

Gretchen ClaflinF
President
Pacific Coast Banking School

Kathy ConnorsF
Community Volunteer

Thomas B. Crowley, Jr.*F
Chairman & CEO
Crowley Maritime Corporation

Neal Dempsey IIIF
Managing General Partner
Bay Partners

Kenneth D. DenmanF
Former CEO
Emotient

William B. Douglas*F
President
Douglas Fruit Company

Tim EngleF
President
Saltchuk

Anne V. Farrell*W
President Emeritus
The Seattle Foundation

Kemper Freeman
CEO
Kemper Development

Edward V. Fritzky*  
Retired Chairman, CEO & President
Immunex Corporation

Dan S. FultonF
Retired President & CEO
Weyerhaeuser Company

John Gabbert W
CEO & Founder
PitchBook

Richard Galanti
Exec. Vice President & CFO
Costco Wholesale

Lex N. GambleF
Chairman
Gamble & Associates

Michael D. Garvey*W
Retired Chairman
Saltchuk

Herbert M. Gould III*F
President & Owner
Anthony’s Restaurants

Sunny Gupta
CEO
Apptio

Rod Hochman, MD
President & CEO
Providence St. Joseph Health

Charles Hogan*F
Chairman
Citation Management Group

Lawrence P. HughesF
President
Seattle Service Company

Chang Soo Huh
Chairman
GS Holdings 

Kelly A. Keller
Partner, Assurance
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Jim Kerr*
CEO
D.A. Davidson

Mary A. KnellF
CEO, Washington & Western
Canada Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo Bank

Stein Kruse
President & CEO
Holland America Group

Firoz Lalji*
Chairman &
Chief Strategy Officer
Zones

Jeffrey J. MacLeanF
CEO
Verus

Peter J. Majar Jr.F
Managing Director
TAP Advisors

Larry Martinez
Chief Executive Officer
D.A. Davidson

Nate Miles W
VP of Strategic Initatives
Eli Lilly & Co.

Yoshihiko MiyauchiF
Senior Chairman
ORIX Corporation

Donald P. Nielsen*F  
Owner
Lumenal Lighting, LLC

Eileen OdumF  
Former Exec VP & Group CEO
NiSource Inc.

Mark Peek
Managing Director
Workday

Wayne Perry*F
CEO
Shotgun Creek Investments

Arnie Prentice*
Chairman
Kibble & Prentice

Katherine Regnier
CEO & Founder
Coconut Software

Shelley ReynoldsF
CAO, VP & Controller
Amazon.com

Bruce Richards*F
Retired CEO, Richards Agency, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
President of Evergreen Golf Management Co.

Jeff RoeF
President & CEO
Premera Blue Cross

Joshua RodriguezF
Vice President
Goldman Sachs

Peter A. ShimerF
CFO
Deloitte

Steve Singh*
Retired Chairman & CEO
Docker, Inc.

Brooke SpearmonF
Director
Starbucks

Scott Strand
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
BECU

Scott Svenson 
Chairman & Managing Partner
The Sienna Group LLC

Timothy Tasker
Managing Partner, Seattle
EY

Bradley D. TildenF
Chairman, President & CEO
Alaska Airlines

Clyde WalkerF
Senior VP, Human Resources
Continental Mills Inc.

Kelvin WestbrookF
President & CEO
KRW Advisors, LLC

Gary WipflerF
VP & Corporate Treasurer
Apple

Annie Young-Scrivner
Chief Executive Officer
Wella Company

Nancy Zevenbergen*F
Founder and CIO
Zevenbergen Capital Investments


F UW Foster School Alumnus/a
W UW Alumnus/a
* Emeritus