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Ajit's Bio Ajit George serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. Founded in 1997 by his father, Abraham George, Shanti Bhavan is a residential school in Tamil Nadu, India that provides holistic education — from pre-kindergarten through college — to children from India’s most economically [...]

May Mei-Chen's Bio May Mei-Chen Lin is currently Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director-General of Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). D.G. Lin served as Senior Executive Officer in the Department of [...]

Virgil's Bio Virgil Sweeney has dedicated over three decades to public service and nonprofit leadership. For almost twenty years, Virgil served the State of Washington in civil service roles, including as budget director for Attorney General Gregoire, and managed the budget for the Washington State Liquor Control Board. More [...]

David's Bio David Fischer is the president and general manager of KNKX Public Radio. Prior to joining there in 2024, Fischer served as CEO of Tacoma Arts Live for nearly 18 years. He previously served many years as CEO at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, CA, where [...]

Karen's Bio Karen is an attorney, founder and owner of Sonorous LLC, a consulting company specializing in keynote speaking, training, presentations, and coaching. Karen started her legal career at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office before going into private practice. Karen founded K-Solutions Law in 2009, growing it to [...]

Jackie's Bio Jackie Cheng is the Founder of Gogolook Co., Ltd. (6902.TW), a leading Trust Tech service provider that successfully launched its IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2025. Driven by the mission to "Build for Trust," he founded the company to tackle the escalating global threat of [...]

Robert's Bio Robert J. Jones became the 34th president of the University of Washington in August 2025 and holds a faculty position in the Department of Biology. A distinguished crop physiology and seasoned university leader, Jones previously served as chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for nine years, [...]

AJ's Bio As the founding Bee Steward of REBEL44, AJ Gardner serves as a conduit and voice for the regenerative stewardship of honeybees and pollinators throughout the Snoqualmie Valley region of Washington State. Our unique, evidenced approach to stewardship has increased the vitality and environmental resilience of honeybees, empowering [...]

Seth's Bio Seth Taylor is an author, speaker, and executive performance coach who works with professional athletes and high-performing leaders in radical, life-changing ways. For more than 10 years, Seth has guided elite competitors through the unseen psychological forces that influence performance, leadership, and personal fulfillment. His work extended [...]

Aaron's Bio Aaron Holm is a founding partner at Helix, where he helps housing builders, developers, investors, and industry associations expand housing development capacity using AI. In 2026, Helix launched Rhizar, an AI collaboration platform that builds and delivers powerful AI Analysts for housing professionals to orchestrate their organizational [...]