Dr. Palazzo was appointed the Chief Executive Officer for EvergreenHealth and Superintendent of King County Public Hospital District No. 2 in December 2023. Prior to the Chief Executive role, he served for four and half years as EvergreenHealth’s Chief Medical and Quality Officer. In total, Dr. Palazzo has been [...]
Derek Reese is the founder of Chronicler, a Bellevue-based game studio, and has been making video games for fun and profit since 2003. His 20+ year career in gaming started with Technical Art and culminated in leading projects across Red Hat's games business, and Microsoft studios on Minecraft and [...]
Micah's Bio Micah Truman is the founder of Return Home, a terramation (human composting) facility in Washington State that gently transforms our bodies into soil after we die, allowing our last act on the planet to be one that gives back. To build it, he assembled an unlikely coalition [...]
A long time Bellevue resident, 10 years employed at Porchlight. A father to the best son ever. Friend of Bill W. Go Huskies. *Last minute speaker change, sorry for the lack of details
Amanda's Bio Headshot of Associate Director at Pushing Boundaries. Photographed by Ludeman Photographic (http://ludemanphotographic.com) Amanda graduated from St. Mary’s College of California with a BS in Health Science and went on to receive her Masters in Physical Therapy from Samuel Merritt College. She began her career as [...]
Presentation Summary Creating a Bridge to Attract Young Professionals to Rotary. There is a growing demand for leadership training, mentorship and making a meaningful impact in our communities. However, many don't know that Rotary has been providing expertise in these areas for several years. We'll discuss how to use [...]
Tentatively Jay Hagan, Chief of Bellevue Fire Dept.
As Director of Food Programs at Hopelink, Amanda Lopez-Castanon is responsible for food distribution in 5 free food markets and 1 Mobile truck. Amanda's job involves leading a team of 18 people to help clients in need receive over 5 million lbs of food in 2023. Amanda has helped [...]
Brent Beardall is Vice-Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of WaFd Bank, a Washington state chartered commercial bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington (NASDAQ: WAFD). WaFd Bank is the largest bank headquartered in Washington State with over $22 billion in assets and 200 offices located in eight western states. In [...]
Kate moved to Bellevue in 2010 to accept a full-time, tenure track professorship in Art History at Bellevue College, whereupon she taught for eleven years. During her time at Bellevue College she developed the online Art History curriculum, organized exhibits for the Gallery Space and acted as Department Chair, [...]
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