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Eben Frankenberg is President & CEO of Echodyne Corp which he co-founded in 2014 to bring metamaterials-based radar products to market. Echodyne is a privately held company whose investors include: Bill Gates, Madrona Venture Group, NEA, Vanedge Capital, Vulcan Capital, Baillie Gifford, Northrop Grumman, and others. Prior to founding [...]

Jeri Andrews is the CEO and Co-Founder of XOBC Cellars, one of the fastest growing direct to consumer wineries in the industry. A collaboration with six- time Grammy Award-winning artist Brandi Carlile, XOBC Cellars is one of the very few LGBTQ+/women-owned wineries in the nation. XOBC Cellars is making [...]

Washington State Convention Center President/CEO, Jeff Blosser. Photo by Alabastro Photography. Jeffrey Blosser has over 42 years of experience in the facilities management industry. Prior to joining the Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District in October 2011, some of the positions he held included Executive Director [...]

Program Officer – Global Policy & Advocacy – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Chelsea Minkler is a Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the Global Policy & Advocacy Team, leading the foundation strategy for polio resource mobilization. She also serves as the relationship manager for [...]

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), LevelTen Energy Ryan Warren is Chief Commercial Officer for LevelTen Energy. Ryan is a father, husband, writer, outdoor-lover, and 20-year veteran of B2B enterprise marketing and sales. He has led marketing and selling teams ranging from global, public companies to emerging start-ups, with a special [...]

COO and President - Gene Juarez Salons, Spas, and Academies Katie Trent is the COO and President of Gene Juarez Salons, Spas, and Academies.  After joining the Gene Juarez team in 2020, Katie worked with the leadership team to create operational and financial efficiencies, identify opportunities to evolve the [...]

Jeremy Butzlaff is the President of MTRWestern, the Pacific Northwest’s leading bus, motorcoach, and corporate transportation provider. The company’s clients include colleges, businesses, sports teams, entertainers and tour operators. Jeremy is an experienced Transportation, Hospitality and Business Development Executive, having spent extended time with Holland America prior to joining [...]

Sergei Dreizin is the CEO and Co-founder of Akvelon, a software development company based in Bellevue, WA. Sergei is an industry veteran who attained leading roles at Honeywell and Microsoft before co-founding Akvelon in 2000. During his eight years at Microsoft, Sergei contributed to the design and implementation of [...]

Director of Fan Development, Seattle Kraken Kyle Boyd is a former teacher who is leading fan development for the Seattle Kraken. He took on this new role after eight years teaching history and social studies and is on a mission to ensure access to hockey for nontraditional hockey communities [...]

Dow Constantine is serving his fourth term as King County Executive. A former member of the King County Council and the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives, and a three-time graduate of the University of Washington, Dow is focused on meeting two of our greatest generational challenges: building equity [...]