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Virginia's Bio Virginia McKenzie built her Rotary reputation on innovation. She joined Rotary 17 years ago. Originally a member of Seattle 4 Rotary, where she launched the Young Rotary Leaders Committee. Next, she launched Seattle City Rotaract, the first community based Rotaract Club in District 5030. Most recently she [...]

Mike's Bio Mike Pellicciotti (Pelleh-chee-otti) was elected Washington’s 24th State Treasurer in 2020. As Washington’s chief financial officer, Mike is dedicated to financial transparency, protecting Washington’s financial health, and leading policies that best serve our state’s working families and retirees. Mike has worked with the Legislature to strengthen budget [...]

Eric's Bio Eric Brechner is a husband and proud father of two sons, the younger of which has autism. He has worked on autism insurance benefits and serves on the University of Washington Autism Center advisory board. Professionally, Eric is a career coach for underrepresented midcareer software professionals and [...]

Jamila's Bio Jamila Conley is a dynamic executive with over 25 years of experience aligning people, operations, and execution with corporate strategy. She is currently the CEO & Founder of WeRise Wines which is a mission based business focused on driving access and awareness to diverse wineries and winemakers. [...]

Jasmine's Bio Jasmine Donovan is the President and CEO of Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants. As a granddaughter of one of the founders and namesake, Dick Spady, she has worked for the business off and on since she was 16 years old and started working full-time on the executive team in [...]

Mike's Bio Mike Flood joined the Seattle Seahawks in 1997. He helped spearhead the state-wide campaign that resulted in the passage of Referendum 48 to build the new football/soccer stadium and exhibition complex. A Seattle native, Mike received a B.A. in Industrial Education from Washington State University and a [...]

Mary's Bio Mary E. Kipp was named president of PSE in August 2019 and CEO in January 2020. Under her direction, PSE is working toward an aspirational goal of being a Beyond Net Zero Carbon energy company by 2045, targeting reduction of its carbon emissions to net zero and [...]

John's Bio John Glanville will speak on the work of Shelterbox, whose mission is to build awareness of global displacement and to facilitate providing families with life-saving shelter and essential tools and supplies that will enable them to rebuild their homes and transform their lives after disaster. Shelterbox works [...]

Shahzad's Bio Shahzad Bhatti is the CEO of Axiom Learning, with offices in the US andMalaysia, dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable K-12 learners with proprietary curricula, education technology and services. Axiom’s flagship programs for kids with the most common learning differences (ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism and Executive Functioning deficit, [...]

Chris' Bio Chris Hare uses Atomic Storytelling™ and strategic narrative design to help CEOs and midlife leaders earn trust, increase their effectiveness, and make a more meaningful dent in the universe. Chris a veteran of Amazon and Microsoft and is founder and principal of The Storied Future, where he [...]