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 [...]
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 [...]
Mo Malakoutian is Mayor of the City of Bellevue. He was elected to the City Council in November 2023, began his term in 2024, and was selected by his colleagues to serve as Deputy Mayor in 2024 and 2025, and Mayor in January 2026. Before joining the Council, Mo [...]
Dean's Bio Dean A. Holly’s career reflects a series of well-timed pivots driven by opportunity and experience. He developed an early interest in apparel while working for Seattle-based Squire Shops during high school and college. He earned a BA in Business from the University of Washington, where he also [...]
Sande's Bio Sande Golgart is a transformational leadership advisor, speaker, and founder of An Expansive Life. Following a successful career as a Division I athlete, Sande spent nearly three decades as a senior executive in corporate America, where he led teams, drove growth, and developed a deep understanding of [...]
Kim's Bio Kim Lorenz is an award-winning, best-selling author, entrepreneur, and visionary who founded two companies starting at age 26. He built and ran them successfully, then sold both to Fortune 500 companies after 20 years. He then became a CEO for a Paul Allen company. Today, aside from [...]
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 [...]
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