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Kate Casprowiak Scher, Executive Director, Bellevue Arts Museum (May 21st) – Bellevue Arts Museum: Reinvention and Sustainability

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, [...]

By |2024-05-22T14:48:03-07:00May 21, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Kate Casprowiak Scher, Executive Director, Bellevue Arts Museum (May 21st) – Bellevue Arts Museum: Reinvention and Sustainability

Mo Malakoutian, Deputy Mayor, City of Bellevue (May 14) – Housing, Public Safety, Mobility, and Economic Development

Mo Malakoutian was elected to the City Council in November 2023, for a four-year term starting in 2024. At his first meeting, his colleagues elected him deputy mayor for 2024 and 2025. The council member served one and a half terms on the Planning Commission, from 2018 until he [...]

By |2024-05-20T09:19:19-07:00May 14, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Mo Malakoutian, Deputy Mayor, City of Bellevue (May 14) – Housing, Public Safety, Mobility, and Economic Development

Kurt Ursich, President, Juniper Capital (May 7th) – Unconventional Financing for Unconventional Times

Juniper Capital President, Kurt Ursich, brings extensive experience and expertise to Juniper Capital Corp. As an account executive at a local private lender for 13 years and a minority shareholder for three, Kurt was an integral part of his team, funding more than $600,000,000 in loans. Prior to his [...]

By |2024-05-08T10:23:41-07:00May 7, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Kurt Ursich, President, Juniper Capital (May 7th) – Unconventional Financing for Unconventional Times

Hamdi Mohamed, Port of Seattle Commission, President (April 30th) – Delivering Opportunity

Hamdi Mohamed was elected to the Port of Seattle Commission in November 2021. She made history as the first Somali woman elected to public office in Washington State, and the first Black woman elected to the Port of Seattle Commission. She currently serves as the first Black Commission President [...]

By |2024-05-03T08:48:39-07:00April 30, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Hamdi Mohamed, Port of Seattle Commission, President (April 30th) – Delivering Opportunity

Jack Timmons, Founder, Jack’s BBQ (April 23rd) – From high-tech to BBQ empire: A delicious story about bringing Central-Texas BBQ to the Northwest

Jack Timmons has quite the LinkedIn profile, an eclectic resume that includes stints with Boeing, Paccar and nearly two decades in the Microsoft fold. In 2012, his passion for meats cooked low-and-slow led him to the Texas A & M’s Meat Science department’s summer barbecue camp. That immersive experience [...]

By |2024-04-29T10:04:35-07:00April 23, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Jack Timmons, Founder, Jack’s BBQ (April 23rd) – From high-tech to BBQ empire: A delicious story about bringing Central-Texas BBQ to the Northwest

Warren Barkley, Sr. Director, Product Management, Cloud AI, Google Cloud (April 16th) – Future of Artificial Intelligence

Warren Barkley joined Google in 2021 as the Senior Director leading the AI/ML platform teams. Prior to Google, Warren had a series of executive roles managing AI/ML product groups at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. For 5 years Warren was the CTO for SMART Technologies, a public company that [...]

By |2024-04-19T13:41:23-07:00April 16, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Warren Barkley, Sr. Director, Product Management, Cloud AI, Google Cloud (April 16th) – Future of Artificial Intelligence

Anna Skibska, Glass Artist (April 9th) – A Garden or a Labirynt of Art?

Anna Skibska studied at the Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland, in the Department of Painting. Diploma awarded in 1984. Polish Minister of Culture and Art Award in the presentation of Art Academy’s Best Diplomas at the exhibition, Diploma ‘84, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland. From 1985 to1996 Anna [...]

By |2024-04-12T11:02:21-07:00April 9, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Anna Skibska, Glass Artist (April 9th) – A Garden or a Labirynt of Art?

Tyler Dion and Callum McLuckie (April 2nd) – The PGA in the PNW, Return of Major Championship Golf

Callum McLuckie Callum McLuckie is the Corporate Hospitality Sales and Marketing Lead for the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. His duties have him overseeing the regional and national marketing efforts, as well as handling the ticket and hospitality sales for the Championship. Prior to his time with the PGA [...]

By |2024-04-03T13:55:56-07:00April 2, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Tyler Dion and Callum McLuckie (April 2nd) – The PGA in the PNW, Return of Major Championship Golf

Dr. Kelly Aramaki, Superintendent, Bellevue School District (March 26th) – A Future of Innovation in the Bellevue School District

Dr. Kelly Aramaki is the Superintendent of the Bellevue School District, where his family has lived for 5 generations. Dr. Aramaki started his career in education in Bellevue as an elementary school teacher. He served as an elementary school principal for 10 years in the Northshore and Seattle school [...]

By |2024-03-27T13:05:25-07:00March 26, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Dr. Kelly Aramaki, Superintendent, Bellevue School District (March 26th) – A Future of Innovation in the Bellevue School District

Maoz Inon, Peace Entrepreneur (March 19th) – Making Hope with Maoz Inon

Maoz Inon, Peace Entrepreneur (born 1975), is an award-winning Israeli social entrepreneur and peace activist who has founded several tourism initiatives within Israel and the Middle East, including the Jesus Trail, Fauzi Azar Inn and and Abraham Hostel and Tour brands. Since the murder of his parents in the Hamas attack on Israel on [...]

By |2024-03-22T10:13:04-07:00March 19, 2024|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Maoz Inon, Peace Entrepreneur (March 19th) – Making Hope with Maoz Inon
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