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Jeremy Butzlaff, President, MTRWestern (July 12) – The (Bus) Future is Electric

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 [...]

By |2022-07-18T09:10:07-07:00July 12, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Jeremy Butzlaff, President, MTRWestern (July 12) – The (Bus) Future is Electric

Sergei Dreizin (July 5th), A Russian-Ukrainian Software Company War Story – CEO/Co-founder, Akvelon

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 [...]

By |2022-07-06T13:23:15-07:00July 5, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Sergei Dreizin (July 5th), A Russian-Ukrainian Software Company War Story – CEO/Co-founder, Akvelon

Kyle Boyd, Seattle Kraken (June 21st) – Building the Next Generation of Hockey Fans

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 [...]

By |2022-06-27T09:17:30-07:00June 27, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Kyle Boyd, Seattle Kraken (June 21st) – Building the Next Generation of Hockey Fans

Dow Constantine, King County Executive (June 14th) – A Look Into Our Region’s Future

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 [...]

By |2022-06-17T08:42:26-07:00June 17, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Dow Constantine, King County Executive (June 14th) – A Look Into Our Region’s Future

Juan Lavista Ferres (June 7th) – Everything You Always Wanted to Know about AI & Big Data but were Afraid to Ask

VP – Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft Corporation Juan M. Lavista Ferres is currently the Chief Scientist and Lab Director of the Microsoft AI For Good Research Lab, where he works with a team of data scientists and researchers  in AI, Machine Learning and statistical modeling, working across Microsoft AI [...]

By |2022-06-10T08:54:20-07:00June 7, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Juan Lavista Ferres (June 7th) – Everything You Always Wanted to Know about AI & Big Data but were Afraid to Ask

Sesh Velamoor, Futurist (May 31st) – The State of the Planet: A Long Term Future Perspective

Sesh Velamoor, recognized as a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, has had a unique and distinguished career in three different fields spanning over nearly 45 years: in business, as a member of boards, chief executive and consultant in the electromechanical manufacturing industry; as a lecturer [...]

By |2022-06-05T08:46:37-07:00May 31, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Sesh Velamoor, Futurist (May 31st) – The State of the Planet: A Long Term Future Perspective

Alice Miller (May 24th) – Beauty and Duty: 100 Years of What Women Have Worn in the Workplace – a Vintage Clothing Museum Comes to Bellevue Rotary

HistorianAlice Miller has been collecting women’s military, service and civilian uniforms and outfits for over 20 years. Her collection spans from 1898 to today’s women. She has a deep appreciation for history. As she started collecting the uniforms she found that each and every uniform or outfit told a story [...]

By |2022-05-25T15:05:39-07:00May 24, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Alice Miller (May 24th) – Beauty and Duty: 100 Years of What Women Have Worn in the Workplace – a Vintage Clothing Museum Comes to Bellevue Rotary

Anna Swenson, Outreach Manager, RECOMPOSE (May 17th) – Human Composting: A New Green Death Care Option

Anna Swenson is the Outreach Manager at Recompose, where she leads marketing, public policy, and community outreach. Recompose is an ecological death care company based in Seattle. Recompose was the first funeral home to offer the process of natural organic reduction, also known as human composting, which gently transforms [...]

By |2022-05-23T08:34:13-07:00May 17, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Anna Swenson, Outreach Manager, RECOMPOSE (May 17th) – Human Composting: A New Green Death Care Option

Dr. Zeina Ali Siam (May 10th) – Un-Measurable or Just Un-Measured? Lessons from the Primary Healthcare Performance Initiative

Primary Healthcare Performance Initiative – Ariadne Labs Dr. Zeina Ali Siam is a Senior Research Manager at the Primary Healthcare Team at Ariadne Labs, and the technical lead for the Primary Healthcare Performance Initiative. Previously, Dr Siam was Associate Program Officer at the Polio Team within the Bill and [...]

By |2022-05-11T18:05:33-07:00May 10, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Dr. Zeina Ali Siam (May 10th) – Un-Measurable or Just Un-Measured? Lessons from the Primary Healthcare Performance Initiative

Dr. Audrey Rostov, Partner, Northwest Eye Surgeons (May 3rd) – Curing Blindness: A Global Perspective

A partner at Northwest Eye Surgeons, Dr. Rostov is Director of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery and Global Medical Liaison at SightLife.  Dr. Rostov completed her preclinical medical education at Harvard Medical School and a research fellowship in ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary before receiving her M.D. [...]

By |2022-05-05T09:35:37-07:00May 3, 2022|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Dr. Audrey Rostov, Partner, Northwest Eye Surgeons (May 3rd) – Curing Blindness: A Global Perspective
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