Past Speaker

NW News Network (heard on KUOW)Since January 2004, Austin Jenkins has been the Olympia-based political reporter for the Northwest News Network. In that position, Austin covers Northwest politics and public policy, as well as the Washington State Legislature. You can also see Austin on television as host of TVW's (the [...]

Vice President and Regional Executive – Seattle Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Darlene Wilczynski is vice president and regional executive of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, Darlene engages with members of the business and banking sectors, as [...]

Mr. Clark has an extensive background in civil litigation, including personal injury, product liability and professional malpractice actions. Mr. Clark did defense work at the Seattle firm Karr Tuttle Campbell for nearly 15 years before he joined his present partners in a practice devoted to representing injured persons. In [...]

Co-Founder and CEO of Combat Flip Flops Matthew “Griff” Griffin is a former Special Operations Army Ranger, West Point Graduate, co-founder and CEO of Combat Flip Flops, award winning documentary producer, and philanthropist. After serving four combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq with the storied 2d Ranger Battalion, Griff [...]

Brian has an extensive career developing space systems for a variety of commercial and government missions. His technical background includes mission solutions, satellite systems, and payloads. Brian has been a key contributor to many well-known programs in commercial Earth observation, hyperspectral imaging, missile warning, space situational awareness, optical communications, [...]

Head of National Security Group – Dorsey & Whitey LLP Nelson Dong is a partner in the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and heads its National Security Law Group and is co-head of its Asia Group. He advises companies, professional societies, universities and research organizations on export [...]

Honey bees first entered Dave's consciousness in 2010 when he heard a Ballard beekeeper interviewed on the local public radio station. The plight of honey bees was all over the news. Colonies were collapsing and no one knew why. Dave eventually met that Ballard beekeeper, took a couple of [...]

Brent Frei – CEO/Founder, TerraClear Brent Frei has co-founded 4 companies. He took both Onyx Software [ONXS] and Smartsheet [SMAR] from inception through IPO in the software technology space - each achieving in excess of $1B market capitalizations. His HarvestWest company is a farmland investment fund that has enabled [...]

Executive Director of Friends of Waterfront Seattle Thatcher Bailey grew up in Seattle and has helped lead an array of civic organizations and campaigns supporting the arts, public health, social services, and public spaces across the city and region. Most recently—after 10 years as CEO of Seattle Parks Foundation—Thatcher [...]

Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney is a native of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a 1991 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and also a graduate of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, with a master’s degree in International Policy and Practice. Sweeney has served in a [...]