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Brad Miyake, Bellevue’s City Manager, February 2nd 2021

As Bellevue’s City Manager, Brad Miyake oversees the day-to-day operations and the $1.7 billion biennial budget of Washington state’s fifth most populous city, and a center of technological innovation in the United States. With 30 years of experience driving responsible and efficient operations and finance, Miyake has helped [...]

By |2021-02-07T21:57:05-08:00January 31, 2021|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Brad Miyake, Bellevue’s City Manager, February 2nd 2021

Jeff Kemp – January 26th, 2021

Jeff is a quarterback for strengthening teams. An NFL quarterback from 1981 to 1992, he and his father Jack Kemp (the former Vice-Presidential candidate and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development), were the first of only six sets of father/son NFL quarterbacks. After his 11-year career in the NFL, Jeff [...]

By |2021-01-31T06:55:02-08:00January 25, 2021|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Jeff Kemp – January 26th, 2021

Josh Benaloh, Senior Cryptographer, Microsoft Research – January 5th, 2021

Electronic Voting Security - The Future of Elections is Available Today In traditional elections, voters deposit or mail their ballots and then have no choice but to trust others to tally their votes correctly.  They must trust election officials to properly curate and count their ballots, they must [...]

By |2021-01-11T15:11:43-08:00January 3, 2021|Past Speaker|Comments Off on Josh Benaloh, Senior Cryptographer, Microsoft Research – January 5th, 2021

Ivan Duran, Superintendent Bellevue School System: Update on Bellevue School District – January 19th, 2021

Dr. Ivan Duran, Bellevue School District Superintendent Dr. Ivan Duran joined the Bellevue School District as Superintendent in July 2017. Prior to his role in Bellevue, Duran was deputy superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District in Texas —a district serving approximately 160,000 students. Duran has also served [...]

By |2021-01-25T06:57:54-08:00December 13, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Ivan Duran, Superintendent Bellevue School System: Update on Bellevue School District – January 19th, 2021

Kemper Freeman: “Economic Miracle” -Downtown Bellevue and the economic real estate boom that is already in progress – January 12th, 2021

Kemper Freeman, Chairman and CEO of Kemper Development Company Kemper Freeman is a third-generation resident of Bellevue, Washington. He is the principal owner and hands-on leader of Kemper Development Company, which has played an important role in Bellevue’s growth from the early days of downtown to the economic force [...]

By |2021-01-18T16:54:12-08:00December 13, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Kemper Freeman: “Economic Miracle” -Downtown Bellevue and the economic real estate boom that is already in progress – January 12th, 2021

Jon Duarte, Director of Strategic Planning, Overlake Medical Centers – December 8, 2020

Jon Duarte, Chief Strategy Officer, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Since joining Overlake in 2014 as Director of Strategic Planning, Jon Duarte, has been instrumental in Overlake’s strategic direction, organizational partnerships, clinic network development and planning for Project FutureCare, Overlake’s $250 million campus renewal project. Jon oversees the strategy [...]

By |2020-12-13T21:20:53-08:00November 30, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Jon Duarte, Director of Strategic Planning, Overlake Medical Centers – December 8, 2020

Boeing and the Community – December 1st, 2020

Bill McSherry, Vice President, Government Operations, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Bill McSherry is vice president of Government Operations for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Named to his position in June 2014, McSherry is responsible for Commercial Airplanes’ state and local operations in the Western states and South Carolina.   He leads a [...]

By |2020-12-06T19:43:04-08:00November 30, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Boeing and the Community – December 1st, 2020

Virginia Mason Health System – November 24, 2020

Virginia Mason Health System Chairman and CEO Gary Kaplan Dr. Kaplan received a degree in medicine from the University of Michigan and is board certified in internal medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Virginia Mason and served as chief resident in 1980 and 1981. He is [...]

By |2020-11-30T18:05:01-08:00November 20, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Virginia Mason Health System – November 24, 2020

Update on Bellevue College – November 17, 2020

GARY LOCKE As Governor of Washington State (the first Chinese American to be elected governor in the United States history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland), U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke has been a leader in the areas of [...]

By |2020-11-27T15:39:33-08:00November 17, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Update on Bellevue College – November 17, 2020

Enduring Power of Generations – November 10th, 2020

Marc Freedman Marc Freedman is President, CEO and Founder of Encore.org. A visiting scholar at Stanford University during 2014-15 and formerly a visiting fellow at King’s College, University of London, Freedman is a member of the Wall Street Journal’s “Experts” panel and a frequent commentator in the media. [...]

By |2020-12-06T19:54:19-08:00November 10, 2020|Past Speaker, Speaker|Comments Off on Enduring Power of Generations – November 10th, 2020
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