Advisory Board

Founded by Bill Ruckelshaus, the Center is guided by an Advisory Board consisting of prominent leaders and representing various interests.

* Executive Committee Member
** Development Committee Member
+ Ex-Officio Member

Founder

Bill Ruckelshaus (1932-2019) Madrona Venture Group

Honor Circle

Jack Creighton (1933-2020) Madrona Venture Group	Billy Frank Jr. (1931-2014) Nisqually Indian Tribe
Bill Gates Sr. (1925-2020) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Slade Gorton (1928-2020) Former United States Senator

Emeritus Board

Phyllis Campbell J.P. Morgan Chase (Retired)	Ralph Munro Former Washington Secretary of State
V. Lane Rawlins Former WSU President

Advisory Board

Elizabeth Cowles *,** The Cowles Company Advisory Board Chair Executive Committee Chair	Michael Brown *,** Seattle Foundation’s Civic Commons Advisory Board Vice Chair
Deanna Dawson *,** Association of Washington Cities Advisory Board Vice Chair	Ana Mari Cauce + UW President
Bruce Chandler + Washington State House of Representatives	Elizabeth Chilton + WSU Provost
Megan Clubb L’Ecole No. 41	Norm Dicks Van Ness Feldman
Bob Drewel *,** WSU Everett	Urban Eberhart Kittitas Reclamation District
Daniel Evans Former Governor of Washington State Former United States Senator	David Fleming Trust for America’s Health
Michael Gaffney WSU Extension	Jay Gordon * Washington State Dairy Federation
Christine Gregoire Former Governor of Washington State	Jerry Grinstein ** Madrona Venture Group
Dave Herrera Skokomish Indian Tribe	Sally Jewell Former US Secretary of the Interior  UW College of the Environment
Eric Johnson Washington State Association of Counties	Joe King * Joe King & Associates
Martha Kongsgaard ** Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation Development Committee Chair	John Lovick Washington State Senate
Nicholas Lovrich Washington State University (Retired)	Vicki McCracken *,+ WSU Extension
David McShea ** Perkins Coie (Retired)	Bill Neukom K&L Gates
Wendy Powers + WSU CAHNRS	Heather Redman Flying Fish Partners
Mary Ruckelshaus * Natural Capital Project	Jodi Sandfort + UW Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Kirk Schulz + WSU President	Tricia Serio + UW Provost
Vandana Slatter + Washington State House of Representatives	Nick Streuli Strategies 360
Brian Surratt * Greater Seattle Partners	Jim Waldo Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP
Paul Ward * Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Judy Warnick + Washington State Senate
Cindy Zehnder * Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs

Updated on November 20, 2023