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

Ralph Munro Former Washington Secretary of State

V. Lane Rawlins Former WSU President

Advisory Board

Bob Drewel *,** WSU Everett Advisory Board Chair Executive Committee Chair	Phyllis Campbell *,** J.P. Morgan Chase Advisory Board Vice Chair
Michael Brown Seattle Foundation’s Civic Commons	Ana Mari Cauce + UW President
Bruce Chandler + Washington State House of Representatives	Elizabeth Chilton + WSU Provost
Megan Clubb L’Ecole No. 41	Elizabeth Cowles * The Cowles Company
Deanna Dawson Association of Washington Cities	Norm Dicks Van Ness Feldman
Urban Eberhart Kittitas Reclamation District	Daniel Evans Former Governor of Washington State Former United States Senator
Anne Farrell ** The Seattle Foundation (Retired)	David Fleming Trust for America’s Health
Jay Gordon * Washington State Dairy Federation	Christine Gregoire Former Governor of Washington State
Jerry Grinstein ** Madrona Venture Group	Heather Hansen Washington Friends of Farms and Forests
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	Vicki McCracken *,+ WSU Extension
David McShea ** Perkins Coie (Retired)	Bill Neukom K&L Gates
Wendy Powers + WSU CAHNRS	Heather Redman Flying Fish Partners
Mark Richards + UW Provost	Christine Rolfes + Washington State Senate
Mary Ruckelshaus * Natural Capital Project	Jodi Sandfort + UW Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Kirk Schulz + WSU President	Vandana Slatter + Washington State House of Representatives
Brian Surratt * Greater Seattle Partners	Michael J. Tate WSU Office of the Provost (Retired)
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 March 14, 2022