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2012 Board of Directors

Leadership

 
Executive Committee
Chair
Chad Mackay
President & COO
Mackay Restaurant Group

Past Chair
Mark Barbieri
Executive Vice President
Washington Real Estate Holdings LLC
 
First Vice Chair
Steve Vissotzky
General Manager
Grand Hyatt Seattle and Hyatt at Olive 8

Second Vice Chair
Christina Orr-Cahall
CEO & Director
EMP Museum

Finance Chair
Zahoor Ahmed
CFO/Vice President
R.C. Hedreen Company        
 
Frank Finneran
President
Frank K. Finneran & Company

Craig Schafer
Owner
Hotel Ändra
 
Matt Van Der Peet
General Manager
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
 
Jeffrey Wright
Chairman
The Space Needle Corporation
 
Directors
Darrell Bryan
President & CEO
Clipper Navigation, Inc
 
Jeff Blosser
President & CEO
Washington State Convention Center

Kevin Clark
CEO & President/Owner
Argosy Cruises

Howard Cohen
Vice President & General Manager
Clise Properties
 
Tom Douglas
Owner
Tom Douglas Restaurants
 
Yogi Hutsen
President
Coastal Hotel Group
 
Jane Kilburn
Director, Tourism Development
Port of Seattle
 
Leslie Kunde
Director, Customer Relations
The Boeing Company-Commercial Airplanes
 
Greg Lill
President
DeLille Cellars
 
Bret Matteson
President
Columbia Hospitality
 
Carla Murray
Senior Vice President, West Region
Starwood Hotels

Kathleen Paulson
GM National Sales & Strategic Partnership
Pacific Northwest Region
Delta Air Lines, Inc

Ron Sevart
President & CEO
The Space Needle, LLC

Shannon Sheron
General Manager
Red Lion Hotel on 5th Avenue

Chris Sullivan
General Manager
Seattle Marriott Waterfront
 
Tom Waithe
Regional Director Operations
Kimpton Hotels & Resorts

Bill Weise
General Manager
Silver Cloud Hotel-Stadium
  
Advisory Board
Sally Bagshaw 
Seattle City Councilmember
Seattle City Council

John Creighton
Port of Seattle Commissioner
Port of Seattle

David Freiboth
Executive Secretary
M.L. King County Labor Council

Brad Walker