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