Executive Committee
Chair
Steve Vissotzky
Managing Director
Grand Hyatt Seattle & Hyatt at Olive 8
Past Chair
Chad Mackay
President & COO
Mackay Restaurant Group
Vice Chair
Darrell Bryan
President & CEO
Clipper Navigation, Inc
Finance Chair
Zahoor Ahmed
Vice President
R.C. Hedreen Co.
Mark Barbieri
Executive Vice President
Washington Real Estate Holdings LLC
Frank Finneran
President
Frank K. Finneran & Company
Craig Schafer
Owner
Hotel Ändra
Matt Van Der Peet
General Manager
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Directors
Jeff Blosser
President/CEO
Washington State Convention Center
Kevin Clark
President & CEO
Argosy Cruises, Tillicum Village & Royal Argosy
Howard Cohen
Vice President & General Manager
Clise Properties
Tom Douglas
Owner
Tom Douglas Restaurants
Yogi Hutsen
President & CEO
Coastal Hotel Group
Jane Kilburn
Director, Tourism Development
Port of Seattle
Leslie Kunde
Director, Customer Relations
The Boeing Company-Commercial Airplanes
Greg Lill
President and CEO
DeLille Cellars
Bret Matteson
President
Columbia Hospitality
Matt Murphy
Regional Vice President/General Manager
The Paramount Hotel Seattle
Carla Murray
Senior Vice President, West Region
Starwood Hotels
Kathleen Paulson
GM National Sales and Strategic Partnership
Pacific Northwest Region
Delta/Air France/KLM/Alitalia
Kati Quigley
Senior Director, Worldwide Partner Community Events
Microsoft Corporation
Ron Sevart
President & CEO
The Space Needle LLC
Shannon Sheron
General Manager
Red Lion Hotel on 5th Avenue
Tom Waithe
Regional Director of Operations
Kimpton Hotels & Resorts
Bill Weise
General Manager
Silver Cloud Hotel Seattle-Stadium
Jeffrey Wright
Chairman
Space Needle LLC
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 Seattles
Brad Walker
Walker & Associates