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Foster Advisory Board

The purpose of the Foster Advisory Board is to provide the Dean of the Foster School with strategic and operational guidance, advice, and support in pursuit of the School’s purpose to better humanity through business.

Board Chair

Eileen OdumF
Former Exec VP & Group CEO
NiSource Inc.


Board Members

Dorrit BernF
Former Chair, President & CEO
Charming Shoppes Inc.

Zach Buchwald
Chairman and CEO
Russell Investments

Artie BuerkF
Former Managing Director
Montlake Capital

Robert ChristensenF
Retired President
PACCAR Inc

Gretchen Claflin
Retired President & CEO
Pacific Coast Banking School

Kathy ConnorsF
Community Volunteer

Neal Dempsey IIIF
Managing General Partner
Bay Partners

Kenneth D. DenmanF
Former CEO
Emotient

Tim EngleF
President
Saltchuk

Kemper Freeman
CEO
Kemper Development

Dan S. FultonF
Retired President & CEO
Weyerhaeuser Company

Lex N. GambleF
Chairman
Gamble & Associates

John GabbertW
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
ODIN + Co

Donald HeislerF
Managing Partner, Seattle
Deloitte

Rod Hochman, MD
Retired President & CEO
Providence St. Joseph Health

John Hogan
Owner
Citation Management Group

Yoon Hong HuhF
President & CEO
GS Engineering & Construction

Kelly A. Keller
Partner, Assurance
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mary A. KnellF
CEO, Washington & Western Canada Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo Bank

Stein Kruse
Retired Chairman & CEO
Carnival Corp.

Ross Linderman
Partner
KPMG

Larry Martinez
Chief Executive Officer
D.A. Davidson

Nate MilesW
VP of Strategic Initiatives
Eli Lilly & Co.

Eileen OdumF
Former Exec VP & Group CEO
NiSource Inc.

Mark Peek
Retired Chief Operating Officer
Workday Ventures

Joan Reukauf
President & CEO
Pacific Coast Banking School

Shelley ReynoldsF
CAO, VP & Controller
Amazon.com

Jeff RoeF
President & CEO
Premera Blue Cross

Joshua RodriguezF
Vice President
Goldman Sachs

Peter A. ShimerF
Senior Advisor to the CEO
Deloitte

Brooke SpearmonF
Director
Starbucks

Scott Strand
Retired Executive VP & COO
BECU

Scott Svenson
Chairman & Managing Partner
The Sienna Group LLC

Christian Tinder
Managing Partner, Seattle
EY

Clyde WalkerF
Senior VP, Human Resources
Continental Mills Inc.

Kelvin WestbrookF
President & CEO
KRW Advisors, LLC

Gary WipflerF
Retired VP & Corporate Treasurer
Apple

Annie Young-Scrivner
Former Chief Executive Officer
Wella Company


Emeritus Board Members

Patty Bedient*
Retired EVP and CFO
Weyerhaeuser

Susan J. Bevan*F
President
Bevan-Daddino Foundation

Jason Child*F
CFO
Arm

Thomas B. Crowley, Jr.*F
Chairman & CEO
Crowley Maritime Corporation

William B. Douglas*F
President
Douglas Fruit Company

Edward V. Fritzky*
Retired Chairman, CEO & President
Immunex Corporation

Michael D. Garvey*W
Retired Chairman
Saltchuk

Herbert M. Gould III*F
Retired President & Owner
Anthony’s Restaurants

Charles Hogan*F
Chairman
Citation Management Group

Lawrence P. Hughes*F
President
Seattle Service Company

Jim Kerr*
Retired CEO
D.A. Davidson

Firoz Lalji*
Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer
Zones

Peter J. Majar Jr.*F
Managing Director
TAP Advisors

Yoshihiko Miyauchi*F
Senior Chairman
ORIX Corporation

Donald P. Nielsen*F
Owner
Lumenal Lighting, LLC

Wayne Perry*F
CEO
Shotgun Creek Investments

Arnie Prentice*
Chairman
Kibble & Prentice

Katherine Regnier*
CEO & Founder
Coconut Software

Bruce Richards*F
Retired CEO, Richards Agency, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company
President of Evergreen Golf Management Co.

Steve Singh*
Retired Chairman & CEO
Docker, Inc.

Timothy Tasker*
Retired Managing Partner, Seattle
EY

Bradley D. Tilden*F
Chairman, President & CEO
Alaska Airlines

Nancy Zevenbergen*F
Founder and CIO
Zevenbergen Capital Investments


F UW Foster School Alumnus/a
W UW Alumnus/a
* Emeritus