Non-Voting Chair

Karen Seinfeld, Former Presiding Chief Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals

Media Members

Mike Flynn, former President & Publisher, Puget Sound Business Journal

Peter Horvitz, Chairman, President and CEO, Horvitz Newspapers, Inc.

John Knowlton, Journalism Instructor, Green River Community College, Auburn

Erik Lacitis, Staff Writer, The Seattle Times

Martin Neeb, General Manager Emeritus, KPLU-FM

David Schaefer, former Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Port of Seattle

Public Members

Everett Billingslea, Vice President, Administration & Legal Affairs, Lynden Inc.

Steve Boyer, Senior Vice President, Rockey Hill & Knowlton

Suzie Burke, President, Fremont Dock Company

Michael Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Marine Trade Association

Pedro Celis, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft

Scott Forslund, Vice President of Communications, Premera Blue Cross.

Margo Gordon, Former Dean, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington

Dr. Eddie Reed, Curriculum Specialist/Teacher, Cleveland High School

Sandy Schoolfield, Community Volunteer

Chris Villiers, Employee, Engineering & Manufacturing Communications Director, Boeing

Current Officers of WNC (elected Jan. 26, 2008)

President: Suzie Burke

Vice President: Martin Neeb

Treasurer: Michael Campbell

Secretary: Peter Horvitz

Past President: David Schaefer

Members Emeritus of WNC

(NOTE: Members serve for 3-year terms, with a maximum of two terms.)

John Andrist, General Manager, North Cascades Broadcasting, Omak

Dr. Richard Baxter, Baxter Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Don Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business, Olympia

Larry Cali, former Reporter, KING-TV News

Thomas C. Cock, Jr., Host, Serious Money, KCTS-9 TV

George Cole, former Development Officer, Central Washington University

John Dimitriou, Owner/Operator, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley

Tom Downey, Vice President of Communications, Boeing

Carolyn Duncan, Communications Director, King County Executive Ron Sims

Charles Dunsire, former Editorial-Page Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Stan Emert, Director of Community Relations, Symetra Financial

Sue Frause, Freelance writer, Whidbey Island

Bill Gates Sr., Chairman and CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Carver Gayton, Director, Northwest African American Museum Ann Goos, Director of Development, AgForestry Education Foundation

Susan Han, Senior Producer, KCTS-9 TV

Susan Braukus Hempstead, Local Government and Community Relations Manager, Puget Sound Energy

Patricia Herbold, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore

Jill Hodges, former Producer, ABCNEWS.com

Walter Howe, Past President, Washington Roundtable

John Irby, Editor, Bismarck (ND) Tribune

Pat Jenkins, Editor, Federal Way Mirror

Sandeep Kaushik, former Deputy Communications Director, King County Executive Ron Sims

Cyrus Krohn, E-Campaign Director, Republican National Committee
Jonathan Lawson, Executive Director, Reclaim the Media

Barry Mitzman, Director, Center for Strategic Communications, Seattle University

Robert T. Nelson, Spokesman, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Charles G. Nordhoff, Principal, Rainier Strategies

Clayton Park, former Business Editor, King County Journal

Mike Poulson, Farmer and Consultant, Connell
Chuck Rehberg, former Associate Editor, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane

Herb Robinson (deceased), former Editorial-Page Editor, The Seattle Times

Jennifer Roseman, Communications Director, Sisters of Providence (Spokane)

Cliff Rowe, Professor of Communication, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma

Randy Scott, Principal, OlyAccess, Olympia

Paula Selis, Senior Counsel, Consumer Protection Division, WA State Attorney General's Office

Stephen Silha, Writer and Director, Journalism That Matters

Fawn Spady, Co-owner, Dick's Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

Wes Uhlman, President, Wes Uhlman & Associates

Robert Utter, former State Supreme Court Justice

Ted Van Dyk, Writer and former Columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

William Van Valkenberg, Chief Legal Officer, Day-Jet Corporation

Roz Y. Woodhouse, President, Anchorage (AK) Urban League
Mark Wright, Anchor, Q13 Fox News

Cindy Zehnder, Chief of Staff for Gov. Christine Gregoire, Olympia