Previous Speakers
Fall 2023 Speakers
Fall 2022 – Bellevue Speakers
Spring 2022 – Spokane Speakers
Vice President – Human Resources
Northwest Farm Credit Services
Chief Human Resources Officer
Wagstaff, Inc.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Providence
FALL 2021 – SEATTLE SPEAKERS
Executive Director
Washington Employers for Racial Equity
President & CEO
Puget Sound Energy
President
Slalom
2021 Virtual Event – Speakers
Founder & CEO
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
Executive Director of External Affairs
Office of the Governor
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Fortive Corporation
Fall 2020 – Spokane Speakers
Chairman
Cowles Company
CEO
AON Intellectual Property Solutions
Partner
Flying Fish
CEO
Ignite Northwest
Fall 2019 Speakers
Darren Alger
CEO
Unify Consulting
Kyle Smith
WSU Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Wendy Turner-Williams
VP, Information Management & Strategy
Salesforce
Lisa Young
Managing Director of Corporate Partnerships
Seattle Seahawks
Spring 2019 Speakers
Lisa Brown
Commerce Director
Washington State
Tyler Lafferty
Serial Entrepreneur
Dale Silha
Vice President Energy & Technical Services
McKinstry
Fall 2018 Speakers
Ann Ardizzone
Supply Chain Vice President
Alaska Airlines
Dan Spaulding
Chief People Officer
Zillow Group
Megan Hansen
Senior Vice President of People
MOD Pizza
Cole Morgan
CEO and Co-Founder
Snap! Raise
Previous Speakers
Fall 2017
Susan Mullaney
President
Kaiser Permanente Washington
Fall 2016
Brad Jackson
CEO & Co-Founder
Slalom
Fall 2015
Dr. Chip Hunter
Dean
WSU Carson College of Business
Fall 2014
John McAdam
President, CEO, and Director
F5 Networks, Inc.
Fall 2013
Dick Borgman
Chairman and CEO
Les Schwab Tire Centers
Fall 2012
Granger Cobb
President and CEO
Emeritus Senior Living
Fall 2011
Phyllis J. Campbell
Chairman
Pacific Northwest, JPMorgan Chase
Fall 2010
Joni Earl
CEO
Sound Transit
Spring 2010 (Spokane)
Thomas M. Fritz
CEO
Inland Northwest Health Services
Spring 2010
Elson S. Floyd
President
Washington State University
Fall 2009
Eric R. Spangenberg
Dean and Maughmer Freedom Philosophy Chair
WSU College of Business
Spring 2009 (Spokane)
Ted Baseler
President and CEO
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Fall 2008
Tod Leiweke
CEO, Seattle Seahawks
President, First & Goal Inc.
Spring 2008 (Spokane)
Jeff Pinneo
CEO
Horizon Air
Winter 2008
Colleen B. Brown
President and CEO
Fisher Communications, Inc.
Fall 2007
Bill Ayer
CEO
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Winter 2007
Sally Jewell
President and CEO
REI
Winter 2006 (Spokane)
Harold B. Gilkey
Chairman and CEO
Sterling Financial Corporation
Fall 2006
Bob Herbold
Executive VP and COO (retired)
Microsoft Corporation
Spring 2006
Richard Kovacevich
Chairman and CEO
Wells Fargo & Company
Fall 2005
Scott E. Carson
Executive Vice President, Sales
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Winter 2005
Blake Nordstrom
President
Nordstrom, Inc.
Fall 2004
Kerry Killinger
President, Chair, and CEO
Washington Mutual
