The Leadership Team

The Cascade Agenda is lead by a team of well respected business and community leaders, environmentalists and former elected officials for the four county region of the Puget Sound. Through their expertise and experience they will provide the strategy and support needed to secure the success of the Agenda.

• J. M. Allen, Managing Member, Allen & Company, LLC
• Sam Anderson, Executive Officer of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties
• Ernesta Ballard, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Weyerhaeuser Company
• Charley Bingham, Former Weyerhaeuser Executive
• Bruce Blume, Chairman and CEO, The Blume Company
• Rod Brown, President, Washington Environmental Council
• Phyllis Campbell President, Seattle Foundation
• Bob Drewel, Former Snohomish County Executive
• Gene Duvernoy President, Cascade Land Conservancy
• Larry Edwards Vice President of Site Services, The Boeing Company
• Billy Frank, Jr. Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
• Jerry Franklin Program Director, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
• Mimi Gates Director, Seattle Art Museum
• Jay Gordon Executive Director, Washington State Dairy Federation
• Stone Gossard Pearl Jam, Community Leader
• Denis Hayes President and CEO, Bullitt Foundation
• Ada Healey Vice President of Real Estate, Vulcan Real Estate
• John Howell Partner, Cedar River Group
• Sally Jewell President and CEO, REI
• Gerry Johnson Partner, K & L Gates
• Kate Joncas President, Downtown Seattle Association
• Ron Judd Public Policy Advisor
• Martha Kongsgaard President, Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
• Doris Koo President and CEO, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc
• Steve Leahy President and CEO, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
• Jerilyn McIntyre President, Central Washington University
• Ken Miller Washington Farm Forestry Association, Family Forest Foundation
• Colin Moseley Chairman and President, Green Diamond Resource Co.
• Steve Reynolds Chairman, President and CEO, Puget Sound Energy
• Norman Rice Vice Chairman of Capital Access, Former Mayor of Seattle
• John Rindlaub CEO, Wells Fargo, Pacific NW Region
• Charles Royer President, Institute for Community Change, Former Mayor of Seattle
• Bill Ruckelshaus Chair, Puget Sound Partnership, Former EPA Administrator
• Bob Santos, Former Executive Director of Inter*Im and Former Regional Director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Ron Sher Metrovation
• DeLee Shoemaker State Government Affairs Director, Microsoft Corporation
• Maryanne Tagney Jones Board Chair, Cascade Land Conservancy
• David Thorud Dean Emeritus, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
• Craig Ueland Former President and CEO, Russell Investment Group
• Tay Yoshitani CEO, Port of Seattle