Co-Chairs
Steve Nicholas, Director, City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment
Bradley Smith, Ph.D., Dean, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University
Panel Members
Katherine Baril, Director, Washington State University-Jefferson County
Russell Barton, Partner & Co-Founder, EKOS International
John Boonstra, Executive Minister, Washington Association of Churches
Senator Lisa Brown, Washington State Senate, 3rd Legislative District
Jim Darling, Executive Director, Port of Bellingham
Jim Davis, Commissioner, Douglas County PUD
Alan Durning, Executive Director, Northwest Environment Watch
Rich Feldman, Executive Director, Worker Center-King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO
K.C. Golden, Project Director, Climate Solutions
Peter Goldmark, Co-director, Farming and the Environment Project, WSU Trustee
Darrel Hillaire, Chair, Lummi Nation
Representative Fred Jarrett, Washington State House of Representatives, 41st Legislative District
Carol Jolly, Acting Director, Governor's Policy Office
Harvey Jones, CEO , Waterstone Brands
Eugene Kahn, President & CEO, Small Planet Foods
Karl Kupers, Farmer, K&J Farms
Terry Laggner-Brown, Director, Communications and Sustainability Initiatives, Washington Council on Int'l Trade
Mark Murray, Director of Public Affairs and Public Relations, Microsoft
Ben Packard, Director of Environmental Affairs, The Starbucks Coffee Company
Colonel Steven T. Perrenot,, Public Works, Fort Lewis
The Honorable Mike Price, Mayor, Town of Twisp
Andrea Ramage, Corporate Environmental Performance Manager, CH2MHill, Inc.
The Honorable Paul Schell, Former Mayor of Seattle, Strategic Advisor, NBBJ
Mary Verner, Executive Director, Upper Columbia United Tribes
Panel Facilitators
Lynn Helbrecht, Sustainability Coordinator, Governor's Executive Policy Office
Julie Bowen, Facilitator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
Panel Support Staff
Laura Blackmore, Sustainable Seattle
Andrea Imler, Sustainable Seattle