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2009 Board of Directors

Advocates for Academic Excellence
Our Board of Directors is a broad-based group of civic, business, education and community leaders. Together, these multi-talented volunteers focus on higher academic achievement for all children in Seattle Public Schools.

George Griffin III, 2009 Chair

George Griffin is a passionate advocate for improving the lives of all Seattleites, having worked with, among other area organizations, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Habitat for Humanity, and El Centro de la Raza. George has been an especially powerful voice for closing the achievement gap in Seattle’s public schools. He is the founder of G3 & Associates, a public affairs firm, where he advises clients on media and community outreach strategies and government affairs.


George Griffin III, Chair
President & CEO
G3 & Associates, Inc.

Jane I. Blodgett
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Charles Blumenfeld

Executive Director of the University of Washington Alumni Association

Jonathan J. Bridge
Co-CEO, General Counsel
Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc.

Kenneth Bunting
Former Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Phil Bussey
President and CEO
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Fay Chapman
Community Volunteer

Erle Cohen
Chief Operating Officer
Garvey Schubert Barer


Matt Dailey
Community Volunteer

Michael DeBell

President
Seattle School Board

Pam Eshelman
President
Roosevelt High School Foundation

Lynnette Frank
Partner
Deloitte

Victor Fung
Executive Director, Process and Analytical Sciences
Amgen Washington

Robert L. Gerth
Community Volunteer

Peter Glidden
Regional President, Washington
Harris Private Bank








Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Seattle Public Schools

Ken Hamm

President & CEO
First Choice Health

Bradley Hoff
Member
Foster Pepper PLLC

Bruce A. Leader
Strategic Relations Group
Microsoft

Brent Lower
Senior Vice President and Director of Acquisitions
Washington Real Estate Holdings

Pam MacEwan
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs & Governance
Group Health Cooperative

Chase Morgan
Community Volunteer

Matthew Paddock
Managing Director, Investment Services
Metzler North America

Shane Philpot
Audit Partner
KPMG

Jena Thornton

Vice President, Hotels
Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, LP

Liz Vivian
Senior Manager, Global Corporate Citizenship
The Boeing Company

Bruce Williams
Chairman and CEO
HomeStreet Bank


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