WASHINGTON NEWS COUNCIL
Board of Directors
Working board responsible for development, governance, strategy
Chair: Suzie Burke, President, Fremont Dock Company
President: John Hamer, former WNC Executive Director
Vice President: Martin Neeb, General Manager Emeritus, KPLU-FM
Treasurer: Olivia Lippens, President, Clear Channel Outdoor
Secretary: Shannon Frew, Communications Director, Commercial Aviation Services, Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company
Everett Billingslea, Vice President, Administration/Legal, Lynden Inc.
Pedro Celis, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft
Scott Forslund, Vice President of Communications, Premera
Scott Vokey, General Counsel, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company
Hearings Board
“On call” in case of hearings; includes Members Emeritus of WNC
Chair: Karen Seinfeld, Former Presiding Chief Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals; Judge Pro Tem, State Supreme Court
John Andrist, General Manager, North Cascades Broadcasting Co.
Dr. Richard Baxter, Owner, Baxter Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Steve Boyer, Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton
Don Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business
Larry Cali, former Reporter, KING5-TV News
Michael Campbell, Owner, Elliott Bay Events
Thomas C. Cock, Jr., CEO of Vestry, radio/TV financial journalist
George Cole, President, Media West Inc.
John Dimitriou, Owner, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Tom Downey, Vice President of Communications, The Boeing Company
Carolyn Duncan, Senior Associate, Public Affairs, The Frause Group
Charles Dunsire, former Editorial-Page Editor, Seattle P-I
Stan Emert, Director of Community Relations, Symetra Financial
Mike Flynn, former Publisher, Puget Sound Business Journal
Sue Frause, Freelance writer/blogger, Whidbey Island
Bill Gates Sr., Chairman and CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carver Gayton, former Director, Northwest African American Museum
Ann Goos, Director of Development, AgForestry Education Foundation
Margo Gordon, former Dean, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
Susan Han, former Senior Producer, KCTS9-TV
Susan Braukus Hempstead, Local Government and Community Relations Manager, Puget Sound Energy
Patricia Herbold, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
Jill Hodges, Health and science freelancer writer
Peter Horvitz, Chairman, President and CEO, Horvitz Newspapers
Walter Howe, Past President, Washington Roundtable
John Irby, Editor, Bismarck (ND) Tribune
Pat Jenkins, former Editor, Federal Way Mirror
Sandeep Kaushik, political consultant and co-founder, Publicola
John Knowlton, Journalism Professor, Green River Community College
Cyrus Krohn, Director, Local Programming, The Microsoft Network
Erik Lacitis, Staff Writer, The Seattle Times
Jonathan Lawson, Executive Director, Reclaim the Media
Barry Mitzman, Director, Center for Strategic Communications, Seattle University
Robert T. Nelson, former Spokesman, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Charles G. Nordhoff, Principal, Rainier Strategies
Clayton Park, former Business Editor, King County Journal
Mike Poulson, Legislative Aide, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Dr. Eddie Reed, Curriculum Specialist/Teacher, Cleveland High School
Chuck Rehberg, former Associate Editor, The Spokesman-Review
Jennifer Roseman, former Communications Director, Sisters of Providence
Cliff Rowe, Professor of Communication, Pacific Lutheran University
David Schaefer, Director of Public Affairs, Woodland Park Zoo
Sandy Schoolfield, Community Volunteer
Randy Scott, Principal, OlyAccess
Paula Selis, Senior Counsel, Consumer Protection Division, WA State Attorney General’s Office
Stephen Silha, Filmmaker and Director, Journalism That Matters
Fawn Spady, Co-owner, Dick’s Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
Wes Uhlman, President, Wes Uhlman & Associates
Robert Utter, former Chief Justice, Washington State Supreme Court
Ted Van Dyk, Writer and Columnist, Crosscut.com
William Van Valkenberg, Attorney
Chris Villiers, Communications Director, Environment, Health and Safety, The Boeing Company
Roz Y. Woodhouse, President, Anchorage (AK) Urban League
Mark Wright, Anchor, Q13 Fox News
Cindy Zehnder, former Chief of Staff for Gov. Christine Gregoire
See also: About the Council and our Mission Statement
