Leadership

Executive Team

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LYNNE K. VARNER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Read Lynne’s September 2023 Staff Interview.

Lynne K. Varner is the Chief Executive Officer…

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Lacie West-Wilder
Chief Strategy and Operations Officer

Lacie West-Wilder is the Chief Strategy and Operations Officer at Washington STEM.

Lacie is a Seattle native…

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JENÉE MYERS TWITCHELL, PHD
CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

Read Jenée’s February 2023 Staff Interview.

Jenée Myers Twitchell serves as the Chief Impact…

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Min Hwangbo
Min Hwangbo
Interim Chief Impact Officer

Min Hwangbo serves as the Interim Chief Impact Officer at Washington STEM, leading the organization’s work around…

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Board of Directors

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MARY SNAPP
BOARD TREASURER

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Office of the President, Microsoft

Mary Snapp brings her experience and perspective from…

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MICHELLE JUDSON
BOARD CHAIR

Former VP Resource Appraisal BP (retired) and NW Washington STEM Network Director. Lecturer at the Institute for…

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DR.
CHRISTINE JOHNSON
BOARD SECRETARY

Retired, Chancellor, Community Colleges of Spokane

As Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS) Chancellor, Dr. Christine Johnson led…

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DAMIEN PATTENAUDE, EdD
Governance Committee Co-Chair

Superintendent, Renton School District

Damien Pattenaude is Superintendent of the Renton School District. He is a product…

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Ashley Ruiz
Governance Committee Co-Chair

Ashley Ruiz is the Vice President of Social Impact at McKinstry – a national leader in designing,…

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Katherine Morgan

Katherine Morgan is an adjunct faculty member and PhD candidate at the Gonzaga University School of Leadership…

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Jennifer Daquiz Hare

Executive Vice President, Managing Director – Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking, PNC Bank Inc.

Jennifer Daquiz…

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Liz Tinkham

Former Senior Managing Director, Accenture; Professor, University of Washington Foster School of Business

Liz Tinkham is a…

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MARY WAGNER, PHD

President, MK Wagner and Associates, Inc.; Former Senior Vice President of Global Product Innovation, Food Safety and…

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Mia Tuan, PhD

Dr. Mia Tuan has been the Dean of the University of Washington College of Education since 2015…

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PEDRITO MAYNARD-ZHANG, PhD

Senior Research Scientist, Amazon Future Engineer, Amazon

pedrito maynard-zhang is a Sr. Research Scientist on the Amazon…

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