Visiting Committee


The Evans School Visiting Committee connects the school with the larger community. Committee members are volunteers who help us forge meaningful ties with students, alumni, donors, community leaders, and elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. Committee members also serve as mentors and role models for our students, and showcase the distinguished public and nonprofit service some of our graduates have come to exemplify.

Evans School Visiting Committee members for 2010-2011 include:

  • Virginia L. Anderson (MPA '75)
  • Sandra O. Archibald - Dean and Professor, Evans School of Public Affairs
  • Bobbe Bridge - President, Center for Children and Youth Justice
  • Linda Calbom - Western Regional Director, United States Government Accountability Office
  • Bill Center (MPA '78) - Rear Admiral U.S. Navy (retired)
  • John Chapple - Managing Partner, Hawkeye Investments LLC
  • Chuck Collins (MPA '70) - President, Colsper Corporation (retired)
  • Kerry Coughlin - Regional Director, Americas, Marine Stewardship Council
  • Nelson Del Rio - Del Rio Family Foundation
  • Maria Denny
  • Mark A. Emmert - President, NCAA
  • Ronald P. Erickson - CEO, Extreme Molecular Sciences
  • Angela Evans - Clinical Professor in Public Policy Practice, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
  • Daniel J. Evans - Chairman, Daniel J. Evans & Associates
  • Nancy Bell Evans
  • Robert Flowers (MPA '68) - Senior Vice President, Washington Mutual (retired)
  • Karen R. Fraser (MPA '69) - Senator, State of Washington
  • Diana Gale - Senior Lecturer, Evans School of Public Affairs
  • Helene Gayle - President/CEO, CARE
  • Christine Gregoire - Governor, State of Washington
  • Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney - Washington State Representative, 46th District
  • Scott Haskins (MPA '73) -  Vice President and Director, Tech, Quality and Innovation, CH2M Hill, Inc.
  • Frances Hesselbein - President and CEO, Leader to Leader Institute
  • John Hoerster - Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer, Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
  • Wendy Holden (MPA '76) - Principal, FlatWorld LLC
  • John R. Kephart - President/CEO Capital G Bank Limited
  • Neil L. McReynolds - President, McReynolds Associates, Inc.
  • Gregory J. Nickels - Distinguished Urban Fellow, Living Cities & Alternate Representative to the United Nations
  • David M. Olsen - Senior Vice President, Starbucks Coffee Company
  • Michael J. Phillips - Chairman, Altaira Wealth Management
  • Ann Pryde - Pryde Corporation
  • Constance W. Rice (MPA '70) - Managing Director, Knowledge Management, Casey Family Programs
  • Norman B. Rice (MPA '74) - President and CEO, The Seattle Foundation
  • Paul Rucker (MPA '02) - Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations and Executive Director, UW Alumni Association
  • Steven R. Sarkozy - City Manager, Bellevue, Washington
  • Colleen Willoughby - President, Washington Women's Foundation (retired) (Visiting Committee Chairwoman)
  • Tay Yoshitani - Chief Executive Officer, Port of Seattle
  • Richard A. Zais (MPA '73) - City Manager, Yakima, Washington
  • Cynthia Zehnder - Vice President, Washington State Governmental Affairs Division, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs

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