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Bengui Aguilar, Sunnyside City Councilmember
Cathy Allen, Political Consultant and President, The Connections Group
Nancy Amidei, Faculty, University of Washington School of Social Work
Roula Attar, Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa team, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Sutapa Basu, Exective Director, University of Washington's Women's Center
Deepa Bhandaru, Graduate Student, University of Washington and former NEW Leadership staff member
Jennifer Belcher, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands
Katie Bethell, Assistant Director, MomsRising.org
Sandy Bjorgen, Director, Creative Conversations
Bobbe Bridge, Washington State Supreme Court Justice (ret.)
Sally J. Clark, Seattle City Council Member
Mary Clogston, President, WA State Chapter, National Organization for Women
Jean Colman, Executive Director, Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
Kimberly Craven, Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Patricia Davis, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Sue Donaldson, Seattle City Councilmember
Jenny Durkan, Attorney and Professor, University of Washington Law School
Maryel Duzan, Member, Board of Directors of the Center for Women and Democracy
Trish Millines Dziko, Co-founder and Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
Pamela Eakes, Founder and President, Mothers Against Violence in America
Gayatri Eassey, Associate Director for External Relations - Career Services, Seattle University
K. Joy Eckwood, Washington State Field Organizer for The White House Project
Lisa Fischer, Trainer, Final Touch Finishing School
Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, State of Washington
Jane Hague, Metropolitan King County Councilmember
Sue Hammell, Minister of Women's Equality, British Columbia, Canada
Cynthia Hansen, Director of the International Visitors Program, Seattle World Affairs Council
Judith Hightower, Seattle Municipal Court Judge
Jennifer Hill, Co-Chair, Washington State Women's Political Caucus
Lorraine Howell, Founder and President, Media Skills Training
Lonnie Johns-Brown, Lobbyist
Deborah Jacobs, Seattle City Librarian
Clara Jimenez, Mayor of Toppenish, WA
Kathy Kreiter, Deputy Director, Washington Lottery
Kathy Keolker-Wheeler, Mayor of Renton, WA
Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney, Washington State House of Representatives
Cynthia Hansen, Seattle World Affairs Council
Rosemarie Ives, Mayor of Redmond, WA
Pramila Jayapal, Founder and Executive Director, Hate Free Zone Washington
Lynn Kessler, Washington State House of Representatives
Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State Senator
Rachel Latta , Assistant Field Director, The Student PIRGs
Anne Levinson, Judge
Shaina Lord, Microfinance Accelerator, Unitus
Ann Macfarlane, Executive Director, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators and Creator, Jurassic Parliament
Darlene Madenwald, Principal, Orion Group Associates
Matthew McGarrity, Communication Department, University of Washington
Dawn Mason, Washington State House of Representatives
Lois McMahan, Washington State House of Representatives
Cathy McMorris, Washington State House of Representatives
Louise Miller, King County Councilmember
Nancy Mueller, CEO, International Adaptations
Judy Nicastro, Seattle City Councilmember
Assunta Ng, Publisher, Northwest Asian Weekly
Connie Niva, Chair, Washington State Transportation Commission
Lois North, Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board
Margaret Pageler, Seattle City Councilmember
Heather Pool, Graduate Student, University of Washington and former NEW Leadership staff member Diane Powers, Executive Director, Nativity House
Teresa Purcell, Founder, Purcell Public Affairs
Allison Rank, Staff Assistant, NEW Leadership Puget Sound
Roberta Riley, Attorney, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
Andrea Riniker, Executive Director, Port of Tacoma
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director, MomsRising
Rita Ryder, Executive Director, YWCA
Therese Quinn, Trainer, Study Circles
Amy Schlachtenhaufen, Assistant Director, The Wilderness Society
Deborah Senn, Washington State Insurance Commissioner
Jennifer Smolen, Alumna; Owner, Monumental Events
Lisa Stone, Executive Director, Northwest Women's Law Center
Shirley Winsley, President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Barbara Yasui, Trainer, Study Circles
Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk, Washington State House of Representatives
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* Listed titles and affiliations were current for participating leaders at the time of the institute with which they were affiliated. However, this information may not reflect current positions.