“Great experience, learned helpful tips. Met amazing, influential women in Seattle and future women leaders of tomorrow.” – Senait C.
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
Gursharn Bagri, Undergraduate Student, University of Washington and NEW Leadership Puget Sound Staff Member
Chief Clerk Barbara Baker, Chief Clerks Office, House of Representatives
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
Grant Blume, Evans School of Public Affairs
Heidi Breeze-Harris, Co-Founder, Executive Director, One By One
Bobbe Bridge, Washington State Supreme Court Justice (ret.)
Lonnie Johns-Brown, Lobbyist
Phyllis Campbell, Chairman, Pacific Northwest for JPMorgan Chase & Company
Sally J. Clark, Seattle City Council Member
Arden Clise, President, Clise Etiquette
Mary Clogston, President, WA State Chapter, National Organization for Women
Jean Colman, Executive Director, Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
Eileen Concannon, Lawyer & Former Chair, Women’s Center Advisory Board
Kimberly Craven, Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Linda Danforth, District Director, Congressman Adam Smith
Patricia Davis, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Christine DiStefano, Political Science, University of Washington and former
NEW Leadership Puget Sound Director
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
Noel Frame, Washington State Director, Progressive Majority
Mary Gleason, Non-Profit Consultant, Mary Gleason Consulting
Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, State of Washington
Stephanie Grow, PATH
Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney, Washington State House of Representatives
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
Cynthia Hansen, Seattle World Affairs Council
Rosemarie Ives, Mayor of Redmond, WA
Pramila Jayapal, Founder and Executive Director, Hate Free Zone Washington
Lonnie Johns-Brown, Lobbyist
Deborah Jacobs, Seattle City Librarian
Clara Jimenez, Mayor of Toppenish, WA
Suzanne Keel-Eckmann, Co-Founder, GoGirl Academy
Kathy Keolker-Wheeler, Mayor of Renton, WA
Lynn Kessler, Washington State House of Representatives
Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State Senator
Kelsey Knowles, Graduate Student, University of Washington and former NEW Leadership Puget Sound Staff Member
Kathy Kreiter, Deputy Director, Washington Lottery
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
Jessica Markowitz, Founder, Richard’s Rwanda
Lori Markowitz, Founder, Youth Ambassadors
Dawn Mason, Washington State House of Representatives
Cathy Maynard, Speaker’s Attorney, Speaker’s Office – Chopp
Megan McCloskey, UW Women’s Center Advisory Board Member
Matthew McGarrity, Communication Department, University of Washington
Kimberly McKenna, Executive Director, Center for Family and Community Leadership, The Oceanside Institute
Lois McMahan, Washington State House of Representatives
Cathy McMorris, Washington State House of Representatives
Chris Megargee, Global Partnerships
Louise Miller, King County Councilmember
Liz Mills, YWCA
Linda Mitchell, President, National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington
Alene Morris, Co-Founder, University of Washington Women’s Center
Nancy Mueller, CEO, International Adaptations
Margo Myers, Executive Director, GoGirl Academy
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, Graduate Student, University of Washington, Former NEW Leadership Puget Sound Staff Assistant
Roberta Riley, Attorney, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
Andrea Riniker, Executive Director, Port of Tacoma
Denise Rollin, Human Resources Director, University of Washington Bothell
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director, MomsRising
Rita Ryder, Executive Director, YWCA
Majken Ryherd, Lobbyist
Therese Quinn, Trainer, Study Circles
Amy Schlachtenhaufen, Assistant Director, The Wilderness Society
Deborah Senn, Washington State Insurance Commissioner
Jennifer Smolen, Alumna; Owner, Monumental Events
Washington Supreme Court Justice Debra Stephens, Washington State Supreme Court
Lisa Stone, Executive Director, Northwest Women’s Law Center
Jamila Thomas-Roberts, Chief of Staff, House Democratic Caucus
Norma Timbang, Social Justice Consultant, New Transitions Consulting
Velma Veloria, Activist, Former State Representative
Kristi Waite, Brand and Social Strategist
Shirley Winsley, President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Tacoma City Councilwoman Victoria Woodard, Tacoma City Council
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.
