Speakers

The NHL’s 32nd franchise will take the ice in October 2021, returning professional hockey to Seattle. At NHL Seattle, Todd Humphrey is responsible for all technology that will be integrated into the New Arena At Seattle Center, the Northgate Headquarters and practice facility, and the NHL Team. He is also responsible for Fan Experience at the New Arena for hockey, concerts, basketball, and other events.

Since January 2004, Austin Jenkins has been the Olympia-based political reporter for the Northwest News Network. In that position, Austin covers Northwest politics and public policy, as well as the Washington State Legislature for the NPR/public radio stations of the Pacific Northwest, including KUOW and KNKX in the Seattle/Tacoma market. You can also see Austin on television as host of TVW’s (the C‑SPAN of Washington State) Emmy-nominated public affairs program “Inside Olympia.”

Prior to joining the Northwest News Network, Austin worked as a television reporter in Seattle, Portland, and Boise.

David Laub began his career with Arthur Andersen, in Seattle, where he worked in the audit division for 13 years, specializing in telecommunications and privately held corporations. He left Andersen to run an international fishing organization for 10 years. He was the CFO worldwide, with offices in Melbourne, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Hong Kong; Toronto, Canada; London, U.K.; Lisbon, Portugal; Moscow, Russia; Vladivostok, Russia; and headquartered in Kirkland, WA. He was the President of the U.S. operations.

For the past 10 years, David has acted as a CFO for many tech companies. Currently he is CFO of Cell Systems (Kirkland, WA), Native Network (Wenatchee, WA) and Valley Cold Storage (Burlington, WA). He is on the board of directors/advisors of Arena Sports, 2 bar Spirits, Sports IT, and  Polaera.

Dr. J. David Hawkins is Endowed Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington. He received his BA in 1967 from Stanford University and his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University in 1975. His research focuses on understanding and preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems. He seeks to identify risk and protective factors for health and behavior problems across multiple domains; to understand how these factors interact in the development of healthy behavior and the prevention of problem behaviors. He develops and tests prevention strategies which seek to reduce risk through the enhancement of strengths and protective factors in families, schools, and communities.

Elected in 2016, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz protects and manages nearly six million acres of public lands in Washington State — from coastal waters and aquatic reserves, to working forests and farms, to commercial developments and recreation areas. Commissioner Franz is committed to ensuring our public lands are healthy and productive, both today and for future generations.

Commissioner Franz is leading the push to make Washington’s lands resilient in the face of climate change, investing in carbon sequestration and clean energy with wind, solar, and geothermal infrastructure.

Joe Fain is the President and CEO of the Bellevue Chamber. He previously served two terms in the Washington State Senate, where he worked extensively on economic development, transportation, and education issues. Fain has also worked at the University of Washington office of technology transfer and commercialization, and as a deputy prosecutor for King County.

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead!” “I’ll pull an all-nighter!” There are many examples in our culture about the need for sleep being a weakness and something to be resisted. Some people admire those who can operate with little sleep, and consider people who get enough sleep “lazy.” But recent science is revealing the real reasons why we sleep and the physical and mental benefits that good sleep provides.

Armen Stein, Founder and President of J Street Technology, will review the latest findings ,and show you how getting enough sleep will enhance your health and work.

Captain John Deehr is a native of Warren, Ohio and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in 1982. He joined the Navy in 1985 and received his commission through Naval Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island in February 1986.

During his thirty years of active duty service, Captain Deehr served on board six different surface ships, in various positions, including executive as officer of USS Ogden (LPD 5) and USS Peleliu (LHA 5) and commanding officer of USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USS Peleliu (LHA 5).

As the Executive Director of the Tacoma Art Museum, Setford brings over 30 years of experience in museums and other arts organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom as a curator, director/administrator, and fundraiser. With an entrepreneurial and community-driven approach, Setford has also been instrumental in organizing exhibitions on a diverse array of iconic artists such as Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gordon Parks, Frida Kahlo, and Andrew Wyeth, as well as Northwest artists Jacob Lawrence and Dale Chihuly.

Bill was born in Seattle and attended Washington State University. He comes from a Rotary family — his grandfather was a distinguish Rotarian with Seattle 4 — so, in 1985, when Bill was invited to join the Rotary Club of Kirkland, he joyfully accepted. Bill was only 31 then, but he remembers the conversations and voting for women in Rotary and Polio Plus.

In 1990, Bill left “Wall Street” and decided to start his own company. Due to business requirements, he reluctantly left Rotary. In 1998, after relocating his firm closer to his home, he joined the Rotary Club of Mill Creek. Bill has held various Club and District positions and is a Paul Harris Society and Bequest Society member. His passion is helping other Rotarians follow their passion.