Board Leadership

Chapter Board of Directors

Dave Hill - Chair

President & Managing Partner

Sonata Capital Group

James W. Gustafson - Treasurer

Retired, Sr. Vice President

Washington Natural Gas

Derek D. Crick - Secretary

Attorney

K & L Gates

Helen Emery, MD - Chair Elect

Professor of Pediatrics

Section Chief, Rheumatology

Seattle Children's Hospital Pediatric Rheumatology

Ruth Martens Scott - Immediate Past Chair

Retired, President

Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association

Kurt Beidler

Senior Manager, Business Development

Amazon.com

R. Peter Bonafede, MD

Medical Director

Providence Arthritis Center, Portland, OR

Roger Bourm

Bourm Properties

Stacie Byars

Senior Associate

WeissComm Partners

Patti McKinnell Davis

Director, Public Affairs

Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association

Patricia Kach

Retired, Vice President

Union Bank of California

Paul Manner, MD, FRCSE

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Washington

Paul Meyer

Director, Automotive Sales

Airbiquity, Inc

Peter Mohai, MD

Rheumatologist, President

Minor and James Medical

Erin Shpherd-Ham

State of Alaska

Division of Personnel & Labor Relations

Lynne Slauson, RN, MS

Area Business Specialists

Centocor

Larry Wienkers, PhD

Senior Director, Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism

Amgen

Kimberly Worth

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist

Judi Yazzolino

Community Volunteer