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Board of Directors
Update: In March 2009, GP's Board of Directors had its first-ever board meeting in Nicaragua, witnessing firsthand the power of microfinance to transform people's lives. Read Margaret Larson's account of the trip.
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| GP board and staff during the March 2009 board meeting in Nicaragua. Photo credit: Margaret Larson |
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Dean C. Allen, President
Dean Allen, CEO of the McKinstry Co., has more than 30 years of experience in the design, construction and real estate industries in the Pacific Northwest. Under his leadership, McKinstry has grown from a mechanical contractor into a comprehensive design, build, operate and maintain enterprise with more than $400 million per year in revenues and over 1,600 employees. McKinstry is the premiere design/build mechanical and electrical firm in the region, complemented by extensive service, facility management and energy services operations in the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain region, Midwest and Southwest. Dean currently serves on the boards of the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Amara, and Seattle Children's Hospital in addition to the Washington Roundtable and the Partnership for Learning.
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| Christopher M. Alston
Christopher Alston is a member of the law firm of Foster Pepper PLLC, where he has practiced for more than 20 years. His practice focuses on litigation connected to distressed corporations and corporate reorganizations. Chris has been named a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics each year since 2001, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America each year since 2007. Chris is very active in the community, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the United Way of King County. As a member of that board, he serves on a number of committees and chaired a task on emergency preparedness to examine the effects the 2006 wind storm and how the region can be better prepared for the next disaster. For his efforts, Chris received the United Way of King County's Volunteer of the Year award for 2007. Chris received his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1989 and received his A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1985.
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Sherilyn Anderson
Sherilyn Anderson has been providing financial advice for 25 years. Currently, she is an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley's municipal finance group, and previously she was a Director in UBS' public finance group in Seattle for 15 years. In both cases, she advised municipal issuers in the western United States on large and complex bond transactions. From 2006 to 2010, Sherilyn was a Private Wealth Advisor at Goldman Sachs, advising high-net-worth individuals, families, and foundations on wealth mangagment, investment strategy, and investment selection. She started her career at Salomon Brothers Inc. in New York. Sherilyn has served on the boards of Zion Preparatory Academy, Child Care Resources and Seattle Girls' School. She has a B.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She resides with her husband and three children in Bellevue, where her two step-children are frequent visitors.
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Bill Clapp, Chair
A businessman with more than 30 years of experience running a variety of companies in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii, Bill Clapp co-founded Global Partnerships with his wife Paula Clapp in 1994. Bill retired from Matthew G. Norton Co., an investment holding company where he is still chairman, and became CEO of Global Partnerships in early 2001. In 2007, Bill and his wife launched the Seattle International Foundation. He then cofounded Global Washington, an association of organizations in Washington State engaged in international work. In 2002 he co-founded the Initiative for Global Development. In addition to serving on the boards of Weyerhaeuser and Alaska Airlines, he served on several community and nonprofit boards and has been actively involved in the microcredit industry since 1993. Bill served on many industry panels and advisory committees, speaking widely on development issues. He was also an investor in several early microcredit investment funds.
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Paula Clapp
Paula Clapp co-founded Global Partnerships in 1994 with her husband, Bill Clapp, to promote economic opportunity for people living in poverty in Latin America. In addition to her work with Global Partnerships, Paula is active in the Seattle community. She is a founding member of the Washington Women's Foundation, and vice president of the Seattle International Foundation. Paula holds a master's degree in counseling and has worked as a middle school counselor at Zion Preparatory Academy. Paula dedicates her time and energy to advocate for global poverty alleviation and to educate the community about the success of microcredit lending to eliminate poverty. Paula has served on the Nadine Foundation, Women's Funding Alliance Honorary Committee, St. Mark's Vestry and the Make a Wish Foundation. She is the proud grandmother of Cyrus, Darioush and Evelyn Clapp.
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Steve Davis, Secretary
Steve Davis is a senior advisor for McKinsey & Company’s global Social Sector Office, supporting clients on global health, development and philanthropy projects around the world, particularly in China. He also is a senior fellow at the University of Washington School of Law’s Intellectual Property Program, and sits on the board of several profit and nonprofit organizations. He recently served as the Interim CEO of IDRI (Infectious Diseases Research Institute, a Seattle-based non-profit organization focused on translational science for global health. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Corbis, a global digital media company. Steve had senior roles at Corbis from 1993 until 2007. Earlier, he practiced law with the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) in Seattle, specializing in intellectual property issues, and prior to that he held various positions in international refugee and human rights organizations.
He received his AB from Princeton University, his MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Washington, and his JD from Columbia University School of Law, where he received the Faculty Prize in international law. He has also attended certificate programs at Beijing University and Stanford Business School.
Steve currently serves on the boards of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Vice-Chair), PATH, The Seattle Foundation and Crucell (CRXL), and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously chaired the Technology Alliance, IDRI, NPower, United Way of King County, and the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar, and he has served on the boards of the United Way International, Alliance for Education, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, PlanetOut, Intrepid Learning Solutions, the Governor’s Competitiveness Council, and other organizations.
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Walter Euyang
Walter Euyang is retired chief operating officer of Headbone Interactive, a children's software company, where he was responsible for administration, finance, sales and marketing. From 1985 to 1993, he was a vice president at ABN AMRO Bank's Seattle Office, where he developed a portfolio of over $2 billion. He also worked for Bank of America in their Los Angeles International Banking Office. Walter attended Amherst College and graduated with an A.B. from Stanford University in 1979, where he majored in economics with a concentration in international development. In 1981, he earned an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Walter serves on the board of the New School Foundation.
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Curtis B. Fraser
Curt Fraser is the president of the Middle Market banking group of Chase Bank for the state
of Washington, providing accomplished local leadership and financial
solutions to companies with revenues between $10 million and $500 million.
He has 18 years of banking experience, all of it with Chase and its
predecessor organizations. Curt serves on the Board of Trustees for the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and has helped lead multiple short-term mission trips to rural villages in Central America to support various initiatives including education, clean water and health. Curt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa. He resides in Seattle with his wife and three children.
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Mike T. Galgon
Perceiving that online advertising was not advancing rapidly enough to meet the demands of marketers, Mike Galgon co-founded aQuantive, Inc. (formerly Avenue A, Inc.) in 1997 to drive the development of digital marketing and technology. As president and general manager of Avenue A from 1997 to 1999, he led the creation and execution of the company's business plan. Mike also served as acting chief technology officer for the company's Atlas DMT business unit from 2001 to 2002. Later, as aQuantive's chief strategy officer, Mike oversaw the company's strategic direction, including business development initiatives and marketing efforts. Prior to founding aQuantive, Mike served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1990 to 1994 and spent one year as a full-time volunteer with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University.
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Bert Green
Dr. Bert Green is a leading interventional cardiologist and has participated in the invention of numerous medical devices. He is active on the staff of Providence Medical Center, Swedish Hospital Medical Center and Highline Community Hospital, and has been on the Clinical Faculty of the University of Washington Medical Center. He received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the City University of New York and his M.D. from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Green lives with his wife, Alexandra Brookshire, and their three children in Seattle.
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Gregg Johnson
Through his firm, Johnson Consulting Associates, Gregg provides senior-level advisory and coaching services to a variety of for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Prior to starting his company, Gregg was a senior executive at Starbucks Coffee Company for more than thirteen years. In his most recent assignment as senior vice president of Global Business Systems Solutions, Gregg led a team of partners in creating transformational change and enabling worldwide growth by connecting people, process and technology. During his tenure he also served as Senior Vice President, US Stores and Senior Vice President, Emerging Businesses.. Prior to joining Starbucks, he was vice president of Volume Services, Inc., a recreational services company serving stadiums, arenas, convention centers and other high-volume food service operations. Gregg currently serves on several for- and non-profit boards, including the board of FareStart in Seattle and is a founding board member of Kitchens With Mission, a national network of social entrepreneurs working to provide foodservice career training for individuals with employment barriers. Gregg earned a bachelor's degree from the Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently lives in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Nancy and their two children.
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Matthew McBrady
Matthew McBrady is a managing director and a member of the Investment Committee at Silver Creek, where he oversees the firm's risk management and hedging activities, leading its investment efforts in non-traditional arenas, and contributing to its business development and strategic planning efforts. Before joining Silver Creek, Matt was at Bain Capital's North American Private Equity group, where he led due diligence efforts, assessed corporate strategies, and evaluated senior management teams for potential investments across a wide range of industries. Matt served as an international economist with President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisor,s where he helped formulate the administration's response to the 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis along with Nouriel Roubini. Subsequently, he was invited by then-Undersecretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, to become a founding member of the Treasury's new Office of Policy Review and Development. Matt holds a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University (with a concentration in finance), a master's in business economics from Harvard Business School, and a master of science in economics for development from the University of Oxford (UK), where he was a Marshall Scholar.
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Eddie Poplawski
Eddie Poplawski is the former president/CEO/chairman and sole owner of Anderson Chamberlin, Inc. (now known as Anderson Daymon Worldwide), Costco's in-house manufacturer's rep firm and the co-founder of CommercialCondos.com. At the present time, aside from his board role with Global Partnerships, Eddie sits on the board of The Moyer Foundation and three privately held companies (Aegis Living - Redmond, WA, Fast Water Heater - Kirkland, WA and Fitness Anywhere - San Francisco, CA). Eddie also serves on the Management Board for the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Eddie earned his undergraduate (BA - Economics & Human Biology) and graduate school (MBA) degrees from Stanford.
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Peter Torrebiarte
Peter Torrebiarte is Starbucks’ director of coffee sustainability and general manager of the Starbucks Coffee Agronomy Company. He serves as the lead representative in Central America and is responsible for the execution of sustainability programs, such as CAFE (Coffee and Farmer Equity) Practices, and other third party coffee certifications, including Fair Trade. Since joining Starbucks in 1997, Torrebiarte has also worked in global coffee trading, buying and analytics. Prior to Starbucks, Torrebiarte served as operations manager for a specialty coffee exporter in Guatemala, a vice president of marketing for a rubber manufacturer, and a stock broker at the Guatemala stock exchange. Torrebiarte received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the Universidad Rafael Landivar and has served on the board of directors of two major Guatemalan companies.
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Tom Waldron
Tom Waldron is a highly regarded business advisor and entrepreneur who founded Waldron & Company, a human capital consulting services company, in 1983. Tom has worked extensively with boards, senior executives, technical leaders and entrepreneurial leaders from a wide range of industries including biotechnology, financial services, software, retail, distribution and healthcare. He is a member of the Spherion Global Partners Board of Directors and is active in the community, volunteering on several nonprofit boards and serving on industry association boards and task force committees.
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Maggie Walker
Maggie Walker is a design and art consultant and civic volunteer who co-founded Social Venture Partners with her huband, Doug Walker. In addition to her service with Global Partnerships, she is president of the
Seattle
Art Museum
board, president-elect of the Seattle Foundation Board and chair of its Planning Committe; president of the board of the
Museum
of
History
and Industry; chair of the Bullitt Foundation board of directors; co-chair of the Prosperity Partnership's Cultural Task Force; and board member of the
University
of
Washington Foundation
. Among her many former leadership positions in nonprofits, she is a past president of the Board of Trustees of the Henry Art Gallery, past chair of the Woodland Park Zoological Society's board of directors, past chair of the board of the Washington Women's Foundation and past chair of ARTFAIR SEATTLE. She is also past vice president of the board of Washington Audubon and Seattle Children's Home. She and Doug are also chairing the Campaign for
Lake
Union
Park
. They share
a commitment to the environment, education and the arts.
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Robert R. Wright, Treasurer
Robert R. Wright is the chief executive officer and president of Matthew G. Norton Co.,
(MGN) and its subsidiary company, Northwest Building LLC (NWB). MGN is a privately held holding company that manages investments in real estate, private equities and marketable securities. NWB is among the top commercial real estate investment, development and management firms in the Pacific Northwest. Based in Seattle they have developed some of the largest industrial parks in Washington.
Bob has 20 years of senior leadership and management experience with a focus in the areas of real estate, tax and finance, in private industry and public accounting environment. His experience prior to Matthew G. Norton Co. includes serving as the Regional Managing Partner of Tax for Arthur Andersen and as the Chief Financial Officer of Brinderson Ltd., a construction and real estate development company. Bob received his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Bob currently serves as a member of the following boards: Matthew G. Norton Company, Expeditors International, Stimson Lumber Company, Seattle Pacific University School of Business and Economics, and the Northshore Baptist Church.
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