OVERVIEW

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Elisha Bell is the Program Financial Investment Partner: Global Health for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. she is a Senior Financial, Strategy, and Business Process Specialist with extensive experience in Non-Profit Industries.

Aaron has been a theatre director for 47 years and has directed for theatres across the U.S. Productions of his have been nominated for the NY Drama Desk Award, and is a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Washington and in London studied under James Dodding and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Lois has designed organizational change programs, created and implemented operational and strategic goals, and created collaborative partnerships for such companies as Starbucks, Citibank, and Safeco.

Karen was the Founder & Artistic Director of ArtsWest. She studied with the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. A member of the Dramatist Guild, she was one of 50 writers selected to be part of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive.

Andrew most recently worked for Intellectual Ventures as Director of Investor Relations and Lead Portfolio Architect, managing the portfolio construction & acquisition in the Enterprise Software & Data Center industries. He is currently the Director of Intellectual Property Development for NantWorks. He has 25 years of experience in technology, law & policy.

Mehdo  is a program manager for Microsoft, where he plans and strageizes datacenter development and portfolio globally. Having moved to this country in 2016, his background is industrial engineering. He has been an arts enthusiast all of his life and currently sings in the Puget Soundworks chorus.

David was the Controller of Seattle Theatre Group (The Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres) for 13 years and then the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for 5 years. Prior to this, he worked in corporate financial reporting and internal auditing for several local firms. He is a graduate of the Universities of Wisconsin and Washington.

Naghmeh received her degrees in drama from the University of Tehran. She has taught at the University of Tehran, Stanford, Saint Andrews University in Scotland, University of Kyoto, U of Washington, etc. Her plays have been produced in Iran, France, England, India, Canada and the U.S.

Elaine joined the Allen Institute for Brain Science in 2006 as a Scientific Program Manager. Her project portfolio included the Allen Human Brain Atlas. Dr. Shen is now the managing owner of Seattle Changing Room where her forcus is movement education.

Azadeh is an architectural designer for ZGF Architects LLP where she works on design development and construction drawings of a wide variety of buildings. Prior to this she worked as a graphic designer for Dialog, Sinclair Studio and Sandalack & Associates in Canada. She is a graduate of the University of Calgary.