Joan Enticknap

Chair

Community Volunteer

Joan Enticknap retired from HomeStreet Bank in 2010 after nine years as president and chief operating officer. In addition to the KUOW Board, she serves on the University of Washington Business School Advisory board and the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District (PFD) Board. As a member of the PFD board, Joan was integrally involved in the building of Safeco Field.

Judith Endejan

Vice Chair

Shareholder in Graham & Dunn P.C.

Judy Endejan has been a communications/telecommunications/media attorney for more than 20 years, serving in both an in–house capacity (associate general counsel for GTE Communications; general counsel for Fisher Communications) and in private practice. She graduated with a B.A. in journalism and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Judy lives on Queen Anne hill in Seattle with her teenage son, Matthew.

Haeryung Shin

Secretary

Lawyer, Davis Wright Tremaine

Haeryung Shin is a corporate and business transactional lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP where she represents technology and high–growth companies and investors in all stages of the business cycle and chairs the Clean Technology Group. She specializes in corporate finance and technology transactions. Prior to her career in law, Haeryung was a singer/songwriter and session musician in New York City and Boston. She lives in Belltown with her husband and daughter.

Jon Eastlake

Treasurer

CFO, Delta Society

Jon Eastlake began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and subsequently has held senior financial positions in nonprofit organizations, including his current role as CFO of Delta Society. He has a M.S. in finance.

Norm Arkans

Ex Officio

Associate Vice President of Media Relations and Communications, University of Washington

Norm Arkans has worked at the University of Washington since 1979 and overseen the University's media relations program since 1985. He was named to his present post of associate vice president of media relations and communications in 2004, having served as associate vice president and executive director of University Relations from 1993–2004, and as assistant vice president for University Relations from 1985–92. Mr. Arkans received his A.B. from Franklin and Marshall College and earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English literature from UW, with a scholarly emphasis on Victorian literature.

Katharine Barrett

Anchor, Northwest Cable News

Katharine Barrett is an Emmy award–winning broadcast journalist who spent two decades with CNN as a correspondent, anchor and producer covering business and financial news in New York, and more recently general news from the Northwest. She now anchors occasionally on Northwest Cable News. Katharine graduated from Princeton University with a degree in politics and Latin American studies. She and her three children live on the Eastside.

Nelson Dong

Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Nelson Dong represents technology companies in international business transactions and investments — particularly those involving US export control or national security issues — at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, an international law firm. Mr. Dong is on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on US–China Relations in New York City and was the 2010 President of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association, the alumni group of White House Fellows. A public radio listener since the 1970s and he is married to Diane Wong, a former journalist. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his A.B. from Stanford.

Susan Feeney

Partner, GMMB

Susan Feeney is a partner at GMMB, a political, issue and cause communications firm. She joined the Seattle office in 2010. Susan co–leads the firm's strategic communications work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on education reform and policy advocacy. Prior to joining GMMB, Susan was senior editor for NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition." She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism at Syracuse University. Susan lives in Seattle with her husband Steve Hirsh and two sons.

Indranil Ghosh

Director of Marketing, Premera Blue Cross

Indranil Ghosh is the director of marketing at Premera Blue Cross, where he leads the advertising, branding, marketing communications, competitive intelligence and market research functions for Premera and its affiliate companies. Indranil received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in communication design with an emphasis on branding from Parsons School of Design in New York. An avid fan of public media, Indranil has experienced many "driveway moments" while listening to public radio. He lives in Seattle with his wife, two children and their retired racing greyhound.

Christian Halliburton

Associate Professor, Seattle University School of Law

Christian Halliburton is an associate professor at Seattle University School of Law, where he teaches courses in criminal law, constitutional law, criminal procedure, and law and religion. After receiving his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, he spent several years in private firm practice before joining the faculty at Seattle University in 2002. In addition to his teaching and involvement in the Seattle University School of Law community, Christian is actively involved in the protection and pursuit of individual civil liberties as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Wier Harman

Executive Director, Town Hall Seattle

Wier Harman is the executive director of Town Hall Seattle, a position he has held since 2005. In the early 1990s, he directed plays and was marketing manager at Seattle's Annex Theatre. While at Actor's Express Theatre in Atlanta, Wier won Best Director and Best New Talent awards from the local press. In addition to his artistic work, he spent five years in commercial radio (as national sales manager of KMPS in the early 90s) and written Fodor's Travel Guides of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. A native of Virginia, Wier is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1989) and studied directing at Yale School of Drama (1999). He is married to Barbara Sauermann.

Chris Higashi

Chris Higashi is program manager of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library, where she has worked since 1992. She co–founded and directs Seattle Reads, the library's widely–emulated One Book program, coordinating an annual author residency, developing the series promotional materials and reader's guide, and working with community partners. Chris coordinates the annual Washington State Book Awards and the A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History, among other literary and humanities programming. She is a native of Seattle. She lives in the Madison Valley with her two cats and a houseful of books.

Dennis Kenny

President, IlluminAge Communication Partners

Dennis Kenny is president of IlluminAge Communications Partners, a specialty communications firm that provides web, print and video products and services to health care, senior living and aging network clients across the country. Before founding IlluminAge, Dennis was an attorney and served as managing partner at Davis Wright & Jones (now Davis Wright Tremaine). He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and University of Washington Law School. Dennis is married to Diane Dray Kenny — they live in Seattle and are empty–nesters, having raised two sons, David and Danny.

Ben Klasky

Executive Director, Islandwood

Ben Klasky is the executive director of Islandwood, a unique 255–acre outdoor learning center located on Bainbridge Island. Prior to joining Islandwood, Ben served as the executive director of Net Impact, a global organization of MBAs using the power of business to address social and environmental challenges. Ben serves on the board of Camp Galileo (a large set of children's day camps in the Bay Area, which he co–founded) and the board of the Bainbridge Japanese–American Exclusion Memorial. Ben holds an MBA and a Master's in Education from Stanford University. He lives on Bainbridge Island with his wife and two young sons.

Maryfrances Lignana

Community Activist

Maryfrances Lignana is a community activist and an avid gardener who works with local plant organizations for native plant restoration. She is Board Chair of Earth Ministry, whose mission is to inspire and mobilize the Christian community to play a leadership role in building a just and sustainable future. She has more than 30 years experience in marketing and project management, including management and system analysis for Fortune 500 companies and the University of Chicago. Maryfrances is an enthusiastic supporter of NPR and a firm believer in its mission. She has an M.A. degree in library and information sciences from the University of Chicago.

Mike Mathieu

Chairman, Front Seat

Mike Mathieu is chairman and founder of Front Seat, the civic software company that created Walk Score™, the leading measure of neighborhood walkability. Prior to Front Seat, Mike spent six years as founder and CEO of All Star Directories, an INC 500–listed publisher of online and career school directories. During the 1990s, Mike was general manager of MSN.com and the MSN Search engine at Microsoft. He is a partner and former lead partner in Social Venture Partners, a leading venture philanthropy network. He holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in the history of science from Harvard University, and lives in Seattle with his wife and two kids.

Mark Mennella

Senior Advisor, Meridian Capital

Mark Mennella is a senior advisor for Meridian Capital LLC, a Seattle–based investment banking firm focused on providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and recapitalization advisory services to middle–market companies and offers its clients unparalleled cross–border capabilities through its affiliation with Global M&A. He graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in accounting and serves on the Board of Rotary Boys and Girls Club. Mark is an avid daily listener to KUOW and has been a NPR Council Member for three years. He and his wife Jody are the proud parents of twin boys attending USC.

Scott Poepping

Principal, Meridan Capital

Scott is the principal of Meridan Capital, an investment advisor which serves as the general partner of a local hedge fund. Before founding Meridan Capital, Scott spent five years with Talegen Holdings, a wholly–owned subsidiary of Xerox Corporation. In this capacity, Scott managed the treasury operations of the holding company and played a lead role in the management, reorganization and ultimate disposition of Xerox's financial services businesses and related subsidiaries to a series of foreign and domestic buyers. He holds a bachelor of science in business/computer science and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.

Susan Ward Potts

Community Volunteer

Susan has been involved with numerous non–profit organizations over the past 20 years, including the UW Foundation, the Seattle Children's Museum, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Arts and Lectures, and the YMCA. Susan is the past president of The ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists). She has been active in small–town politics as well as a planning commissioner, city council member and mayor of Medina.

Wayne Roth

ex officio

President & General Manager, Puget Sound Public Radio

Wayne Roth is the KUOW president and general manager. His public broadcasting career spans 40 years. He served on the board of National Public Radio and was chairman from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Roth is a co–founder and chairman of the board of the Station Resource Group, a national organization that provides leadership for public radio policy and development. He is a managing director of the Northwest News Network (N3).

Allan Steinman

Tax Principal, Bader Martin, P.S.

Allan Steinman is a tax principal specializing in closely held private companies and their owners with Bader Martin, PS. He has assisted in the development and implementation of investment and endowment policies of various not–for–profit entities. Mr. Steinman is affiliated with the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, Kline Galland Center (secretary of the board and chairman of the Finance Committee), past president of Temple Beth El, and secretary/treasurer for the Home of Peace Cemetery Association. Mr. Steinman received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Puget Sound.