Board of Trustees

Harriet Bullitt

 Harriet Bullitt is a multi-talented entrepreneur and long-time supporter of the arts and environmental conservation in the Pacific Northwest. She and her sister assumed leadership of KING Broadcasting Company, founded by their pioneering mother, Dorothy, from the mid-1940’s until sale of the company in 1989. Harriet founded Pacific Northwest Magazine (now Seattle Magazine) and Pacific Search Press. She is the developer, owner and CEO of Leavenworth’s Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat, which opened in 1995. Reprising her interest in broadcasting, in 1999 Harriet founded KOHO FM radio in Leavenworth, purchased the Lake Chelan station, KOZI, and created the Icicle Broadcasting Company. She founded the Icicle Fund, a charitable foundation supporting the arts and environmental protection in the upper Wenatchee Valley. Harriet has served on many boards, including the Seattle Pacific Science Center, The Nature Conservancy, Reed College, Icicle Creek Music Center, Icicle Creek Watershed Council, and National Audubon. Harriet is Vice-Chair of the Bullitt Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Jabe Blumenthal

 A Seattle native and resident, Jabe graduated from Yale in 1982 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and went to work for Microsoft, designing the first version of Excel and becoming the company's first Program Manager. In 1994 he left Microsoft to teach mathematics and physics at his alma mater, Lakeside High School in Seattle, where he was the Head of the Science Department until the end of the 2003 school year.  Since then he has focused on environmental issues, especially climate change, and progressive politics.  He is on the board of Climate Solutions and Washington Progress Alliance.

Rod Brown

Rod Brown has advised decision makers on environmental law in Washington State for more than twenty years.  He is President of the Washington Environmental Council, whose board he first joined in 1986.  Most recently appointed to Governor Gregoire’s Committee on Transforming Washington's Budget, Rod also served on the Governor's Climate Action Team, and is a member of the board of Washington Conservation Voters. He was on the Blue Ribbon Commission for Transportation and has served on the boards of 1000 Friends of Washington (now Futurewise), Northwest Fund for the Environment, and the Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center.  Rod also is a director of Portland General Electric, Oregon's largest utility and the national leader in renewable power customers. In 2010 he was named "Seattle Environmental Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America. Rod practices law at the firm he founded, Cascadia Law Group PLLC.

Maud Daudon

Maud Daudon joined Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation (SNW) as President & CEO on February 1, 2002. On August 24, 2006, the Board of Directors of SNW appointed her Chief Executive Officer and President, promoting her from the position of Managing Director of Investment Banking and Municipal Sales and Trading. Prior to joining SNW, Ms. Daudon served for four years as Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff for the City of Seattle. Prior to this role, Ms. Daudon was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Port of Seattle. She gained significant experience in public finance by working for six years completing transportation and public works-related bond financings for a national investment banking firm from its New York and Seattle offices.

Ms. Daudon has a Master of Public and Private Management (MPPM) degree with emphasis on finance and economic development from Yale University and a bachelor's degree from Hampshire College. She was recently appointed Chair of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce where she also sits on the Executive Committee. Ms. Daudon serves as immediate past chair of the Seattle BioMedical Research Institute where she remains as a trustee, and was a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board from 2006-2009. In addition, Maud serves on the Governor's Higher Education Funding Task Force and on the advisory board for PATH.

Anne Fennessy

 Anne Fennessy is co-owner of Cocker Fennessy, a regional public affairs consulting firm in Seattle, and Adjunct Instructor, Cascade Center for Public Service, Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Previous to her work with Cocker Fennessy, she served as Communications Director and Senior Policy Advisor for former Washington Governor Mike Lowry, Communications Director for the Port of Seattle, and Press Secretary for former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer. Anne serves or has served on the board of Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, the Pike Place Market Foundation, and Washington State Sane. A native of Iowa, she holds a degree in Sociology from Iowa State University. Anne is the Secretary of the Bullitt Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Denis Hayes, President and CEO

For Mr. Hayes' complete bio, please refer to the Staff page.

Estella Leopold

 Estella Leopold is professor (emeritus) of Biology at the University of Washington. An active conservationist, Estella co-led the effort that established Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado. She was co-recipient Conservationist of the Year from Colorado Wildlife Federation, and recipient of an award from Keep Colorado Beautiful. She helped lead the effort in Colorado to fight the proposed dams in the Grand Canyon, and to prevent oil shale development on federal lands in western Colorado.

After Estella's PhD studies at Yale, she worked for the US Geological Survey as Research Botanist until coming to the University of Washington as Director of the Quaternary Research Center. Elected to the National Academy of Science, she has been an active member of the Global Change Board and the Human Dimensions of Global Change Board. Estella served on the national boards for Audubon, Environmental Defense, and The Nature Conservancy.

Michael Parham

Michael Parham is an Associate General Counsel at RealNetworks, Inc., a Web-based firm that provides a universal platform of delivery for digital media, on nearly any Web-enabled device. He is responsible for the negotiation of technology licensing agreements and provides legal counsel to senior management at RealNetworks on human resource matters, community, and governmental affairs.

Prior to joining RealNetworks, Michael was the Regional Counsel with IBM in Chicago, Illinois, responsible for managing IBM's Midwest region legal department. Michael began his legal career with the law firm of Chapman and Cutler in Chicago where he practiced in the area of corporate finance. Michael received his JD from the University of Michigan Law School.

Michael is an active Seattle resident, involved with the Loren Miller Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Governmental Affairs Committee of the WSA (formerly Washington Software Alliance). He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Seattle Public Library and Pike Place Market Foundations.

Doug Raff

Doug has long been a civic leader in the Seattle community. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Harbor Properties, Inc. He was appointed to the National Board of the Trust for Public Land in 1993. Doug was Chairman of the Seattle 2000 Commission, has served as director of Redhook Ale Brewery, Sasquatch Publishing Company, and Pacific Search Press, and has been a trustee for the Pacific Science Center, the Coalition for Open Government, the Seattle Architectural Foundation, the Corporate Council for the Arts, the Pilchuck Glass Studio, the Seattle Parks Foundation, and the Washington World Affairs Fellows.

Maggie Walker

Maggie Walker, a New Jersey native, attended Vanderbilt University, and earned degrees in History and Journalism at the University of Washington. She worked in the commercial furnishings and design industry for 15 years and has continued as a design and art consultant.

Maggie is very active in the nonprofit community and is especially committed to the environment, education and the arts. Her current activities include Chair of the Washington Women’s Foundation; board member, Seattle Foundation, Seattle Art Museum, and the University of Washington Foundation; President of the Seattle Chapter, ARCS; Vice President, Museum of History and Industry board; member of the Washington Board of Stewards, National Audubon. She is Past President of the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery board, past Chair of the Woodland Park Zoological Society’s Board of Directors, was co-founder with her husband of Social Venture Partners, and chaired ARTFAIR, Seattle for five years from 1991 to 1996. Maggie is Chair of the Bullitt Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Phyllis M. Wise

Phyllis Wise is serving as President of the University of Washington during the 2010-2011 academic year. She is the first woman and the first Asian American to hold this position. She also holds a faculty position as a professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biology. Her research interests focus on issues concerning women’s health and gender-based biology.  She has been particularly interested in whether hormones influence brains of women and men during development, adulthood, and aging.

Prior to her appointment as President, Phyllis served as Provost and Executive Vice President at the University of Washington. As chief academic and budgetary officer, she provided leadership in educational and curriculum development, formulation and allocation of budget and space, long-range strategic planning, and management of the University’s research programs.

Phyllis holds a bachelor’s degree and an honorary doctorate from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In 2008, she was elected to the Institute of Medicine. She has dedicated much of her career to mentoring students and junior faculty, particularly minorities and women. Phyllis is Treasurer of the Bullitt Foundation’s Board of Trustees.