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.

Howard Frumkin

Howard Frumkin is Dean, and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Frumkin is an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist, and epidemiologist, who has worked in academia and public service. From 2005 to 2010 he held leadership roles at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first as director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR), and later as Special Assistant to the CDC Director for Climate Change and Health. During his tenure NCEH/ATSDR created programs in Climate Change and in Healthy Community Design; launched training programs for college students, doctoral students, and post-docs; expanded its Biomonitoring and Environmental Public Health Tracking programs; and launched its National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures. From 1990-2005 he was Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Emory Medical School.

Dr. Frumkin received his A.B. from Brown University, his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. from Harvard, his Internal Medicine training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge Hospital, and his Occupational Medicine training at Harvard. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and in Occupational Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Collegium Ramazzini and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Frank Greer 

Frank Greer, the founding partner of GMMB, has more than 35 years of experience in communications and advertising serving major foundations, public interest groups, labor organizations, corporations, and successful candidates for Congress, governor, Senate and the presidency.

He has provided counsel and communications services to public interest causes and foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and major efforts on education reform and environmental protection. Frank has also provided strategic advice to the campaigns of President Obama, President Clinton, and numerous governor, Senate, and congressional races across the country.  Internationally, he assisted with the election of Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom in 2007, advised then-presidential candidate Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in 1993, served as campaign media advisor to Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Havel in 1990, and assisted Chile’s pro-democracy campaign in 1987.

In 1972, Frank was a founder and board member of Amnesty International USA.  After attending the University of Maryland, he created and directed the Public Media Center in San Francisco, the nation’s first public interest advertising agency.

Frank lives in Seattle with his wife, Stephanie Solien, and their two daughters, Jacqueline and Lillian.

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.