Dr. Suzy

Ames
Board Chair

President Peninsula College

Port Angeles WA

Dr. Suzy Ames is the 7th President of Peninsula College. Since joining the college, she was selected as Secretary of the Board for the Clallam County Economic Development Council and as a member of the North Olympic Health Network Board and Washington State Leadership Board, and to the Executive Board for West Sound STEM. Prior to joining Peninsula College, she worked at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland, WA for 7 years in a variety of instructional administration roles. She has worked as an administrator at four community and technical colleges in the state and for the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership for Change from Fielding Graduate University, an MBA from City University, and two bachelor’s degrees in Communications and Political Science from the University of Washington.

Sean

Worthington

Board Vice-Chair

General Manager Clallam PUD, Sequim, WA

Sean has a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Business Management from WSU. He came to the PUD District in 2013 as the Customer Service Supervisor and was then promoted to Customer Service Manager. In 2018 Sean was promoted to Finance Manager/Treasurer. Sean serves on the Port Angeles School District Capital Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the District, Sean owned and operated his own construction company in Eastern Washington and worked for more than 8 years throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho at one of the nation’s largest financial institutions.

Caleb

McMahon

Board Secretary

Director of Economic Development

Port of Port Angeles

Port Angeles WA

Caleb's background includes working in large scale capital and real estate development (up to 3.7 billion single project) from the private and public sector. He has his bachelor’s in International Finance and Economics, Juris Doctor (Real Estate and Intl. Transactions) and graduate of the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute. Experience in finance, economics, public policy, market research and management.

Andra

Smith

Board Treasurer

Executive Director

Sequim Food Bank

Sequim WA

As Executive Director of the Sequim Food Bank since 2016, Andra is passionate about food equity and access. She is committed to the vision that “No one goes hungry in our community” and utilizes her business background to pursue that goal. She is a gifted collaborator and works to build relationships with all community members. Andra serves as leader on several local and state boards and committees: Washington Food Coalition; Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition;  Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church Mission Endowment; Sequim Health and Housing Collaborative; Peninsula Food Coalition and Sequim Cares.

Darryl

Wolfe

Board Member

Chief Executive Officer 

Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, WA

Darryl Wolfe is the CEO of Olympic Medical Center, the largest employer in Clallam County and the community's public hospital district.

As the leader of OMC, Darryl encourages his 1,700+ team of healthcare workers to continue learning and growing as they bring excellent healthcare to patients on the Peninsula.

W Joe

Allen

Board Member

Executive Director

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe EDA

Sequim WA

Joe Allen has a demonstrated history of working in Tribal Economic Development & Casino Gaming. Skilled in Operations Management, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Budgets, Hospitality Industry, Team Building, and Leadership. Allen a strong Tribal Business professional with a MBA from Washington State University - Carson College of Business.

Nathan

West

Board Member

City Manager

Port Angeles WA

City Manager for the City of Port Angeles since 2018. Nathan oversees the administrative and executive functions for the city. Prior to taking this position Nathan was responsible for the community and economic development department of the city responsible for the building, economic development, planning and cultural resources division of the city. In his various roles he has accumulated over 25 years of experience in local government-based community involvement and implementation.

Todd

Feinstein

Board Member

Attorney Feinstein Law

Sequim WA

Todd founded Feinstein Law in 2012 to focus on assisting companies, their officers, and their attorneys with securities compliance and legal issues, resolving to stand by each client through every step of complicated processes. Additionally, Todd has worked as broker, market maker, compliance officer, options principal, broker principal, and head trader for a panoply of boutique and regional broker/dealers. 

Matt

Huish

Board Member

City Manager

Sequim, WA

Matthew Huish began employment as Sequim City Manager on November 1, 2021. Matt previously served as Chief Administrative Officer for Sandy, Utah. Before working in local government, Matt enjoyed an extensive and successful career in the healthcare industry in both the public and private sectors. His career includes serving as a corporate officer in a Fortune 500 public company, an administrator at the University of Utah Medical Center, and owner/operator of multiple start-up ventures.

Michael

McQuay

Board Member

Business Owner at Kokopelli Grill, Hook & Line Pub, & Coyote BBQ Catering, Port Angeles, WA City Manager Sequim, WA

Owner & Chef Michael opened the doors to Kokopelli Grill in December 2009. Moving here from Texas bringing some of the south with him. Chef Michael's focus is serving the best local seafood, produce and meats. Food is hand crafted and has combined flavors of the Southwest to bring the best the Northwest has to offer.

Eran

Kennedy

Board Member

Regional Publisher

Sound Publishing Sequim, WA

Eran has been a media professional for the past 36 years and is the Olympic News Group's Publisher of the Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum. A graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, she began her career in Vancouver, B.C. with Black Press Media and later she moved to Hawaii when the company purchased the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and MidWeek Publications. Prior to returning to Black Press Media and Sound Publishing in 2018, she was appointed marketing director for the Building Industry Association of Hawaii as well as the North Peninsula Building Association.

Eran has served on nonprofit boards including Dale Turner YMCA, Horizon School Board elsewhere and currently holds the position of president-elect of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Colleen

Robinson

Board Member

Chief Executive Officer

Habitat for Humanity

of Clallam County

CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County since May 1, 2017. Colleen serves as the Secretary for the Habitat for Humanity WA Affiliate Support Organization and was appointed to Habitat for Humanity International U.S. Council, July 1, 2020. Colleen chairs as the Youth Services Director as a member of the Sequim Sunrise Rotary. Robinson is an advisor to a thriving Interact Club at Sequim High School. Colleen is passionate about affordable home ownership and loves serving her community locally and globally.

Marc
Abshire

Board Member

Executive Director

Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce

Port Angeles, WA

Marc grew up in Port Townsend and attended the U.S. Air Force Academy. Marc later received a master’s degree from the University of Colorado. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force in 2002. Upon retirement, Marc spent several years as a corporate communications executive with a variety of companies in the Washington, DC. Prior to moving back to the Olympic Peninsula in 2014, Marc was VP of Communications for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Christian

Meinig

Board Member

Division Director

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sequim WA

Christian is the Director of the Coastal Sciences Division (CSD) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Sequim, WA. He was appointed by Governor Inslee in 2022 to the Washington Coast Marine Advisory Council to work on ocean policy, planning, and management issues on the WA Pacific coast. Prior to joining PNNL in 2022, Chris served as the Director of Engineering at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab in Seattle for over 20 years. Prior to that, he was a project engineer and ship’s officer on thirty major research cruises in polar, equatorial, and coastal waters. He also worked collaboratively in transitioning 6 technologies to industry, US and foreign governments. In 2020 he was part of a team that won the US Dept of Commerce Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award for integrating a CO2 system into the first uncrewed vehicle to circumnavigate Antarctica. Chris earned a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.

Perry
Knudson

Board Member

Managing Director, Brix Marine, Port Angeles, WA 

Perry Knudson is the Managing Director at Brix Marine. Established in 1991, Brix Marine has earned a reputation for crafting rugged aluminum catamarans and workboats. Brix joined the Bryton Marine Group in 2017 fortifying the company’s focus on its core values and a strategic plan for the future.  The company employs 50+ people in the boat building trades and looks to continue growing in Port Angeles. Perry and his family live in Port Angeles, and they are proud to make the Olympic Peninsula their home.

Bud

Denney

Board Member

Community Planning and Economic Development Manager, Makah Tribe, Neah Bay, WA 

Bud has been the Community Planning and Economic Development Manager for the Makah Tribe from 2012 to present. 

His accomplishments have been the Updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and he is currently involved in the planning for transportation and local tourism.

Melene

Bourm

Board Member

Surgery Manager Forks Community Hospital

Forks WA

Melene is a Registered Nurse at Forks Community Hospital, 44 years. She has been providing medical services as an RN since July 1978. Melene serves as the Forks Chamber Board Secretary and West End Representative – EDC.

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