Brad Smith, Board Chair, meeting Opportunity Scholars at OpportunityTalks
About

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship consists of eleven members. Six members are appointed by the governor, three of which are provided by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

The governor also appoints five board members representing foundations or business and industry from our state’s most high-demand sectors including aerospace, manufacturing, health care, information technology, engineering and agriculture as well as philanthropy.

The board provides oversight and guidance including determining eligible education programs, legislative priorities, setting annual fund-raising goals and other duties and responsibilities. Learn more about the Board of Directors.

Brad Smith
WSOS Board Chair
Microsoft Corporation | Vice Chair and President
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AyeNay Abye
Tubman Health | CEO
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R. Miller Adams
Pier 70 Ventures | Managing Partner
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Scott Armstrong
Independent Advisor and Board Director | Former CEO, Group Health
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Beth Johnson
Coordinated Care | President and CEO
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Heather Kurtenbach
Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council | Executive Secretary
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Ihssane Mounir
Boeing Commercial Airplanes | Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain
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Jane Park
Tokki | Founder and CEO
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Julie Sandler
PSL Ventures | Co-founder and Venture Partner
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Pallavur “PV” Sivakumar
Curie.bio | Vice President, CSO Partner team
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Patrick Smith
B.T. Loftus Ranches, Inc. | CEO
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Would you like to address the Board of Directors during a quarterly meeting? Visit our public comment webpage.

Finance & Investment Committee

Brad Faulhaber
Microsoft Corporation | Senior Director, Global Treasury & Financial Services
Elisa La Cava
Trilogy Equity Partners | Principal
Bo Lee
Beacon Pointe | Partner, Senior Advisor
Jess Peet
Microsoft Corporation | General Manager, Scale AI Solutioning
Kendra Mathias
Amazon | Head of FP&A – Alexa & AGI Finance
Matt Rubright
JAM | Chief Customer Officer
Patrick Smith
B.T. Loftus Ranches | CEO
Joseph Walker
SVP, Absorb Software
Matt Wang
Pioneer Square Labs | Former Principal

WSOS Foundation Board of Directors

Jessica Peet
Microsoft Corporation | General Manager, Scale AI Solutioning
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Jolenta Coleman-Bush
Microsoft Corporation | Director, Microsoft Philanthropies
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Javania Polenska
Seattle Housing Authority | Deputy Executive Director
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Gina Breukelman
Boeing | Senior Manager, Northwest Region Boeing Global Engagement
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Yoko Shimomura
Shimomura LLC | Principal Consultant
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