Board of Trustees
Leading Through Example
GSI’s Board of Trustees works to develop top priorities for the organization while adopting positions that support a healthy and vibrant region.
Chair
Carla Cicero
Numerica Credit Union
Chair-Elect
W. Stacey Cowles
Cowles Company
Immediate Past Chair
Marcelo Morales
A4Ventures
General Counsel
Bill Symmes
Hawley Troxell
Treasurer
Charlotte Nemec
Canopy Credit Union
CEO
Alisha Benson
CEO, Greater Spokane Inc.
Jay Allert
Allert Cattle Ranch
Bill Bouten
Bouten Construction
Jasen Bronec
Inland Power
Nadine Burgess
Spokane Gymnastics
Carla Cicero
Numerica Credit Union
David Condon
Premera Blue Cross
W. Stacey Cowles
Cowles Company
Stephanie Curran
Spokane Public Facilities District
Dan Demchuk
Moss Adams LLP
Dr. Daryll DeWald
WSU Health Sciences Spokane
*Col. Chesley L. Dycus
Fairchild Air Force Base
Ezra Eckhardt
STCU
Kyle England
Kaiser Aluminum
Matt Ewers
IEDS Logistics
Roger Flint
Parametrix, Inc.
*Mayor Chris Grover
City of Cheney
*Pam Haley
City of Spokane Valley
Rustin Hall
ALSC Architects
Phil Haugen
Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority
Steve Hauschild
BECU
Michelle Hege
DH
Gordon Hester
Kiemle Hagood
Julie Honekamp
SNAP / Women’s Business Center
Alex Jackson
MultiCare Health System
Jeff Johnson
NAI Black
Dr. Christine Johnson
Individual
*Mayor Cris Kaminskas
City of Liberty Lake
Otto Klein
Spokane Indians Baseball
Commissioner Mary Kuney
Spokane County
*Trent Maier
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce/Trailbreaker Cider
Eva Marquette
FreshVue
Dr. Thayne McCulloh
Gonzaga University
Chris McFaul
Horizon Hospice
Shari McMahan
Eastern Washington University
Marcelo Morales
A4Ventures
Charlotte Nemec
Canopy Credit Union
Shelly O’Quinn
Innovia Foundation
Chris Patrick
Inland Imaging
Kevin Person
Wagstaff
Jeff Philipps
Individual
Paul Read
Journal of Business
Kara Rowe
KR Creative Strategies
Keith Schmidt
Eide Bailly
Jim van Loben Sels
Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park
Dale Silha
McKinstry Company
Nicole Sohn
Journey Discovery Center, Inc.
Keva Sonderen
Sonderen Packaging Co., Inc.
Brooke Baker-Spink
Baker Construction & Development, Inc.
Susan Stacey
Providence Health Care
Gary Stokes
KSPS-TV
Adam Swinyard
Spokane Public Schools
Bill Symmes
Witherspoon Kelley
Don Ting
Pyrotek Inc
Linda Underwood
Banner Bank – Spokane Retail & Commercial Banking Center
Steve Utt
Washington Trust Bank
*Christine Varela
Chair, GSI Public Policy Committee
Dr. Francisco R. Velazquez
Spokane Regional Health District
Dennis Vermillion
Avista
*Mayor Nadine Woodward
City of Spokane
*EX OFFICIO (NONVOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES)