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WRC Executive Board


Maureen Frisch, Chair
Green Diamond Resource Company
Tom Smith, First Vice-Chair
Weyerhaeuser Company
Lindsey Echelbarger, Secretary
Echelbarger Land Company
Ken Johnson, Treasurer 
Puget Sound Energy
Jim Bricker, Vice-Chair
PEMCO Financial Services
Fred Kiga, Vice-Chair
The Boeing Company
Jack McRae, Vice-Chair
Premera Blue Cross



WRC Staff


Alan C. Ralston, President

alralston@researchcouncil.org
Dr. Kriss Sjoblom, Vice President- Research and Economist (bio)
ksjoblom@researchcouncil.org
Dede McConnell, Administrative Assistant
dede@researchcouncil.org
Carolynn Lawrence, Analyst
carolynn@researchcouncil.org


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