Staff and Board

Dr. Kriss Sjoblom brings a strong economic perspective to the Washington Research Council as a former professor of economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College.  He is currently a member of  the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors to which he was appointed by Governors' Mike Lowry and Gary Locke. He is also an active member of the Seattle Economists Club.  A Seattle native, Sjoblom earned an A.B. degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.