WRC Executive Board & Staff

 

Executive Committee of the WRC Board of Trustees

Gary Strannigan, Chair 
Liberty Mutual

Ken Johnson, First Vice Chair
Puget Sound Energy

Susan Champlain, Secretary 

The Boeing Company

Steve Mullin, Treasurer

Washington Roundtable

Jim Bricker, Vice Chair
 
PEMCO Financial Services

Maureen Frisch, Vice Chair

Green Diamond Resource Company

Jack McRae, Vice Chair

Premera Blue Cross

Erik Strom, Vice Chair

Russell Investments

Anthony Anton
 
Washington Restaurant Association

Don Brunell
 
Association of Washington Business

Anne Bryant
 
Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company

Scott Edwards
Lane Powell PC

Lindsey Echelbarger 
The Echelbarger Company

Megan Lawrence 
Alaska Air Group

Tom Smith 
Weyerhaeuser Company
 

WRC Staff

Richard S. Davis, President
rsdavis@researchcouncil.org

A former president (board position) of the national Governmental Research Association, Richard Davis writes and speaks frequently on economic, politics and public policy. Over the years he has written regular columns for the Spokane Spokesman-Review, The News Tribune (Tacoma), the Tri-Cities Herald, the Puget Sound Business Journal and the Everett Herald.
 

Dr. Kriss Sjoblom, Vice President - Research and Economist
ksjoblom@researchcouncil.org

At the Research Council, Kriss Sjoblom has authored reports on numerous issues, including the state’s economy, its tax system, transportation, and housing. Dr. Sjoblom has served on the Washington State Governor's Council of Economic Advisors since 1995, under Governors Mike Lowry, Gary Locke and Chris Gregoire.

A Seattle native, Sjoblom earned an A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D., in economics, from Yale University. Before joining the Research Council, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Haverford College. He is currently a fellow of the University of Washington Economics Department’s Economic Policy Research Center.


Emily Schlect, Senior Research Analyst
 
Previously, Emily Schlect was a policy analyst at the National Mining Association and an assistant analyst in the Tax Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office.  A Yakima native, she graduated from Washington State University's Honors College with a B.A. in economics.
 

DeDe McConnell, Administrative Assistant
dede@researchcouncil.org

 
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Tukwila, WA 98188
Phone: 206-467-7088

 

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