Directors are community leaders from around the Pacific Northwest who volunteer to help ensure that Sightline is as successful as possible: they serve renewable three-year terms and hold ultimate legal and fiduciary responsibility for Sightline.

	John Atcheson of Seattle (Board Chair) is CEO of SparkWords, an online service providing a universal platform for debate and discussion across the Web. Prior to joining SparkWords, John spent over 20 years as an entrepreneur and advisor in the field of media and technology. John is former CEO of the new media company Ads.com and former vice president and general manager of Media Publishing at RealNetworks (RNWK), a role that involved the oversight of all media-related Web sites, the negotiation of strategic alliances with media partners such as NPR, Warner Bros, and Sony, and the acquisition of media properties such as Film.com. Prior to joining RealNetworks, John spent seven years as the founder and CEO of MusicNet, a pioneering interactive services company backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the Mayfield Fund, after earlier serving on the executive staffs of both Digidesign and Macromind (now Macromedia). John also serves as president of The National Charitable Network (NCN), a Seattle-based nonprofit focused on increasing charitable giving through the creation of a new electronic platform for giving called Individual Charitable Accounts, and as a section leader and occasional soloist with the Seattle Symphony Chorale. He received his BA from Brown University and his MBA from Stanford Business School.
	Susan Balbas resides with her family on the Snake River in southwestern Idaho, as well as in Seattle, Washington. She is a native of the western United States, is of Native ancestry, Cherokee and Yaqui Nations; and is also of Northern Spain and European heritage. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Teaching, History. She is the co-founder and director of Tierra Madre Fund, a Native women's fund focusing on sustainable community development, food sovereignty, and support of artists and culture keepers. Susan is a development consultant to community-based and philanthropic organizations and Tribes. She has held various management positions in the corporate and non profit sectors, and has served on committees and boards locally and nationally.
	Alan Durning of Seattle serves on the board in his official capacity as Sightline's executive director. He founded Sightline Institute in 1993; prior, he was a senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC, where he studied the human dimensions of sustainability. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, including the award-winning This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence, and How Much Is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth. A sought-after speaker, he has lectured at the White House, major universities, and conferences on five continents. Go to Alan's full bio.
	Mary Fellows has been a bookseller at Annie Bloom’s Books, an independent book store in Portland, for nearly 20 years. She is a grandmother, an avid bike commuter, a member of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and a board member of the Oregon Center for Public Policy. Mary has also been a SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) volunteer for the past 10 years. Her previous experiences include serving as President of the ACLU of Oregon and as staff to the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and to the Multnomah County Executive.
	Jeff Hallberg of Bellevue, Washington, serves as Sightline's seceretary. He has worked at Microsoft since 1993, currently as chief of staff of the Operations Services IT group within the Microsoft IT Division, and holds a BA in Management from Seattle Pacific University.
	Jeanette Henderson serves as Sightline's treasurer and chairs the board finance and audit committee. She is the Director of Real Estate at the University of Washington where she leads an office of real estate professionals conducting real property transactions, asset and project management, and finance and accounting services for UW campuses, medical centers, research field stations, biological preserves and various international locations. She serves on the UW climate action planning committee, and is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, and also serves on the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute in Seattle. She is a member of Sightline’s Cascadia Stewards Council and participated as a trustee on the finance and audit committee before becoming a Sightline Director. Jeanette grew up in Oregon, and is a graduate of Washington State University and University of Washington School of Law.
	Maggie Hooks, chair of the board development committee, is a retired physician. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987. After graduating from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine in 1996, Maggie trained at the University of Washington Medical Center, in internal medicine and anesthesiology, and worked at Harborview Medical Center. Maggie also serves on the board of On the Boards and is a member of the Washington Women’s Foundation. She and her husband, Justin Ferrari, live in Seattle with their children, Will and Pepper.
	Bill Kramer Bill Kramer is an independent health care consultant, focusing on health care management, finance and public policy. In his consulting work, he has offered his management expertise to health care organizations, ranging from large academic medical centers to local community providers. In addition, he has developed health reform recommendations on behalf of the Oregon Business Council and served as a consultant to the Oregon Health Fund Board in its work to develop a comprehensive health care reform plan for the state. Bill is considered an expert in health policy and management, and he is quoted frequently in the media, including interviews on CBS and national public radio. Prior to developing his consulting practice, Mr. Kramer was a senior executive with Kaiser Permanente for over 20 years; most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Kaiser Permanente’s Northwest Region. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief of Budget & Program Analysis Services for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. In addition to Sightline Institute, Bill serves on the Board of Directors of the International Sustainable Development Foundation and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. He has also served on the Board of Governors for the City Club of Portland. Bill has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Harvard. He and his wife, Melissa Cadwallader, live in Portland, OR.
	Wayne Lei is the Director of Research and Development at Portland General Electric - a function he has lead for over 10 years. In this role, he has issued Technical Basis Documents and other white papers on environmental, social and technical issues affecting the Company. Prior to this, Lei was Director of Environmental Policy at PGE and, before that he served in the nuclear industry for ten years. He is currently a Board member for the Resource Innovation Group (University of Oregon), the Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board and he chairs the International Sustainable Foundation. Mr. Lei also serves on the Reactor Safety Committee for Reed College. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for ABET accreditation to the Renewable Energy Engineering program at the Oregon Institute of Technology as well as serving on the Science Industry Advisory Council to Portland State University. Mr. Lei holds a doctorate in Environmental Health Sciences specializing in Radiation Hygiene from New York University, as well as degrees from Oregon State University and Oberlin College. Since 1986, he has been certified in the comprehensive practice of Health Physics by the American Board of Health Physics. Wayne has two college age children and resides in Portland with his wife Mary.
	Michelle Long is the Executive Director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, North America's fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses. Comprised of 75 community networks with over 20,000 members, BALLE networks create local living economies through the building blocks of independent retail, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, green building, local manufacturing, and community capital. Ms. Long has experience starting and growing several organizations that support mission-driven small- and medium-sized businesses. Most recently she was the co-founder and executive director of Bellingham based, Sustainable Connections -- one of BALLE's oldest and largest networks, and a major contributor to the July 2009 award by the National Resources Defense Council naming Bellingham the #1 small City in the nation for urban progress toward sustainability. Ms. Long’s work has been featured extensively in the media and in books, and in 2009 Long was named a "top 5 leading lady of sustainability" by the Sustainable Industries Journal. A regular keynote speaker, she teaches workshops on creating community business networks, is the co-author of Local First: A How-to Guide, and is the author of the new Building a Community of Businesses: A Sustainable Connections How-to Kit.
	Ethan Meginnes is active in many sectors of Washington's volunteer, philanthropic, and nonprofit communities. He has served as President of the Marymoor Velodrome Association, Chair of the Major Donor Fundraising Committee for the Cascades Conservation Partnership, and is an active partner of Social Venture Partners.
	Gordon Price of Vancouver, BC, is Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. He served as City Councillor from 1986 to 2002, and sat on the boards of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and TransLink, the regional transportation authority. In 2009, he was appointed by the Mayor of Vancouver as a member of the “Greenest City Action Team” and also sits on the executive committees of local chapters of the Urban Land Institute and Lambda Alpha. Gordon lectures and writes widely on urban development, design, and transportation issues in Canada and the US. He publishes an e-mail newsletter, Price Tags, which are archived on the Sightline website. His blog is at www.pricetags.wordpress.com.
	David Yaden of Lake Oswego, Oregon, is former energy director for the state of Oregon and serves as chair of Sightline's board governance committee. He is semi-retired from 30 years varied experience in the public and private sectors but does occasional consulting on large-scale strategies for complex problems, such as reforming school finance and the tax structure in Oregon. As an independent consultant for the last decade, Dave developed strategic plans for the Oregon State System of Higher Education and for Tri-Met. In 1991, he left his position as Director of Oregon's Department of Energy, which he had held since 1987, to spend a year advising newly-free Czech and Slovak national and local governments on management of environmental problems. Other experience includes work as manager of corporate planning for a Fortune-500 company, special assistant to a US Secretary of Transportation, chief of staff to a US Congressman, and manager of his own public opinion analysis firm.

Trustees

Trustees are community leaders from around the Pacific Northwest who volunteer to help ensure Sightline’s institutional strength: they serve renewable one-year terms on committees dedicated to Sightline’s finances, fundraising, governance, or other purposes established by the board.

	Rashmir Balasubramaniam currently leads the inclusive markets portfolio for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Policy & Advocacy team. Prior to this, Rashmir focused on water, sanitation & hygiene for the foundation, where over a period of 3½ years she built and managed a diverse portfolio of grants, and drove strategy development efforts. With 15 years of experience across the public and private sectors, Rashmir has led and managed a variety of cross-sectoral development projects, including work on malaria, reproductive health, human resources for health, and institutional development. She has worked with a broad array of development organizations including TechnoServe, the World Bank, and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Her work has focused mainly on Africa, but also includes projects in Asia and Latin America. Prior to pursuing her interests in International Development, Rashmir worked in investment banking and finance in London. Rashmir holds an MBA from Yale University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Studies from the University of London, and a BSc in mathematics and computer science from the University of Durham, and is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW).
	Mary-lynn Ballew of Seattle, serves on the Sightline Development Committee. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated from The Evergreen State College. She has worked as a volunteer fundraiser and served on the board of directors for PEPS (Program for Early Parent Support) and The Spruce Street School.
	Ken Cameron has 26 years of experience in senior planning and management positions in local government in the Greater Vancouver area, most recently as Manager of Policy and Planning with the Greater Vancouver Regional District. He played a key role in the adoption of the Livable Region Strategic Plan in 1996 with the formal support of the region’s 21 municipalities, an accomplishment that was recognized in 2002 by the UN Habitat program’s Dubai awards for outstanding contributions to the human environment. The Greater Vancouver Regional District was a partner in CitiesPlus, the 100-year plan for Greater Vancouver that was Canada’s gold award winning entry in the World Gas Union’s international competition in sustainable urban systems design. Ken was the regional team leader for the project and a member of the team that traveled to Tokyo to present the winning entry in June 2003. Between September 2004 and July 2009, Ken served as Chief Executive Officer of the Homeowner Protection Office, a provincially owned corporation that licenses residential builders, oversees the operation of the privately provided home warranty insurance system and provides financial assistance to owners of homes subject to premature building envelope failure. Ken is the Chair of the Advisory Council of Simon Fraser University’s Urban Studies Program, Past Chair of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities and a member of the Board of the Residential Construction Industry Training Organization. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners. With former Premier Mike Harcourt and local writer Sean Rossiter, Ken is the author of a book titled “City-Making in Paradise: Nine Decisions that Saved Vancouver,” which was published by Douglas and McIntyre in September 2007.
	Mark Cliggett is an 18-year veteran of Microsoft with roles including development in early versions of Windows, driving transparency in the Developer Division, and currently product unit manager for Embedded Windows. He is an aspiring lacrosse player, occasional climber, and longtime member of Sightline. During a break from his time at Microsoft, Mark co-founded Bright Water School, a K-8 elementary school in Seattle. Mark also co-founded Angels With Attitude, a hybrid angel network and venture fund focused on sustainability. Mark lives with his wife and two sons in Seattle.
	Dr. Diana Gale is a member of the Leadership Council of the Puget Sound Partnership and has recently completed a term as Chair of the Washington State Board of Public Works, both appointments from Governor Christine Gregoire. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs where she organized and ran Executive Education for 5 years. Diana owns her own consulting company, Hillis Gale Associates, which specializes in strategic planning on water and waste issues. She is the former Director of Seattle Public Utilities and the City of Seattle Office of Management and Budget. She has also served as the superintendent of the Seattle Water Department, director of the Solid Waste Utility and executive director of the Legislative Department. In her early career, she worked in the United States Senate and was a teacher in Panama and Taipei. Diana also has extensive community involvement work in the arts and the environment, serving on numerous boards and committees.
	Erik Jansen and his wife, Gretchen, live on Mercer Island with their three young children. Having begun his career in technical design and marketing roles, he later changed his focus to business analysis and corporate finance, ultimately serving as a securities analyst and partner within several major investment banking firms. More recently, as an entrepreneur, he has founded and/or served in managerial or board roles in start-ups targeting automated manufacturing, networking, Voice-over-Internet (VoIP) components, online medical consultancies, and other technology product and service companies. He serves or has served on boards of universities and non-profit organizations, including several focused on sustainability of the Northwestern and Alaskan environments and preservation of their indigenous cultures. He holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and master’s degrees in business administration from Indiana University and computer science from the University of Washington.
	Mark Kotzer is founder and principal of Venture Drive Consulting, a firm that specializes in improving the ability of companies to innovate and successfully develop new growth opportunities. Mark has extensive experience helping start-ups, non-profits and major corporations like Expedia and Weyerhaeuser refine business models, create go-to-market strategies and jumpstart sales. In 2000 he co-founded the Early Stage Investment Forum, the premier Northwest event for companies seeking early stage financing. Mark serves on the board of the Association for Corporate Growth and is a judge for regional and national business plan competitions. He has long had a passion for sustainability issues. Earlier in his career he served as Director of Development for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, board member for EarthShare, and most recently, as a member of the environmental grants committee for Social Venture Partners. Mark earned his undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary and an MBA from the University of Virginia.
	Petra Lahaie is a co-founder and the managing director of Vault Capital and a general partner of Vault Capital II. Prior to Vault Capital, Ms. Lahaie worked with start-ups in a management or director capacity and came to that from the data networking and wireless communications field, including positions with US West Wireless, AT&T, MFS, UUNET, IBM, WorldCom, and as associate producer for CBS in New York City. Ms. Lahaie has also worked closely with artist Dale Chihuly, building his support organization for upwards of 11 years. Ms. Lahaie attended Harvard University and Bennington College, where she received her undergraduate degree. She also attended Stanford University and the University of Washington.
	Matt Lerner is CTO of Front Seat Management, where he is responsible for design and development of new products that leverage technology to make the world a better place. From 2001-2007, Matt worked in product development at Microsoft, most recently as Lead Program Manager for Microsoft Windows Vista, where he had responsibility for designing the core user interface components of the world's most widely used software. Matt was the co-founder of EQuill, a Web development software company he sold to Microsoft in 2001. Matt was awarded a Fulbright fellowship and has a B.S. in Computer Science from Brown University, where he studied at Brown's famed graphics laboratory.
	David Marshall, a professional engineer, was appointed Executive Director of the Fraser Basin Council in May 1997, after serving in the same capacity since 1993 with the Council’s predecessor organization, the Fraser Basin Management Board. Reporting to the Council’s 36-member Board of Directors, Mr. Marshall assists the Council in carrying out its mandate of advancing sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and beyond. In May 1998 he received the National River Conservation Award Of Merit for his outstanding contribution to river conservation in Canada by The Canadian Heritage Rivers System. From 1980 until 1990, he was the Regional Director, Pacific, Western and Northern Region, of the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office. During this period of time he received two separate Merit Awards for his exceptional and distinguished contribution to the effectiveness and efficiency of the Canadian Public Service.
	Born in Cascadia, Ann Martin has lived all but two years of her life here. With a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Washington State University, she spent thirty years as an environmental, land use and transportation planner in city, county and regional governments. Retiring in 2006, she now wants to dedicate herself to planting trees on her father's tree farms and to working on other issues critical to the survival of our community, Cascadia and the world. Acting as a trustee for Sightline seems a logical place to start!
	Eileen V. Quigley’s 28-year career spans two decades of experience building, managing, and working with for-profit and non-profit corporations and eight years as a magazine and newspaper journalist. She is a nationally recognized expert in the strategic use of Internet technologies for communication, donor/membership development, and online advocacy. She has also been a civic leader in the Puget Sound region for 20 years, having served on numerous Puget Sound nonprofit boards and civic taskforces. Eileen received her Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in 1983 and her Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Yale University in 1980. She was profiled as an Innovator by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2001. An avid runner, bicyclist, skier, and triathlete, Eileen lives in Seattle, WA, with her husband, Dmitri Iglitzin, and two children, Anna (14) and Jacob (12). For additional information, please see her website.
	Kamala Rao has lived the majority of her life throughout the Cascadia region. She grew up in Washington and Alaska, did her undergraduate degree in Oregon and her graduate degree in urban planning in British Columbia. Kamala also serves on the board of the People’s Waterfront Coalition and has been active in environmental issues throughout the Cascadia region for many years. Her urban planning career, which has included both private and public sector work, has been focused on working with communities to create a more sustainable transportation system. She and her husband Bryn Davidson currently live in Vancouver, BC in a 400-square-foot condo, which was designed by Bryn, a LEED-accredited designer, to be a model of efficiency and small footprint living. Kamala currently works for TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s regional transportation authority. Her background also includes several years working for a communications firm.
	John Savage is an Oregon public utility commissioner. Savage has worked in the energy and utility field more than 25 years, including eight years as the head of the Oregon Department of Energy under Oregon governors Roberts and Kitzhaber. Savage organizes the Bob Straub Environmental Lecture Series and the Amateur Naturalist adult education series for the Friends of Straub Environmental Learning Center in Salem, Oregon; leads wildflower hikes; and is spearheading the restoration of a 15-acre wet prairie, among other community activities. Savage has a masters degree in natural resource economics.
	Valerie Tarico, Ph.D., is board chair of the Washington Progress Alliance, a state-level donor alliance that seeks to improve strategic coordination and planning, build infrastructure, and foster the development of effective, data-driven policies in Washington State. She is a psychologist, author, and public speaker on the topic of Evangelicalism, and is involved in local and national dialogue about the influence of Christian fundamentalism on U.S. politics and social priorities. Her book, The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, examines the core dogmas that drive the Religious Right. Contact: valerietarico@hotmail.com. Website: www.spaces.live.com/awaypoint.
	Christopher Troth is a Trustee of Sightline’s Finance Committee. A resident of Seattle since 1993, he is a private investor and occasional restorer of old houses. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
	Jeff Youngstrom was raised in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in Northern California, but has lived in Washington since 1993. Jeff has had leadership roles in Friends of the Issaquah Library, Issaquah Ecoteams, and most recently, the transportation advocacy group GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together, which he formed in 2008. An internet junkie, he has maintained a personal web site since the early '90s and can seldom resist trying out each new web service that comes along. Jeff and his wife, artist Becky Brooks, have been car-free since 2005. Their home in downtown Issaquah has a Walk Score of 80.