business backgrounder | education & workforce
The program kicked off in September at AWB’s annual Policy Summit.
Participants got an overview of what they will be doing for the next year,
and they had a chance to network with business leaders, legislators and
state agency officials during AWB’s biggest gathering of the year.
In October, they met in the Tri-Cities where they learned about the
work going on at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and they got
a taste of Washington’s sizable agriculture sector with stops at ConAgra
Foods Lamb Weston — where they sampled french fries — and Broetje
Orchards — where they sampled apples.
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Inaugural Leadership Washington class
• Paige Davis, Seattle, Lane Powell
• Benjamin Doornink, Spokane,
Center of Occupational Health and
Education (COHE) Community of
Eastern Washington
• Emily Fleury, Spokane,
Inland Northwest Health Services
• Annette Herup, Moses Lake,
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers
• David Howell, Spokane, Avista Corp.
• Valerie Langston, Tacoma,
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
• Gordon W. Matlock, Seattle,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Leadership Washington participants visit the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory’s aquatics research lab in October.
“The more I know about my industry and the state,
the better advocate I can be.”
— Benjamin Doornink, program manager for the Center of Occupational
Health and Education (COHE) Community of Eas ѕɸ