Board of Directors |
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| • | John T. Carleton, Chairman of the Board and Senior Vice President of Benaroya Capital Company |
| • | Ralph Munro, Former Washington Secretary of State, Chairman of the Washington State Task Force on International Education and Cultural Exchanges; and Co-Chairman of the International Task Force of the Council of State Governments |
| • | Marc Nemirow, |
| • | Kirby McDonald, Founder of McDonald Industries and Peak Oilfield Service Company; founding partner of Sundance Cruises and partner in Pacific Detroil Diesel |
| • | Spencer Conard, Director-Commercial Technology and Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property, SPX Corporation |
| • | Jim Finnell, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Kirby McDonald founded
McDonald Industries in 1970. The company was a major distributor of construction
and mining machinery in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. In 1979 he founded
Peak Oilfield Service Company, as the major contractor providing oilfield
support in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to the oil and service companies supporting North
America's largest oilfield. In 1987 he purchased Universal Services and became
CEO and principal shareholder. The company provided remote site logistical
support services principally to multi national oil and gas, exploration and
production companies, mining, and military operations worldwide. By 2000 when
the company was sold it had operations in 44 countries on 900 jobsites. In 1984
he was a founding partner in Sundance Cruises, which provided cruise ship
operations on the West Coast, Mexico and the Caribbean markets. In 1989 he
became a partner in Pacific Detroit Diesel, a supplier of Detroit diesel engines
and related products in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. |