Brian McDermottColumbia IndustriesPresident & chief executive officerNumber of employees you oversee: We have about 200 team members at CI.Tell us about your organization and its commercial ventures:Columbia Industries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit company that operates solely for the benefit of our community (the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas). We work with...
Rebekah DobbsSTCU Commercial and Business Services Commercial Banking ManagerNumber of employees youoversee: 2What is STCU’s footprint in the Tri-Cities? We have locations in the Southridge area of Kennewick, Queensgate area of Richland and will be opening our Pasco location on Road 68 soon. We also have a Home Loan division and...
Molly Monson-StutesmanVice president of sales and marketingGoose Ridge Estate Vineyards and WineryNumber of employees you oversee: 300Tell us about Goose Ridge Estate Vineyards and GR Distillery:Goose Ridge Estate Vineyards and Winery is family owned and operated. As a fourth-generation agribusiness, our family started herding cattle and began sowing the land...
Rob MercerPresidentMercer Wine Estates / Mercer RanchesNumber of employees you oversee: 80How did you come to this kind of work? Family heritageWhy did your family settle here?Looked west for economic opportunity, originally raising sheep.How has your approach evolved?From the late 1800s to the late 1960s we raised sheep and then...
Benton County Sustainable Development Manager Adam J. FyallNumber of employees you oversee: 3You have a unique role in Benton County government. What do you oversee and how did your job come to cover such diverse areas?I primarily manage our economic development, natural resources, intergovernmental affairs, Hanford-related and parks functions. While...
President and CEOTri-City Development CouncilNumber of employees: TRIDEC currently has eight team members. Karl DyeBackground of TRIDEC and its mission:Established in 1963, the Tri-City Nuclear Industrial Council, today known as Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) was organized for the purpose of promoting and advancing the economic strength and diversity in Benton...
Sandra Haynes ChancellorWashington State University Tri-Cities Number of employees you oversee: Approximately 245 faculty and staffWhat is WSU Tri-Cities and how does it fit into the Washington State University system?WSU Tri-Cities is a four-year public research university in the Tri-Cities, and is one of six university campuses in the WSU system....
Carlos OlivaresChief Executive OfficerYakima Valley Farm Workers ClinicNumber of employees youoversee: Last year we employed 2,015employees, and 623 volunteers and career placements. This includes 166 medicalproviders, 35 dentists and 18 pharmacists. What is Yakima ValleyFarm Workers Clinic? Yakima Valley Farm WorkersClinic is a Community Health Center and a system of...
Franklin County prosecutor2020 president of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Shawn P. SantNumberof employees you oversee: 26 Briefbackground of what the Prosecuting Attorney’s office does: The prosecutor’s office handles all legal matters forFranklin County. This includes criminal prosecution for all felony crimesoccurring within Franklin County, as well as misdemeanor crimes...
General Manager/Executive Vice President of Benton Rural Electric AssociationMichael BradshawNumber of employees you oversee: 72 Brief background aboutyour electric cooperative:Benton REA is a not-for-profit, electric cooperativethat has been providing the people of Benton, Yakima and Lewis counties withhigh-quality, reliable service since 1937. Our structure of being owned andcontrolled by the...
