About the Foundation
WSU Foundation Board of Directors
The Board of Directors serves as the governing board for the WSU Foundation and has fiduciary responsibility for the general business and affairs of the WSU Foundation, including oversight of the Foundation’s property, assets, and policies.
The WSU Foundation welcomes nominations for new volunteers. Typically, nominees are evaluated by the Foundation’s Nominating Committee in the spring, recruited over the summer, and attend their first meeting in the fall. Know someone who might be interested? Nominate them here. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Board Relations Team at wsuf.board@wsu.edu.
Board of Directors Executive Committee
Bruce Amundson ’75 Governance Committee Chair, WSU Foundation Director of Communications (Retired) Weyerhaeuser Seattle, WA | K. Duane Brelsford ’81 Past Chair, WSU Foundation President & CEO Corporate Pointe Developers Pullman, WA |
Scott Carson ’72 Past Campaign Chair, WSU Foundation Investment Committee Vice Chair Boeing Company (Retired) Federal Way, WA | Mike Connell ’85 ex officio VP WSU Advancement & CEO, WSU Foundation Pullman, WA |
Lisa King ’08 Chair/President, WSU Foundation Hudson Bay Insulation (Retired) Snoqualmie, WA | John C. Mingé ’83 Vice Chair/Vice President and Secretary, WSU Foundation Chairman and President (Retired) BP America, Inc. Anchorage, AK |
Linda Nihoul ’71 Audit Committee Chair, WSU Foundation Certified Financial Planner (Retired) AGP Wealth Advisors Spokane, WA | Molly Philopant ’76 Member-at-Large, Audit Committee Vice Chair, WSU Foundation Olympia, WA |
Lura Powell ex officio Regent, Washington State University Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Retired) Richland, WA | Kirk H. Schulz, Ph.D. ex officio President, Washington State University Pullman, WA |
Bill Ward ’66 Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair, WSU Foundation President (Retired) Micro-Rent Corporation Scottsdale, AZ | Eugene J. Voiland ’69 Investment Committee Chair, WSU Foundation Voiland Enterprises, LLC Bakersfield, CA |
Board of Directors
Bruce Amundson ’75 Director of Communications (Retired) Weyerhaeuser Seattle, WA | Sue Christianson ’76 Owner Chrishaven Trees Burlington, WA |
Jim Coughlin ’79 Founding Principal, Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. (Retired) Sun Lakes, AZ | Bob Crist ’89 Owner Crist Marketing and Consulting University Place, WA |
Vicki Gordon Owner Gordon Brothers Cellars, Inc. Pasco, WA | Mike Hambleton ’71 Owner Hambleton Orchards Wenatchee, WA |
Lewis Lee ’88 CEO & Global Head Aon IP Solutions Group Spokane, WA | Sheryl Ossello ’93 Loan Officer PHH Mortgage Scottsdale, AZ |
Jack Pelo ’78 President & Chief Executive Officer Swire Coca-Cola, USA Sandy, UT | Liz Pritchard ’80 Vice President, Sales Training & Development FOX Station Sales Harbor Springs, MI |
Heather Redman ex-officio Co-Founder and Managing Partner Flying Fish Partners Seattle, WA | Gary Schneidmiller ’71, ’73 Owner, Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty Post Falls, ID |
Shelly Spangler ’07 ex officio WSU Alumni Association President SCL Health, Saint Joseph Hospital Denver, CO | Jack Thompson ’78 CrossCountry Mortgage Seattle, WA |
Mike Worthy ’77 President/Owner WW Payment Systems Vancouver, WA | Becca Zanatta ’97 ex-officio Chair, Advocates & Advocates Emeriti Owner/President RJZ Connections, Incorporated Walla Walla, WA |