2026 Executive Committee

Dye

Karl Dye

President/CEO | TRIDEC
Mayfield

Brandon Mayfield

Board Chair | Chervenell Construction
Haynes

Sandra Haynes

Immediate Past Chair | WSU Tri-Cities
Lampson

Kate Lampson

Chair - Hanford | Lampson International
McCann

Emily McCann

Treasurer | Clifton Larson Allen, LLC
Pearson

Eric Pearson

Secretary | HAPO

Steve Bauman

Commissioner, Franklin County
Gracio

Deb Gracio

Battelle/PNNL
Henderson

Thomas Henderson

Cascade Natural Gas Corp.
Hohenberg

Ken Hohenberg

Commissioner, Port of Kennewick
Kaleel

Reza Kaleel

Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Board Bio (16)

Jason McShane

Mayor, City of Kennewick
Schuetz

Bob Schuetz

Energy Northwest
Shaffer

Kirt Shaffer

Tippett Company
Walker

Craig Walker

Legal Counsel | Walker Heye, PLLC
Amundson

Jon Amundson

Ex-Officio | Richland City Manager
Erdman

Erin Erdman

Ex-Officio | Kennewick City Manager
Stewart

Harold Stewart

Ex-Officio | Pasco City Manager

2026 Board Members

Kellee Balcom | WA State Potato Foundation
Amy Basche | HMIS
Tony Christensen | Christensen
Rick Dunn | Benton PUD
David Elgarico | Trios Health
Alex Fazzari | J-U-B Engineers
Shaun Gordon | Banner Bank
Brian HartmanBechtel National, Inc
John Hayfield | AtkinsRealis
Carol Johnson | H2C

Tiffany Lundstrom | TC Area Journal of Business
Carlos Martinez
| Dura-Shine Clean
Mason McCurley
| McCurley Dealerships
Michael Novakovich | Columbia Ability Alliance
Jens Rasmussen | AgriNorthwest
Ryan Ratchford | Apollo
JD ToveyCTUIR
Will Wang | HFG Trust
Bob Wilkinson | CPCCo
Rebekah Woods | Columbia Basin College

Fred Brink | City of West Richland
Will McKay | Benton County
Bill O’Neil Port of Benton
Leo Perales | City of Pasco
Theresa Richardson | City of Richland
TBD | Port of Pasco

Fran Forgette | Board Member Emeritus (Ex-Officio)
Doc Hastings
| Board Member Emeritus (Ex-Officio)
Kevin Lewis | Visit Tri-Cities (Ex-Officio)
Lori Mattson | TCRCOC (Ex-Officio)