Seattle Business Magazine Announces Winners of the 2013 Executive Excellence Awards

SEATTLE (February 1, 2013) — Fourteen leaders from enterprises and nonprofits across Washington state became the first recipients of Seattle Business magazine’s Executive Excellence Awards on Thursday night at the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle. Jerry Lee, chairman of MulvannyG2 Architecture of Bellevue, received the program’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifelong dedication to community service.

“Our intent with the Executive Excellence Awards is to start a conversation about leadership,” said Seattle Business Associate Publisher Michael Romoser. “This inaugural class says a lot about the caliber of leaders we already have, and about the type of people our state and region must attract to remain competitive well into the future.”

During a banquet attended by more than 300 people, honorees spoke about their leadership experiences, linking their remarks to themed videos featuring 10 leaders from the state, including Norman Rice, president and CEO of The Seattle Foundation, William Gates Sr., co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rev. Stephen Sundborg, president of Seattle University, and Christine Gregoire, Washington’s 22nd governor.

2013 Executive Excellence Award Winners

Colleen Brown, president and CEO, Fisher Communications, Seattle

Jeff Christianson, executive vice president and general counsel, F5 Networks, Seattle

Melanie Dressel, president and CEO, Columbia Bank, Tacoma

Ezra Eckhardt, president and COO, Sterling Bank, Spokane

Kathryn Flores, chief administrative officer, Child Care Resources of King County, Seattle

Megan Karch, CEO, FareStart, Seattle

Dara Khosrowshahi, president and CEO, Expedia, Bellevue

Jerry Lee, chairman, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Bellevue

Marcia Mason, vice president and general counsel, Esterline Corporation, Bellevue

Bryan Mistele, president and CEO, INRIX, Kirkland

Kathleen Philips, general counsel, Zillow, Seattle

Peter Rose, chairman and CEO, Expeditors International, Seattle

Steve Singh, chairman and CEO, Concur Technologies, Redmond

Mary Ellen Stone, executive director, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Renton

Complete coverage of the 2013 Executive Excellence Awards will be featured in the February issue of Seattle Business magazine and at seattlebusinessmag.com.

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