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President’s Advisory Board

The President’s Advisory Board, which replaced the Board of Overseers, has many former overseers as well as new members. The group focuses on ensuring support for the strategic priorities of Whitman. They serve both as advisors to the president and cabinet and as special ambassadors for Whitman with students, alumni, friends and prospective students.

President’s Advisory Board July 2022

Kirsten Adams Gable ’01, chair
Spokane, WA

Andrew G. Shoals ’05, vice chair
Seattle, WA

Matthew M. Ames ’70
Bayview, ID

Andrew T. Braff ’00
North Bend, WA

Marissa Sprank Braff ’00
North Bend, WA

Linda King Brewer ’66
San Francisco, CA

John E. Burpee ’89
Clinton, WA

Susan E. Buxton ’85
Boise, ID

Sonya Christianson Campion ’83
Seattle, WA

Norman P. Cheuk ’91
Seattle, WA

Jennifer Brown Coleman ’78
Lewiston, ID

Robert S. Coleman ’77
Lewiston, ID

Jason L. Copeland ’94
Mountain View, CA

Robert A. Cugini ’80
Bellevue, WA

James E. Dow ’71
Bainbridge Island, WA

James M. Edmunds ’78
Seattle, WA

Megin Flaherty Edwards ’91
Seattle, WA

Limei Fan (parent ’23)
Seattle, WA

Michael P. Flannery ’76
Spokane, WA

Jeremy T. Floberg ’95
Pittsburgh, PA

Carrie C. Gage ’03
Seattle, WA

Ashifi Gogo ’05
Woburn, MA

Thomas W. Henderson IV ’83, alumni board representative
Centennial, CO

Judson R. Heugel ’02
Seattle, WA 

Tim H. Hevly ’88
Seattle, WA

Kevin B. Hight ’90
Bee Cave, TX

Kay Tai Hodge ’69
Boston, MA

Alexis Stipe Hoopes ’01
Santa Monica, CA

Eric W. Jacks ’03
Brooklyn, NY

Brady A. Jensen ’84
Wilsonville, OR

Lisa L. Johnsen ’86
Seattle, WA

Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg ’01
Nairobi, Kenya

Neil G. Kornze ’00
Seattle, WA

David S. Logan ’80
Chestnut Hill, MA

Michael J. Mahoney ’82
Hillsborough, CA

Michelle A. Mathieu ’92
Seattle, WA

James McCarthy ’63
Walla Walla, WA

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger ’97
Lake Forest Park, WA

Kottayam V. Natarajan Jr. ’89
Liberty Lake, WA

Simeon J. Osborn ’80
Kirkland, WA

Cathryn D. Posey ’05
Brooklyn, NY

Valbona S. Qerimi ’01
Bethesda, MD

Victoria A. Romero ’86
La Verne, CA

Sara B. Sakamoto ’98
Pittsburgh, PA

Beth Long Salaguinto ’88
Bothell, WA

Nancy Sanchez ’04
Spring Lake, NC

Jed W. Schwendiman ’92
Riverside, CA

Lorraine A. Smiley ’81
Seattle, WA

Jason P. Smith ’97
Marysville, WA

Debra Aucutt Toews ’76
Walla Walla, WA

Cecilia Kang Unsal ’94
Bethesda, MD

Oltac B. Unsal ’95
Bethesda, MD

Peter L. Viehl ’87
Altadena, CA

Geoffrey P. Wood ’86
Seattle, WA

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