Leadership Council

Jon served as Chief Executive Officer of United Way of King County (UWKC)for 19 years. UWKC became one of the largest and most successful United Ways in the country, and one of the leading human service organizations in the Puget Sound region. Prior to United Way he served as the CEO of the Seattle/King County American Red Cross.

Jon worked in the financial industry with Puget Sound Bancorp, the largest independent bank in Washington, where he served as Senior Vice-President and Treasurer of Puget Sound Bank and Managing Director of Puget Sound Securities. He began his business career on the finance staff at Weyerhaeuser. Jon has served as Board Chair, Treasurer, Audit Committee Chair, or a Board member of Columbia Bank, Russell Investments, Group Health Cooperative, the Seattle City Planning Commission, Washington Health Foundation, Jewish Family Services, Seattle Rep Theatre, Evergreen School, Leadership Tomorrow, Thrive by Five Washington, and King County Committee to End Homelessness, among others.

He currently serves on the Board or leads fundraising campaigns for Seattle Bank, Seattle Colleges Foundation, the University of Washington Medical School Neurosciences Institute, and the Fred Hutchinson Institute for Prostate Cancer Research. He has taught courses at the University of Puget Sound, the University of Washington, and Seattle University. Jon has a BA and MBA from Dartmouth College.