Economics Mentors 

Ken Altena
Financial Professional
UW Economics BA ’83
Mentor since: 2013

Tyler Ames
Senior Analyst, Wayfair
UW Economics BS '17
Mentor since: 2020

Adley Bowden
VP of Data & Research, PitchBook
UW Economics BA '07
Mentor since: 2013

David Carroll
Vice President of Retail Banking, Banner Bank
Mentor since: 2015

Nelson Del Rio
Founder and Chairman, Prosperity of the Commons International
UW Economics BA '84, JD Harvard Law '87
Mentor since: 2016

Fred Dong
Research Professional - Empirical and evaluation research in public health
UW Economics BA ’75
Mentor since: 2012

Scott Easter
Attorney (Partner), Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin PLLC
UW Economics BA '71
Mentor since: 2017

A.P.D.G. Everett, MSc, PMP*based in Washington, DC
Simulation Software Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory
UW Economics BS '09, BA Mathematics '09
Mentor since: 2016

Alex Feng
Finance Manager, Google Play
UW Economics BS ’09
Mentor since: 2015

Craig Fiebig 
VP Product, AstrumU
UW Economics BA '89
Mentor since: 2018

David Griswold, JD
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Pacific Current Group
UW Economics BA '79
Mentor since: 2011

Brent Grundberg
Co-Founder, Glendale Energy Ventures
UW Economics BA '06
Mentor since: 2011

Gabe Hanzeli
Director of IT (retired), The Boeing Company
UW Economics BA ’76
Mentor since: 2011

Kevin Ho
Augmented Insights Manager, Accenture
UW Economics BA '16
Mentor since: 2016

Jen Huang
Senior Policy Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
UW Economics BS '00
Mentor since: 2020

Logan Lemberger
VP Global Partnerships, Usend
UW Economics BA '09, International Studies BA '09
Mentor since: 2014

Jeff Lewis 
Channel Sales Manager, eOriginal
UW Economics BA ’89
Mentor since: 2012

Pinky Li
Assistant Product Manager, Metromile
UW Economics BS '15
Mentor since: 2015

Catalina Marini Fichera, JD, MSFS - based in New York, NY 
Managing Director, PwC
UW Economics BA '90, International Studies BA '90
Mentor since: 2019

David Miller
Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary, T-Mobile USA
UW Economics BA '82
Mentor since: 2012

Chris Nelson
Assistant General Counsel, Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation
UW Economics BS '98
Mentor since: 2012

Cary Oshima
Associate Vice President, Cognizant Technology Solutions
UW Economics BA ’90
Mentor since: 2012

Jolene Parisio
Director of Marketing, Genie
UW Economics BA '01, Sociology BA '01
Mentor since: 2011

Julie Parisio-Roy
Director of Financial Planning and Wealth Manager, Badgley Phelps
UW Economics BA ’97
Mentor since: 2011

Dimitri Perera
Head of Project Management & Digital Services, copacino+fujikado
UW Economics BA '08
Mentor since: 2014

Jeff Roe
President and CEO of Premera 
UW Economics BA '88, Political Science BA '88
Mentor since: 2012

Nat Sahlstrom
Director, Amazon Energy, AWS
UW Economics BS '06
Mentor since: 2018

Steven Sankaran *based in the Bay Area, CA
Technical Infrastructure Finance, Google
UW Economics BS ’12
Mentor since: 2014 

William C. (Bill) Severson, JD
Owner and Partner, William C. Severson PLLC
UW Economics BA ’71, UW JD ’74
Mentor since: 2012

Jason Shen
Executive Director, Market Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank
UW Economics '03
Mentor since: 2015

Isaac Sine
Head of NE Public Finance, Head of Public Power & Energy, J.P. Morgan
UW Economics '03
Mentor since: 2017

Merrile Sing, PhD
Retired; Previously economist at GAO, DOJ/ATR, & Mathematica
UW Economics BA ’78
Mentor since: 2014

Jay Stenehjem
Program Specialist, Seattle City Light
UW Economics '00
Mentor since: 2020

John Stephanus
President, The ARMCO Group
UW Economics BA ’80
Mentor since: 2012

Kyle Stewart
Assistant Project Manager, Bloom Projects LLC
UW Economics BA ’09
Mentor since: 2014

Brian Stoner
Investment Research Director at Mountain Pacific Group
UW Economics BS '02
Mentor Since: 2015

Craig Swanson
Founder/Owner, Redside Partners, LLC
UW Economics BA '89
Mentor since: 2015

Gene Tien, PhD *based in Palo Alto, CA
Director of Economics, Baker & McKenzie Consulting
UW Economics BA '94
Mentor since: 2016

Fortunato Vega 
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
UW Foster School of Business BA '79
Mentor since: 2014

Zhi Wan
Performance Marketing Lead, Alibaba
UW Economics BA '10
Mentor since: 2016

Eileen Wang
Microsoft (previous), Econ VC (current)
UW Economics BS '01
Mentor since: 2015

Katrina Wang
Strategy Management Consultant, Grant Thornton LLP
UW Economics BA '16
Mentor since: 2020

David Wasielewski
Managing Partner/Owner, Din Tai Fung Restaurant 
UW Economics BA '97
Mentor since: 2017

Mel Webb
Investment Analyst, Urban Renaissance Group
Mentor since: 2020

Brenden West
Senior Software Engineer, CBRE Dev
UW Economics BA '87
Mentor since: 2015

Robert Wimer
Tax Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP
UW Economics BA '03
Mentor since: 2020

Austin Wolfe
Analyst, Spencer Stuart
UW Economics BS '15
Mentor since: 2016

Stephen Wu
Manager, Network Data Strategy
UW Economics BS '15
Mentor since: 2015

Olga Yang
Senior Underwriter, Philedalphia Insurance Co.
UW Economics BA ’82
Mentor since: 2011

Clalissa Yi
Consultant, Project Leadership Services, Point B
UW Economics BA '16
Mentor since: 2018

Kai Zhao
Senior Manager, Product Management, Amazon Web Services
UW Economics BS '08
Mentor since: 2012

The Department of Economics is grateful to our outstanding group of volunteer mentors, who, as busy professionals, nonetheless find time in their schedules to meet with Economics undergraduates to provide career guidance and help them develop the skills that will help them succeed after graduation. Thank you!