2018-2019 Economics Mentors
Tom Abbott
Managing Director, Colliers International
UW Economics BA '74
Mentor Since: 2018
Ken Altena
Senior Vice President & Commercial Banking Manager, Umpqua Bank
UW Economics BA ’83
Mentor since: 2013
Mark Amberson
Retired
UW Economics BA '83
Mentor since: 2017
Isaac Cameron
Senior Engineer - Machine Learning, Slalom
UW Economics BS 13
Mentor Since: 2015
Robert Delharo
Environment, Health and Safety Financial Analyst, Boeing
Mentor since: 2018
Nelson Del Rio, JD
Founder and Chairman, Prosperity of the Commons International
UW Economics BA '84, JD Harvard Law '87
Mentor since: 2016
Gerilyn Denny
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
UW Economics BA
Mentor since: 2016
Scott Easter
Attorney (Partner), Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin PLLC
UW Economics BA '71
Mentor since: 2017
Duane Edwards
Co-founder, Teamatics
UW Economics BA '91
Mentor since: 2018
Richard Ekman, JD
Attorney, Ekman Cushing Maxwell P.S.
UW Economics BA '71, UW JD '74
Mentor since: 2016
Andrew Everett, MS *based in Washington, D.C.
Operations Research Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton
UW Economics BS '09, BA Mathematics '09
Mentor since: 2016
Craig Fiebig
VP Product, AstrumU
UW Economics BA '89
Mentor since: 2018
Rebecca Gee
Program Manager II, Microsoft Cloud
Penn State Industrial Engineering MS '12
Mentor since: 2016
Susan Gellatly
Principal, Gellatly Leadership Coaching
University of Virginia, BA Economics and Finance '82
Mentor since: 2016
Christopher George
Executive Director, Pacifica Law Group
UW Economics BA '87
Mentor since: 2017
David Griswold, JD
Chief Counsel and CCO, Pacific Current Group
UW Economics BA '79
Mentor since: 2011
Gabe Hanzeli
Director of IT (retired), The Boeing Company
UW Economics BA ’76
Mentor since: 2011
James Hedden
Associate, Morgan Stanley
UW Economics BA '15
Mentor since: 2018
Kevin Ho
Digital Consulting Analyst, Accenture
UW Economics BA '16
Mentor since: 2016
Martina Ji
Senior Associate, KPMG LLP
UW Economics BA '12
Mentor since: 2015
Jeff Lewis 
Channel Sales Manager, eOriginal
UW Economics BA ’89
Mentor since: 2012
Pinky Li
Product Analyst, Liberty Mutual
UW Economics BS '15
Mentor since: 2015
Steve Mitchell
Managing Account Executive, Traveler's
UW Economics BA '97
Mentor since: 2015
Roger Myklebust, JD
Construction Lawyer, Ryan Swanson & Cleveland
UW Economics BA '69, UW JD '72
Mentor since: 2016
Krisztina Nagy
Assistant Professor of Economics, PLU
UW Economics MA '03
Mentor since: 2013
Judy Nickelson
Buyer II, Fred Hutch
UW Economics BA '15
Mentor since: 2016
Peter Nickerson
Economist, Nickerson & Associates
UW Economics MS '78, PhD '84
Mentor since: 2018
Tom Olson
Business and Estate Planning Lawyer, Helsell Fetterman LLP
UW Economics BA '61
Mentor since: 2012
Cary Oshima
Associate Vice President, Cognizant Technology Solutions
UW Economics BA ’90
Mentor since: 2012
Julie Parisio-Roy
Director of Financial Planning and Wealth Manager, Badgley Phelps
UW Economics BA ’97
Mentor since: 2012
Greg Pendleton
Attorney, Gordon, Tilden, Thomas & Cordell
UW Economics BA '02
Mentor since: 2017
Dimitri Perera
Head of Project Management and Digital Services, copacino + fujikado
UW Economics BA ’08
Mentor since: 2014
Matt Ravet
Analytics Manager, Amazon
UW Economics BS '09
Mentor since: 2017
Eric Rothlisberger, CFA
Research Analyst, Vulcan Investments
UW Economics BS ’10
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
David Schulman
Global Tech Partner Marketing Lead, Tableau
UW Economics BS '11
Mentor Since: 2017
William C. (Bill) Severson, JD
Owner and Partner, William C. Severson PLLC
UW Economics BA ’71, UW JD ’74
Mentor since: 2012
Merrile Sing, PhD
Senior Economist, U.S. Government Accountability Office
UW Economics BA ’78
Mentor since: 2014
Bill Starkey
Senior Associate Treasurer, UW
UW Economics PhD '97
Mentor since: 2015
John Stephanus
President, The ARMCO Group
UW Economics BA ’80
Mentor since: 2012
Kyle Stewart
Investment and Fiduciary Services Associate, Wells Fargo Private Bank
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 Wealth Management
UW Foster School of Business BA '79
Mentor since: 2014
Zhi Wan
Paid Search Marketing Manager, Amazon
UW Economics BA '10
Mentor since: 2016
Eileen Wang
Microsoft (previous), Econ VC (current)
UW Economics BS '01
Mentor since: 2015
David Wasielewski
Managing Partner/Owner, Din Tai Fung Restaurant
UW Econonomics BA '97
Mentor since: 2017
Brenden West
Consultant, Software Engineering
UW Economics BA '87
Mentor since: 2015
Chris Witeck
Principal Technology Strategist, Citrix
UW Economics BA '93, Political Science '93
Mentor since: 2016
Austin Wolfe
Analyst, Spencer Stuart
UW Economics BS '15
Mentor since: 2016
Stephen Wu
Retail Vendor Manager, Amazon
UW Economics BS '14
Mentor since: 2015
Olga Yang
Commercial Underwriter, Philadelphia Insurance Co.
UW Economics BA ’82
Mentor since: 2011
Kai Zhao
Senior Product Manager, Amazon Web Services
UW Economics BS ’08
Mentor since: 2013
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!
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