Peter Adler named BCC Foundation Board president

BELLEVUE, WASH. – Peter Adler, Senior Vice-President of Bellevue-based PeaceHealth and CEO of its HealthVentures subsidiary, has been named president of the Bellevue Community College Foundation Board of Directors.

Adler has been a member of the Board since 2006 and previously chaired its Development and Strategic Planning committees.

Adler succeeds Mike Humphries, Managing Principal of Waldron & Company, who remains on the Board and Executive Committee.

Other Foundation officers and executive committee members for the coming year include:

President Elect Rob McKenna Washington State Attorney General

Secretary
Paul Swegle
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Sharebuilder

Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Ramesh Rao
Principal
The Reserve at Gearhart, LLC

Directors Committee Chair
Dale King
Principal (Interior Special Projects Division)
GLY Construction

Development Committee Chair
Lisa Sims
Community Volunteer

Scholarship Committee Chair
Robin Nelson
Community Volunteer

Marketing Committee Chair
Kass Sells
Managing Director and Global Client Lead
The Wunderman Network

Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Carol Taylor
Medical Center Administrator

Other Board members include:

Bob Alexander
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Underwriting
Alaska National Insurance Company

Shiv Batra
President
INCA Engineers, Inc.

Christine Benson
Assistant Vice President and Fiduciary Officer
BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Marty Bentrott
Vice President, Middle East and African Sales
The Boeing Company

David Call
Senior Vice President and Branch Manager
Citi Smith Barney

Courtney Courter
Political Affairs/Public Relations
Honda Auto Center of Bellevue

Don Grant
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager
Wells Fargo Bank

Crystal Hochhaus
Creative Director
QC Graphics

Michael Kalian
Managing Director
Seattle Home Show

Bill Kent
Construction Executive
M.A. Mortenson Company

Johan Lysne IV
AVP & Branch Manager
c/o HomeStreet Bank

Cisco Malpartida Smith
Product Manager, Member Strategies
BECU

Dave Mentz Vice President and Director, Human Resources
Medtronic Physio-Control

Gary Pruitt
Chief Executive Officer
Univar

Stan Rosen
Principal
Rosen-Harbottle Commercial Real Estate

Catherine Springman
Catherine Springman, Inc.

The Bellevue Community College Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1978 to raise funds to enhance educational opportunities at BCC.

Through a combination of individual, foundation and corporate donations, the Foundation provides funding for scholarships, program enhancements and special projects at BCC.

The Foundation holds assets of $4.3 million and has raised more than $20 million on behalf of Bellevue Community College.

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