Speaker Information

Charlotte Kahn, Director, Boston Indicators Project - Keynote Speaker  
(BIO)
Session:  Morning Keynote, Community Case Studies

Bruce Botka, Analyst, Washington State GMAP
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Washington State Government Performance and Accountability)
Session:  Government Use of Indicators

Rita Conrad, Executive Director, Oregon Progress Board
(BIO)  (Presentation PDFs:  Measuring Results Brief and Using Results Indicators in Oregon)
Session:  Government Use of Indicators

Eric de Place, Senior Researcher, Sightline Institute
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Indicators and the Environment)
Session:  Indicators and the Environment

Shaun O’L. Higgins, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Spokesman-Review
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators for Business Strategy

Mark Hurtubise, President and CEO, Inland Northwest Community Foundation
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators for Resource Allocation – How Funders Use Indicators

Robert Lincoln, Planning and Information Analysis Manager, Spokane Police Department
(BIO)
Session:  Government Use of Indicators

Carrie McLachlan, Assessment and Community Development, Island County Health Department
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  "The Island County Story")
Session:  Using Indicators to Link Health and the Environment

Bob Scarfo, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Design Institute
(BIO)
Session:  Using Indicators to Link Health and the Environment

Chantal Stevens, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Sustainable Seattle: From Measuring Progress to Changing the Future)
Session:  Community Case Studies

Mary Thomas, Executive Vice President, The Spartanburg Community Foundation
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  The Spartanburg County Foundation)
Session:  Community Case Studies

Roger Woodworth, VP of Sustainable Energy Solutions, Avista Corp.
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Indicators for Business Strategy)
Session:  Indicators for Business Strategy

Christopher Blodgett, Director, Washington State University Child and Family Research Unit
(BIO)
Session:  Benchmarks for Early Learning

Sandi Bloem, Mayor, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators in Action – How Will Indicators Be Used Locally

Elizabeth Bonbright-Thompson, Executive Director, Washington State Childcare Resource & Referral Network
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Data-Driven Public Policy)
Session:  Benchmarks for Early Learning

John Erickson, Washington State Department of Ecology
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Environmental Indicators for Washington)
Session:  Indicators and the Natural Environment

Douglas P. Fagerness, Director, North Idaho College Head Start
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Measuring Community - Developing the Yardstick in Idaho)
Session:  Benchmarks for Early Learning

Patty Gates, Executive Director, New Priorities Foundation
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators for Resource Allocation – How Funders Use Indicators

Dennis Hession  (BIO)
Mayor, City of Spokane
Session:  Indicators in Action – How Will Indicators Be Used Locally

Karla Miller, Product Development Manager, Northwest Area Foundation
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators for Resource Allocation – How Funders Use Indicators

Robyn Miller, Inland Northwest Conservation Manager, The Nature Conservancy
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators and the Natural Environment

Jim VanDerslice, Senior Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health
(BIO)
Session:  Using Indicators to Link Health and the Environment

Nancy Vorhees, Chief Operating Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services
(BIO)  (Presentation PDF:  Using Community Indicators in the Health Care Setting)
Session:  Indicators for Business Strategy

Diana Wilhite, Mayor, City of Spokane Valley
(BIO)
Session:  Indicators in Action – How Will Indicators Be Used Locally

Bob Lutz, MD MPH
(Presentation PDF:  Health-Environment & the Public)
Session:  Using Indicators to Link Health and the Environment