2009 Board of Directors

Kurt Beidler
Senior Manager, Business Development
Amazon.com 

R. Peter Bonafede, MD – EC, Member at Large
Medical Director
Providence Arthritis Center, Portland, OR 

Roger Bourm
Bourm Properties 

Derek D. Crick – EC, Chair-Elect
Attorney
K & L Gates 

Patti McKinnell Davis
Director, Public Affairs
Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association 

Helen Emery, MD – EC, Chair
Professor of Pediatrics
Rheumatology, Seattle Children’s Hospital  

James W. Gustafson – EC, Treasurer
Retired, Sr. Vice President
Washington Natural Gas 

Dave Hill – EC, Immediate Past-Chair
President & Managing Partner
Sonata Capital Group

John Lynch
Retired, Lawyer & Arthritis Advocate 

Patricia Kach – EC, Member at Large
Retired, Vice President
Union Bank of California

Paul Manner, MD, FRCSE
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Washington

2010 Board of Directors List - PUBLIC
 Arthritis Foundation
Pacific Northwest Chapter 

Ruth Martens Scott
Retired, President
Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association 

Annie McTavish
Retired Professional Forester; Community Volunteer 

Paul Meyer – EC, Member at Large
Director, Automotive Sales
Airbiquity, Inc 

Peter Mohai, MD
Rheumatologist, President
Minor and James Medical 

Erin Shepherd-Ham, SPHR
Providence Health & Services Alaska
Employee Relations Advisor

Patrick L. Smith
Tax Partner
BDO 

Laurie Stewart
President/CEO
Sound Community Bank 

Larry Wienkers, PhD
Senior Director, Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism
Amgen 

Kimberly Worth
Community Volunteer & Philanthropist

Judi Yazzolino – EC, Secretary
Director, The Trump Network