Date and Time
Thursday Mar 19, 2015
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
Fees/Admission
INVITE ONLY and RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
Sponsored by: This event is available for sponsorship for $500
Hosted by: Hampton Inn & Suites
Catered by: Mama Stortini’s
There is no cost to attend this event because of generous sponsorships. Please consider sponsoring the CEO Roundtable in 2015. Sponsorship of this event is $500 and includes logo recognition on press releases, invitations, a 5 minute commercial to those in attendance and distribution of marketing material during the event.
Description
Kent Chamber CEO Roundtable
Speaker: Lynn Peterson, CEO of Washington State Department of Transportation
Topic: Governor Inslee’s Transportation Priorities and Funding
Bio on our Speaker: Lynn Peterson was appointed C.E.O., aka Secretary of the Department of Transportation in February 2013 by Governor Jay Inslee. Peterson oversees an agency of 6,600 employees, with responsibility for 18,600 lane miles of highway, 3,700 bridges, general aviation airports, passenger- and freight-rail programs, and the Washington State Ferry system, the nation's largest. Peterson brings a renewed focus on efficiencies, accountability and investing in a multimodal system. She supports WSDOT's partnerships with cities and counties, businesses, transit and non-motorized transportation interests to cost-effectively build safe and healthy communities everywhere in Washington state. Before joining WSDOT, Peterson served for Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber as his Transportation Policy Advisor. She is the former chair of the Clackamas County Commission and a nationally recognized transportation and land-use integration expert. Prior to serving on the Clackamas County Commission, Peterson worked as a transportation consultant and as a strategic planning manager for TriMet, Portland's regional transportation agency. She was also a transportation advocate for 1000 Friends of Oregon and a transportation planner for Metro, the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison, and two Masters degrees from Portland State University, in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Urban and Regional Planning.
