Past Keynote Speakers

Just returning from the Beijing Olympics, Peter Ueberroth, successful entrepreneur, investor, former Baseball Commissioner and current United States Olympic Committee Chairman, shared his insights on what it takes to be a winner in both the business world and on the field.

Peter Ueberroth

 Below is a full alphabetical list of all ZINO Society keynote speakers:

• Richard Baxter, Plastic Surgeon, Author, Calidora Partner

• Renee Behnke, President Emeritus, Sur La Table 

• Glen Bertini, Founder & CEO, Novinium  

• Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Executive Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business 

• Jeff Brotman, Founder & Chairman, Costco 

• Michael Butler, Founder, Cascadia Capital 

• Bill Clapp, Founder & Chairman, Global Partnerships 

• Peter Click, Founder Click Wine Group 

• Phil Condit, CEO, The Boeing Company (retired)              

• John Cook, Business Columnist, Seattle Post Intelligencer

• Robert Cremin, CEO, Esterline Technologies 

• Geoff Entress, Madrona Capital (retired), Angel Investor 

• Kemper Freeman, CEO, The Bellevue Collection  

• Josh Hanson, Founder & President, Small Vineyards 

• Tom Hedges, Founder, Hedges Family Estates 

• Bob Herbold, Author, consultant, retired Microsoft President 

• Firoz Lalji, CEO, ZONES, Inc. & Founder, Kit’s Cameras

• Tod Leiweke, Seattle Seahawks 

• John Lusk, Mousedriver Chronicles 

• Chuck Lytle, Founder Leisure Care & Lytle Enterprises 

• Bill McAleer, Voyager Capital 

• Tom O’Keefe, Founder Tully’s Coffee 

• Arnie Prentice, Chairman, Kibble & Prentice

• Sue Preston, Managing Partner, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund 

• John Rindlaub, Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank 

• Dan Rosen, President & CEO, Dan Rosen & Associates, Founder Frazier Capital, (Founder Alliance of Angels  

• Chetan Sharma, President, Chetan Sharma Technology Consulting 

• Emory Thomas, Publisher, Puget Sound Business Journal

• Peter Ueberroth, CEO, The Contrarian Group, US Olympic Committee Chairman, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, TIME Magazine 1984 Man of the Year  

• Peter Wilson, Regional Vice-President, Google