206-407-1570 
Michael Herbst
President
Michael, who grew up in New York, has been a business lawyer in Seattle for 17 years. He has served as Chairman of the International Practice Section of the WA State Bar Association and as a member of the Executive Board of the British American Business Council.
Robert Richardson
Vice President
Robert, born in Wisconsin and raised Ontario, has practiced law in both Canada and the US, and worked in management of a high technology company in Seattle, for a combined 17 years. He is a Past Chair of the International Practice Section of the WA State Bar, and also presides over the Canada-America Society Scholarship Fund. 206-818-8240 robertr@pacificjuris.com www.pacificjuris.com
Jane Elise BloomCAS Treasurer
The Executive Director of two nonprofit organizations: Parkview Services (www.parkviewservices.org) and the Washington Homeownership Resource Center (www.homeownership-wa.org). Jane is originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon, she went to British Columbia to work on her Master’s Degree in Criminology at Simon Fraser University. During her twenty six years in British Columbia, Jane was the Chairperson of the Coquitlam School District, as well as a school trustee for the Southern Gulf Islands. Jane also served as the Country Director for Canada for Save the Children Canada. In 2002, Jane relocated to Washington and lives in Woodway with husband and two Irish Setters and one English Setter. Jane can be reached at 425 299 6020 jane032657@aol.com
Robert Boyd was born in Huntsville Ontario, raised on the west coast of British Columbia and educated in Alberta and British Columbia. Presently Boyd is the President and CEO of Orca Creative Group Inc. the northwest’s oldest and most respected three dimensional marketing firm with offices in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver Canada. Over the years Boyd has served as an industry advisor to government during negotiations on the Pacific Salmon Treaty, The General Agreement on Tariff and Trade and North American Free Trade Agreement. Boyd and his group of companies have a well known reputation for sponsoring business related organizations and supporting their activities with dollars, logistics and hard resources. www.orcacreative.com 425-398-9100 
Robert Boyd
Board Member
Garth HornlandBoard Member
Garth is a native of Edmonton Alberta and a graduate of the University of Alberta. He moved to the Seattle area in 1992 as part of a management team to open up a new US Pacific North West operation for PCL Construction Services, inc. He has been in a finance and administration role with PCL family of companies for 31 years. He has supported the United Way as campaign coordinator and coordinator trainer in both Canada and US for 25 years and has served as Vice President of the Canada America Society. He is humbled once a year by the mysteries of curling (it’s all his ego can take). (425) 454-8020 GHHornland@pcl.com
Mehran Sepehr
Mehran was born in Calgary, Alberta, but has been a longtime resident of Washington State, calling Seattle his home for the past 8 years He is a graduate of Economics and Political Science from the University of Washington, and has received a graduate level certificate in Global Supply Chain Management from the University of Washington’s Global Trade and Transportation Logistics department. Mehran currently works as a business analyst at Expeditors International of Washington, a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle email - mehranvs@gmail.com
Naveen is a VP and co-founder of Pacifica Partners Capital Management, a cross-border investment manager that specializes in providing discretionary portfolio management and cross-border financial advice for Canadian Expats in the USA and American Expats in Canada. The firm is licensed as a Registered Investment Advisor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and as a Portfolio Manager across several Provinces in Canada. Naveen holds an MBA in Global Asset and Wealth Management from Simon Fraser University. naveen@pacificapartners.com
Naveen Gopal
VP, Cross –Border Client Services
Susana Gonzalez-Murillo
Susana Gonzalez-Murillo is Vice President and Country Manager at U.S. Bank, responsible for marketing services to banks and clients in the Americas and Iberia. She is currently on the board of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and has held numerous board positions in the Pacific Northwest, including a term as the President of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce's PNW chapter. She is most recently the recipient of the Women of Color Empowered award. Susana has 30 years of international banking experience and is fluent in French and Spanish, and conversational in Portuguese. 
Michael King - Bio and Picture to come
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Lorissa Simpson - Bio and Picture to come
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