Pierce County Library System
Information & Imagination

A total of 55 people, in addition to some Library staff and managers participated in the workshop.

• Rob Allen, Pierce County Office of the Executive, Economic Development Division
• Dick Ammerman, Intel Corporation, Retired
• Tanya Andrews, Executive Director, Children’s Museum of Tacoma
• Katrina Asay, Mayor, City of Milton
• Judy Ball, Friends of the University Place Library
• Kristen Corning Bedford, Director of Community Programs, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
• Bonnie Boyle, Lakewood Fire Commissioner
• Jay Brower, Community Connections Director, Bethel School District
• Jeff Brown, President, BCRA Architects
• David Bugher, Assistant City Manager, City of Lakewood
• Anthony Chen, Director of Health, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
• Brad Cheney, Executive Director, Ben B. Cheney Foundation
• Mariza Craig, Deputy City Manager, City of University Place
• John Doan, City Administrator, City of Sumner
• Tom Dolan, Planning Director, City of Gig Harbor
• Liz Dunbar, Executive Director, Tacoma Community House
• Bonnie Egbert, President, Friends of Sumner Library
• Brian Forth, President, SiteCrafting
• Sean Gaffney, Division Manager, Advance Planning Division, Pierce County Planning and Land Services
• Charlie Gray, Deputy Executive Director, Pierce County Housing Authority
• Rick Guild, President/CEO, Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound
• Matt Holm, Assistant Fire Chief, Central Pierce Fire & Rescue
• Grover Johnson, President, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Tacoma Chapter
• Grover Johnson III
• Michele Johnson, Chancellor, Pierce College
• Christine Kelly, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, Clover Park School District
• Lisa Korsmo, Pierce County Library Foundation
• Kathryn Kravit-Smith, Director, Pierce County Parks & Recreation
• Chelsea Levy, Metropolitan Development Manager, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce
• Stacey McCaw, Area Director, Young Life Greater Puyallup Valley
• Bill McDonald, City Administrator, City of DuPont
• Helen McGovern, Managing Director, Colliers International
• Debbie Mortell, Mortell Insurance
• JJ Nazarro, Student, Rogers High School
• Julia Park, Senior Planner, Advance Planning Division, Pierce County Planning and Land Services
• Vince Pecchia, Director of Literacy, Puyallup School District
• Eric Phillips, Community Development Director, City of Edgewood
• Suraiya Rashid, Associate Planner, City of Buckley
• Barbara Reed, Marketing and HR Manager, Safe Streets
• Bob Riler, Program Specialist, Pierce County Aging and Long Term Care
• Melody Rodriguez, Northwest Leadership Foundation
• Keri Rooney, Executive Director, External Affairs, Pierce County Executive’s Office
• Dena Sczenski, Student, Ballou Junior High School
• Kyler Shula, Student, Rogers High School
• Steve Smith, Director of Community Relations, University of Washington Tacoma
• Teri Tranholt Hochstein, Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing
• Jan Walsh, State Librarian, Washington State Library
• John Walstrum, President, Clover Park Technical College
• Rev. Larry Warren, Summit United Methodist Church
• Chuck West, Division Chief, Key Peninsula Fire
• Chris Wilde, Council Member, City of Wilkeson
• Kim Wilde, City Administrator, City of Edgewood
• Richard Woo, Chief Executive Officer, The Russell Family Foundation
• Steve Worthington, City Manager, City of Fife
• Jackie Zils, Advisor, JayRay Ads & PR and President, Pierce County Library Foundation

• Eugene Matsusaka, Board Chair, Retired
• J.J. McCament, Board Vice Chair, Principal, McCament & Rogers
• Allen P. Rose, Executive Director, Justice Services, Pierce County
• Budd Wagner, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Franciscan Health System

Neel Parikh, Executive Director, Pierce County Library System