Bill Cahan
Keynote Speaker and Design/Printed Annual Report Judge

Bill Cahan, founder and creative director of Cahan & Associates, has a unique ability for honing in on a singular, emotional truth that makes people care. His San Francisco-based agency is known for its product packaging, brand identity, advertising and Web design, and has received industry praise for its evocative annual reports. Whatever the creative challenge, the goal is the same: to peel away the marketing and expose the kernel of truth within. Bill has been featured on CNN and CNBC and has lectured extensively throughout the world. Over the past 20 years, his firm has been widely published and received more than 2,000 awards. He and his company are the subject of a book released by Princeton Architectural Press entitled I Am Almost Always Hungry.

Greg Eisen
Financial Annual Report Judge

Greg is a vice president of Safeco Asset Management, where he has been a financial analyst and a securities analyst. He is currently portfolio manager of Safeco Small Company Value Fund, which he has managed since its inception. Greg is a member of the Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR).

Rami Grunbaum
Letter and Narrative Judge

Rami recently was named deputy business editor at The Seattle Times. He has been a business journalist and editor for more than18 years. He joined the Business Journal in Sacramento in 1986, and was named managing editor two years later. In 1989, he returned to his hometown of Seattle to be news editor, and then managing editor, at Puget Sound Business Journal, where he was promoted to editor in 2002.

Elaine Heller
Design/Online Annual Report Judge

Elaine is principal and portfolio manager with Coldstream Capital Management, a boutique, multi-client family office providing comprehensive wealth management services to high net-worth private clients and their families. Her investment career includes a number of senior account management and analyst positions in Seattle and Hong Kong. Elaine is president of the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research®.

Jamélah G. Leddy
IR Web Site Judge

Jamélah's diverse analytical career spans both the "buy" and "sell" sides. Prior to joining McAdams Wright Ragen, where she is CFA Vice President, Research, she was a senior financial analyst with Summit Capital and served on the firm's investment strategy committee. Previously, she focused on Pacific Northwest companies and industries in her positions at WM Advisors and Piper Jaffray. She is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research, the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts, and the Cystic Fibrosis Guild.