Patricia M. Bedient, senior vice president of finance and strategic planning at Weyerhaeuser, serves as a member of the company’s senior management team and manages the integration of all company planning processes, including financial planning and budgeting, investment evaluation, investment direction setting, and dialogue with the investment community. 

She currently serves on the board of directors of Alaska Air Group, the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, the Oregon State University Foundation board of trustees and the advisory board for the University of Washington School of Business.  Ms. Bedient attended Oregon State University where she received a B.S. in business administration and is a certified public accountant.  Prior to Weyerhaeuser Ms. Bedient served as managing partner at Arthur Andersen LLP in Seattle.

Eric L. Dobmeier, senior vice president of corporate development at Seattle Genetics, manages the company's business development, legal and corporate communications groups,  He has led negotiation and completion of multiple corporate alliances, including a recent collaboration with Genentech valued at more than $860 million, and has participated in raising over $200 million in equity financing. 

Prior to joining Seattle Genetics, Mr. Dobmeier was with the law firms of Venture Law Group and Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, where he represented companies in connection with public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate partnering transactions.  Mr. Dobmeier holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

Julie M. Eastland, vice president of finance and administration, and chief financial officer of VLST Corporation, a privately held biotechnology company.  Prior to VLST Ms. Eastland held various finance positions, including vice president of strategic planning at Dendreon where she managed the investor relations function. Ms. Eastland received a B.S., finance from Colorado State University and an MBA from Edinburgh University.

Steve Gordon, chief financial officer of Trumba Corporation, a developer of online calendar  technology, oversees all finance and administrative operations as well as customer support and technical documentation.  Prior to Trumba, Mr. Gordon served as senior vice president of finance and operations and chief financial officer for Visio, where in 1999 he helped structure the acquisition of Visio by Microsoft.  He holds a B.A. in business administration from Washington State University and is licensed as a certified public accountant.