PSALA 2023-2024 Board of Directors
The Executive Board is the voting portion of the leadership in the Puget Sound Chapter.
Click on each Executive Board title to read the Job Description – all job descriptions are downloadable PDFs.
Executive Board



Jody Waterman
VP OF MEMBERSHIP
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
1420 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101
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Denny Krantz
Stritmatter Kessler
Koehler Moore
3600 15th Avenue West
Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98119
206.448.1777
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Kristin Stoddard
VP OF EDUCATION
Summit Law Group, PLLC
315 Fifth Avenue S
Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 676-7100
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Suzanne Tran
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT/
BLOG EDITOR
Kantor Taylor
1200 Fifth Avenue
Suite 1900
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 812-2510
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Tara Ghannam Binge
VP OF BUSINESS PARTNER RELATIONS
Ryan Swanson
1201 Third Ave
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 654-2285
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Meredith Taylor
VP DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
1201 Third Ave
Suite 5150
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 876-5305
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Extended Board

Renee Muraki
COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE LEADER
Smith & Hennessey PLLC
316 Occidental Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104
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Lisa Miner
EASTSIDE PSALA SECTION LEADER
Perkins Cole LLP
1201 3rd Ave
Suite 4900
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 359-8017
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Barb Paige
BUSINESS OF LAW LEADER
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 903-5487
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Ginger Rochford
FACILITIES LEADER
Fox Rothschild LLP
1001 4th Ave Suite 4500
Seattle, WA 98154
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Jessica Sparks
COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMMITTEE LEADER
Stoel Rives LLP
600 University St Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 689-8728
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Mikael Kvart
TECHNOLOGY SECTION LEADER
Friedman Rubin PLLP
51 University St
Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 501-4446
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Ashley Frisch
HR SECTION LEADER
Rimon Law
506 2nd Ave, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 971-9763
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Christopher George
Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson
1000 2nd Ave, Suite 2050
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 452-8943
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Karen Turner
SOUTH PSALA SECTION
LEADER
Gordon Thomas Honeywell
1201 Pacific Ave
Seattle, WA 98402
(360) 708-7888
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Jeannie Peck
SMALL FIRM SECTION
LEADER
Badgley Mullins Turner PLLC
Ballinger Way NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
(206) 829-9590
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Sarah Finney
FINANCE LEADER
Stokes Lawrence PS
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 812-7487
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