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Meet our new board members

A big welcome to the four new members of ELAP’s Board of Directors:

Heather Bresnahan — Auctane
Brad Goergen — HomeStreet Bank
Rekha Thomas — Path Forward Marketing
Haley Tynes — Microsoft

They join ELAP’s 2026 Board:

Pamela Anderson — Perkins Coie, Board President
Ramina Dehkoda-Steele — Wong Fleming, Board Vice President
Tasha Murphy — University of Washington, Board Treasurer
Matthew Widmyer — Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Board Secretary
Debbie Akhbari — T-Mobile USA
Dan Choi — Microsoft
Hannah Hamilton Community member
Ben Laws — Weber Shandwick
Joan McBride — Community member
Mary Sakaguchi — Sakaguchi, Felbeck, Story & Reese
Emily Schlesinger — Microsoft
Kris Taylor — Community member
Leslie Veloz — Hintze Law

Our Board, which is made up of volunteers from the legal community and other sectors, helps guide our organization’s strategic vision.

Learn about getting involved at ELAP.