washington business
editorial staff
Kris Johnson, Publisher
Jocelyn A. McCabe, APR, Executive Editor
Jason Hagey, Communications Manager
Brian Mittge, Staff Writer
Daniel C. Brunell, Photo Editor
J-Anne Nepomuceno, Editorial Assistant
awb officers
Mel Russell, Chair of the Board
Aldercreek Vineyards, Vancouver
Lisa Janicki, Vice Chair
What’s Ahead
What’s Your Story?
Jocelyn A. McCabe, APR, Executive Editor
Janicki Industries, Sedro-Woolley
Mike Schwenk, Secretary/Treasurer
Kurion, Inc., Richland
So, I’m a self-confessed pop culture junkie.
Doug Bayne, Immediate Past Chair
Walla Walla Community College Foundation, Walla Walla
TV shows. Movies. Music. You definitely want me on your team for trivia night.
(Giraffes have no vocal chords. Seriously. Look it up.)
Kris Johnson, President
The late C. David Gordon, Honorary President
an obscure ABC TV show from the late 1950s called “Naked City.” It was a unique
awb executive team
police drama that focused more on the criminals and victims — a forerunner to
Kris Johnson, President
Gary Chandler, VP, Government Affairs
Jocelyn A. McCabe, APR, VP, Communications
today’s popular “CSI” or “Law & Order” dramas.
In reviewing the pieces for this issue of Washington Business, I am reminded of
Each show closed with a voice-over of a now famous line that has been
parodied for years on end: “There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. This has
been one of them.”
Which got me to thinking: There are more than 8,100 members of AWB. This
issue features several of them.
From a job training partnership between Saint Martin’s University and
Microsoft to SiteCrafting’s unique approach to web design, our magazine provides
the perfect platform to not only explore the issues affecting your business, but also
showcase the great work of our members, in every corner of the state.
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