Members of the Board


Andrews
Ted Andrews
Ted Andrews is a 4th-generation Seattleite, married to Gretchen Hund and father to 2 college-age girls.  A long-time resident of the nearby Highlands neighborhood, he serves on that community’s Board and as its Treasurer.  A graduate of Whitman College and with an MBA from University of Puget Sound, he has been President of HerbCo International, a local organic herb farm, since 1992.
Blackbourn
Jann Blackbourn
President/CEO of Washington Transit Advertising for 25 years (retired).  Past President and current Ambassador Board member of Big Brothers & Big Sisters of King County.  Role Model of the Year for Big Sisters of King County. Corporate Volunteer of the Year for Boys&Girls Clubs.  Countless charities have benefited from Jann’s devotion to philanthropic efforts.  Seattle native and University of Washington graduate.
Bostock
Randall Bostock
Randy works in Underwriting for Salvus Bain Management, the USA office of Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company based out of Durham, UK. He has been a part of the Marine Insurance community and a member of the Marine Insurance Association of Seattle for the past 20 years. He lives in the Northshire loop and loves being part of the Broadview community and considers it an honor to be living near the Dunn Gardens.  Randy is married to Dina and together they have two beautiful daughters, Samantha and Sofia, who love taking frequent walks through the gardens.
Breiwick
Linda Breiwick
VP, Development/President Elect
Retired from Shoreline Community College after 28 years as faculty and Program Director of the Medical Laboratory Technology Program. Linda grew up in the north end of Seattle and became interested in gardening from her mother, who gardened with Ed Dunn. She has two lovely daughters and is honored to serve on the Board of Directors.
Butts
Gloria Butts
Broadview resident since 1963. Married, 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren. Graduate, Eastern Washington University, cum laude. Coordinator of the Broadview Historical Society. Past President and Board Member of the Broadview Cimmunity Council. Past President of the North Seattle Community College Senate. Past Vice President of the Seattle Community Coouncil Federation. Longtime active volunteer involved on many citywide and local organizations,issues and activities including education, environment,history, gardens, City of Seattle and neighborhood planning, libraries, parks and promoting community connections.
Dodrill
Beth Dodrill
Beth holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree and Preservation Planning certificate from the University of Washington and is an independent preservation planning consultant and landscape designer/gardener. She has served on the Dunn Garden Conservation Committee since 2004. Beth is also a board member of Docomomo WEWA—a preservation advocacy group focusing on mid-century modernism, and is an active volunteer with Historic Seattle Preservation Development Authority.
Dunn
Sue Dunn
Secretary
Vice President of Patrick Dunn & Associates, LTD. Sue was employed by the State of Washington for 30 years in managerial positions in the Office of Planning and Community Affairs, Employment Security Department and Department of Community Development. She is a graduate of Centralia College and the University of Washington in Business Administration. Recent volunteer efforts include Treasurer, Behind the Badge Foundation (formerly 10-99 Foundation), Past President of the Dunn Gardens, Construction Committee Chair of the Dunn Gardens classroom and the Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial construction on the Capitol campus.
Findlay
Robert Findlay
VP, Garden Conservation
Dr. Robert A. Findlay FAIA is professor emeritus of architecture at Iowa State University. Member of the National Peace Corps Association board and of the Olympia Design Review board. Member of the Washington State Facilities Access committee and active with the Thurston County Master Gardeners. Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He is E.B. Dunn Garden Trust vp for conservation.
Glenn
Michael Glenn, MD
Michael G. Glenn, M.D., is an otolaryngologist – head and neck surgeon.  He is Chief of the Department of Surgery at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA where he also remains active as a head and neck cancer surgeon, with particular clinical interests in micro-vascular reconstructive surgery and thyroid cancer.  He is a member of the medical center’s board of directors and its management committee.  He holds an appointment as clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington, the institution where he spent the first decade of his career following his training at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and at Stanford University Hospital’s otolaryngology residency program. The Garden is Mike’s first community board outside his vast professional involvements.
Hanower
Dave Hanower
VP, Finance & Administration/Treasurer
Dave retired as Senior Vice President, Law and Administration, of Burlington Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, when it was acquired by ConocoPhillips. Dave began his career with Perkins Coie in Seattle. Dave is an active volunteer with the King County Master Gardeners, and occasionally takes horticulture classes at Edmonds Community College. Dave and his wife, Sandy, live near the Dunn Gardens with their two teenage sons.
Herring
Kit Herring
As the former owner of an international tour operator and travel agency, InkaNatura Travel USA, Kit Herring has worked extensively in conservation and eco-tourism around South America, as well as closer to home in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia.  He volunteers with Friends of Llandover Woods, a group that maintains the Seattle city park of the same name. His first novel, Descending the Cairo Side, was published in October 2010. Kit lives within walking distance of the Dunn Gardens with his wife Diana and youngest son, Shawn.
Hokanson
Connie Hokanson
Retired from Seattle Public Schools after 31 years of elementary teaching. Supervisor at the U.W. College of Education for 7 years. Interests include photography, travel and volunteer ESL tutoring.
Kagi
Ruth Kagi
Marckworth
Peg Marckworth
VP, Board Operations
President of Marckworth Associates, a marketing and identity development firm that creates resonant, memorable brands to attract attention, engage interest & drive sales. In addition to the Dunn Gardens, she serves on the boards of the Association for Creative Business Writing, Northern Lights Northwest (VP) and Immediate Past President and Emeritus Trustee for Billings Middle School Board. She also serves on Advisory Boards for Next Stage Dance Theatre and Cascade Symphony Orchestra. Peg and her husband, Steve Felton, have a 21 year old daughter who attends the University of Washington.
McCutchan
Ann McCutchan
McGinnis
Char Dunn McGinnis
Charlanne Dunn-McGinnis has been involved with the Dunn Gardens all her life since she is a member of the Dunn Family. Char attended Cornish School of Fine Arts, studying voice, dance and drama. Char began her career in non-profit organizations at the age of four, when she worked with her mother on the Mayor’s Seattle Hospitality Committee.  She has volunteered with the Denver Women's Shelter and as a Guardian Ad Litem in a Pilot Program with King County Juvenile Court. Char has also served on the Board of Maryhill Museum for 9 years, on the Maryhill Development Committee, and Nominations Committee as Member at Large. She is President of The Arthur G. Dunn Guild for Maryhill Museum.
McKallor
Alex McKallor
Alex is currently Executive Vice President of Operations at Lynden Inc. He served as president of Lynden Transport, Inc.  between 2004 and 2008. He was also president of Alaska Marine Lines, Inc. from 1991 to 2004. He is a current Board member of Washington Employers Association. He was born in Seattle but raised and educated in the Northeast.
O’Connor
Tim O’Connor
Ormsby
Ann Ormsby
VP, Strategic Planning
Retired Public Administrator. Served on numerous civic and education boards. Current passions include grandchildren, travel, figure skating, gardening, watercolor painting and the Dunn Gardens.
SmithTowne
Chris Smith Towne
Immediate Past President
Chris has more than 50 years of involvement in making our world a little greener and environmentally safer, through citizen activism, as a park commissioner and city councilman, as a member of the State Pollution Control Hearings Board, Shorelines Hearings Board, Growth Management Hearings Board, and Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, and as Governor Spellman's natural resource policy director. For eight years, she served as director of Environmental and Natural Resource Services with Gordon Thomas Honeywell, serving governmental, tribal and business clients through mediation of complex disputes. Since retirement, she serves the same goals through service on nonprofit boards, including the Seattle Parks Foundation, HistoryLink (an online encyclopedia of local and state history), and the Dunn Gardens.
Vestal
George Vestal
President
President of McDonald Employment Services, Inc. for 30 years---Past President and current Board member for Seattle Executives Association.  Past President and current Board member for International Executives Association.  Member of Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce.  Born & educated in Southern California
Wyatt
Jenny Wyatt
Jenny Wyatt draws on both sides of her brain to work as a writer and landscape designer. In addition to numerous articles for business, literary, and parenting publications, she is the co-author of two books on parenting teens. Currently underway is a third book, to be published spring ’09.  She holds multiple degrees in English (B.A.; M.A.; and Ph.D.) as well as degrees in horticulture and landscape design. Jenny and her husband, Scott, have two daughters and two sons. She has served on the board of The Bush School and Hugo House. At Dunn Gardens, she heads up the docent program.