Erin Albanese is a Partner at PRK Livengood in Bellevue, where she advises business owners and founders on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, securities transactions, and general business matters. Her practice focuses on representing closely held companies in buy‑side and sell‑side M&A transactions, private equity deals, ownership restructurings, incentive compensation design, and succession planning.
Known for her practical, business‑oriented approach, Erin helps owners align transaction strategy with broader wealth objectives. She lives in Sammamish with her family and two golden retrievers.
Chad Blevins is the founder of Blevins Financial, which serves the complex needs of closely held business owners and high net worth individuals. He has a strong history of developing financial strategies, transaction structures, estate plans, and business optimization strategies for private businesses and their owners. He brings a focus across often-disparate areas into a single integrated strategy that greatly increases value and clarity for the client.
Blevins has held executive leadership positions in Fortune 500 companies, private start-ups, and family-held businesses.
Doug Hall works with CEOs who want a clear vision, stronger priorities, a more capable leadership team, and better execution, not more theory. He helps business owners strengthen their leadership and management practices so their companies grow with solid goals, real accountability, and steady momentum.
Although he was certified in EOS and Scaling Up operating system frameworks, Doug takes a flexible approach and tailors each system to the needs of the organization. As an active business owner and employer himself, he understands the pressures of growth, cash flow, and people decisions first hand. He lives in Bellevue and is an active boater and skier.
Carolyn S. Harvey is the President and CEO of Archbright, a role she has held since joining the organization in 2017. She brings more than 25 years of human resources leadership experience spanning manufacturing, professional services, consulting, engineering, and healthcare. Prior to becoming CEO, Carolyn served as Archbright’s Vice President of Member Services, leading all member-facing functions and strengthening service delivery for small and mid-sized employers.
Before Archbright, Carolyn was Vice President of Human Resources at a nonprofit healthcare organization. Carolyn holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).
Krisann Hatch, Vice President of Member Services at Archbright, has over 11 years of experience delivering innovative HR solutions and overseeing Consulting, Operations, Claims, and Safety & Loss Control teams. Previously, she spent nearly 25 years at Red Lion Hotels, culminating as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Krisann excels in creating people-centric strategies that drive operational success and employee satisfaction.
She holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University and an MBA from Washington State University. Outside of work, she enjoys family time and cheering on the EWU Eagles.
Kathy Iverson, SPHR, is a Senior HR Advisor at Archbright with over 29 years of management-level human resources experience across corporate, nonprofit, service, and manufacturing environments, including both union and non-union settings.
Kathy works closely with members to educate, train, and strengthen employee relations skills, and she advises daily on employment law compliance, employee relations, leaves, and ADA matters. She holds a B.A. in Public and Interpersonal Communication from Seattle Pacific University.
Gary Kawamura is the Business Development Manager at Dynamic Computing and has worked in sales and business development for over 10 years. At Dynamic Computing, Gary's focus is helping small and mid-sized businesses thrive and succeed by making the right investments in technology and cybersecurity.
Gary holds a BA from Washington State University and an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University. He lives in Beacon Hill and spends his free time racing mountain bikes, traveling, and also reading and quoting The Economist.
David Lightfoot has over 40 years of accounting, finance, and operational experience. David has served as Controller, Chief Financial Officer or Vice President of Finance for small and medium-sized businesses. He also has operations experience and has worked as a CEO, giving him a broad business perspective.
David has been a CPA for over 40 years and also is a CMA (Certified Management Accountant). He is currently Principal of David Lightfoot CFO, LLC. His clients call him a “world-class listener.”
George Noroian grew up in a small family business, learning from an early age that there are both good and bad ways to be an entrepreneur. He had a rich and varied career path, serving in the diplomatic corps, getting an MBA from Stanford, and running two multi-million-dollar companies.
His journey has given him experience and empathy, and he uses these to help business owners create the entrepreneurial lives they’ve always wanted.
Jessica Norris is a partner at Shannon & Associates, LLP. She serves the firm's largest manufacturing, distribution and contractor clients—auditing and consulting on employee benefit plans and performing valuation and forensic services for a variety of clients.
Jessica graduated from Central Washington University with a Bachelor of Science, Major in Accounting and has an MBA, Economic Crime and Fraud Management from Utica College of Syracuse University. She is a CPA and a CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst) and CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner).
For nearly 30 years, Aaron has helped people find their intrinsic motivation, their capacity to collaborate, and the fulfillment that comes from harnessing their creativity.
Aaron brings a wide range of experiences to his work with Giant Leap — from outdoor leadership and theatre direction to corporate contribution and teaching business communication.
Through his work as a company culture engineer, he helps leaders build structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so both their profits and their people thrive.
Russ Stewart is the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Dynamic Computing, where he leads technical strategy, innovation, and the delivery of secure, reliable IT services for small and midsized businesses across the Pacific Northwest. With 25 years of experience in small business technology, including automation, systems integration, and emerging AI, he focuses on building solutions that help organizations thrive.
Russ is a dedicated husband and the father of two teenagers. He is active in his local church and Boy Scouts Troop, and he enjoys softball, personal fitness, music, and fiction writing.
Ben Wicks has been serving clients in wealth management since 1999. Ben's expertise is in serving closely held and family-owned business owners, executives, and wealth creators seeking to create a clear game plan for how their money connects to a life of meaning and purpose.
A Washington native, Ben's favorite place to be is in the mountains. He lives in Bothell with his wife and three kids and enjoys all things outdoors, live music, woodworking, and the conviviality of good food and drink with family and friends. Ben is a member of Bellevue Rotary, Vistage, and chairs the Seattle Children's Hospital Legacy Council.
