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.
Kevin Gemeroy is the President & CEO of Dynamic Computing, the premier managed IT services & cyber security provider to leading small and mid-sized businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Kevin is a fourth generation Seattle entrepreneur and small business owner who founded his company while attending the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Kevin was recognized as Washington State’s Mr. Future Business Leader in 1998 and as a Puget Sound Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree in 2018. On a personal note, Kevin is an avid golfer, perennial little league coach, husband to a wonderful wife, and father of two twice exceptional boys.
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, andsteady 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. Doug partners with CEOs as a strategic thought‑partner focused on meaningful growth results. He lives in Bellevue and is an active boater and skier.
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).
John Sherwood’s practice focuses on real estate, estate planning, probate, trust, business planning, and tax law. He advises clients on estate planning matters, including family business planning; commercial and residential real estate transactions and litigation; business transactions; business planning; probate and trust administration and disputes.
John’s real estate practice includes virtually all issues developers, landlords, tenants, and others in the real estate market face. John represents a wide range of clients for Estate Planning and Probate from those with modest net worth to those having a net worth of $10 million and more.
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.
His goal is to help families punch financial fear in the face and move forward with confidence and courage. 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.
Russ Stewart is the Vice President and Chief Technology 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, including a daughter recently accepted to Cedarville University to study piano pedagogy. He is active in his local church and Boy Scouts, and he enjoys softball, personal fitness, music, and fiction writing.
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.
Carolyn S. Harvey is the President and CEO of Archbright. She joined the organization in 2017, bringing 25 years of HR leadership experience across manufacturing, professional services, consulting, engineering, and healthcare. Before becoming CEO, she served as Archbright’s Vice President of Member Services, where she oversaw all member-facing functions and strengthened the organization’s focus on delivering consistently high-quality support to small and mid-sized employers.
Prior to joining Archbright, Carolyn was the Vice President of Human Resources at a nonprofit healthcare organization. Throughout her career, she has earned a reputation for building strong cultures, elevating service delivery, and guiding teams through complex organizational change.
Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington and is certified as 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. GO EAGS!
