Businesses in Cascadia - CREW

THE ROUNDTABLE IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTONThis roundtable discussion took place on May 8, 2012, at the University of Washington Club andwas organized with the assistance of Bob Freitag, Director of the Institute for Hazard MitigationPlanning and Research at the University of Washington’s College of Architecture and UrbanPlanning. This is the second roundtable in the series.ParticipantsThe facilitators of this business roundtable discussion were Cale Ash (CREW President) and BobFreitag. CREW was also represented by Tamra Biasco, Heidi Kandathil, Tim Walsh, and BillSteele.PARTICIPANTPriscilla ArmstrongCharles DavisMarvin FerreiraBob FreitagKeith KenwayMatthew McBrideRoss McDonaldBill SteeleMark WesolowskiAFFILIATIONCleanScapesWashington FederalAPM TerminalsUniversity of WashingtonPuget Sound EnergyBoeing Employees Credit UnionFoss MarinePacific NW Seismic NetworkPuget Sound EnergyThe discussion was documented by Kyra Nourse (writer & editor for CREW’s BusinessRoundtable project).IntroductionCale Ash welcomed the participants and explained the purpose and objectives of CREW’sBusiness Roundtable project. He and the other CREW representatives stressed that CREW isseeking to:• Increase CREW’s interaction with private industry.• Encourage businesses to join CREW and provide their input.• Learn from the participants how CREW can provide useful information and assistance tohelp businesses understand and mitigate their earthquake risk.• Provide tools and ideas to help businesses mitigate their earthquake risk.Seattle, Washington | 21