Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine closed the Chamber's 2025-2026 EBRT season with the agency's revised system plan, the path to close a $35B deficit, a fare-gate pilot at up to 14 stations, a coming fleet replacement order, and Sound Transit's all-hands plan for next month's FIFA World Cup. Continue Reading
Inside the April 9 Eastside Business Roundtable: Boeing's Wendy Sowers led a high-level briefing on the commercial aviation market outlook, production backlog and supply chain recovery, and the safety and certification work shaping the next decade of commercial aviation. Continue Reading
Reps. Janice Zahn and Larry Springer joined our president and CEO Joe Fain and RBC Wealth Management’s Hannah Grossblatt for a fast, practical look at what matters most to Eastside employers in the year ahead. Continue Reading
At the November 13 Executive Business Roundtable, the Bellevue Chamber brought together leaders from the University of Washington and Avocat AI to ground the AI conversation in real-world practice. Continue Reading
On October 9, 2025, the Chamber’s Executive Business Roundtable opened the 2025 to 2026 season with a full house, fresh coffee, and a countdown clock. Seattle’s Fifa World Cup CEO, Peter Tomozawa took the mic alongside Seattle Sounders alum Brad Evans, and the room got a first-hand look Continue Reading
As our only off-the-record executive get-together, our Executive Business Roundtable attendees heard from local leaders in sustainability last week, including reps from the City of Bellevue, Alaska Airlines, and Earth Finance. Check out the pics & take a sneak peek at some of the questions... Continue Reading
For the first Executive Business Roundtable (EBRT) session of the 2024-2025 program, C-suite members of the Chamber were joined by a group of political experts — each hailing from a different sliver of the landscape — to discuss the upcoming election and what we can expect depending on... Continue Reading
At the Chamber’s most recent session of our Executive Business Roundtable program, Chamber CEO Joe Fain hosted former Gov. Christine Gregoire, the Seattle Chamber’s Rachel Smith, Steve Mullin from Washington Roundtable, and Greater Seattle Partners’ Brian Surratt for a panel... Continue Reading
This morning, the Bellevue Chamber hosted its monthly Executive Business Roundtable program at the Bellevue Club. The program, “Creating Future Ready Cities”, featured Alex Shannon, Vice President and Director of Northwest Water at WSP, and Rebecca Borker, Director of Utility... Continue Reading
This morning, the Bellevue Chamber hosted another Executive Business Roundtable (EBRT) program at the Bellevue Club featuring Renee Sunde, President & CEO of the Washington Retail Association, and Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President of Policy & Government Affairs, Mark Johnson. Prior to... Continue Reading
Last Thursday, the Bellevue Chamber held its first hybrid Executive Business Roundtable meeting at the Bellevue Club. The program featured GLY Construction President and CEO, Ted Herb, as he shared the process of some of GLY’s mega projects. One of the biggest GLY projects to date, the... Continue Reading
