Our Team
Erin Adams
Executive Director
About Erin
Erin joined Seattle Good Business Network (now Good Business Network of Washington) as co-director in 2012. Passionate about sustainability and community development, previous roles run the gamut from producing green events and fundraisers to Peace Corp service in the Philippines; and from academia to US Senate legislative staff. She holds a BA in Political Science from UC San Diego, an MSW from UC Berkeley, is ABD, PhD in Cultural Anthropology. Erin heads up our Sewn-Goods Revitalization project, our emergent Community Capital program area, Green Business Outreach, and Champion Membership.
Andrea Porter
Program Director, Seattle Restored, Seattle Made & Seattle Explored
About Andrea
Andrea (she/her) along with her husband, owned and operated Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store in Seattle from 2002–2010. Bluebottle built a reputation for being at the forefront of the DIY indie art, craft and design movement. From 2008 – 2015 Andrea hosted a small business conference for creative entrepreneurs called School House Craft. Each fall, leaders of the makers community came together for two days to learn new skills and find camaraderie for their small business ventures. Andrea is a firm believer that the vitality of our community is bound to those who find the passion to pursue independent business ownership. Andrea directs our Seattle Made and Seattle Restored programs.
Mariah DeLeo
Program Director, Good Food Economy
About Mariah
Mariah (she/her) joins Good Business Network of Washington with over 20 years experience in food and sustainability, with leadership roles at Marlene’s Market & Deli, the Puget Sound’s first natural foods store, and as the Washington State Market Director at Chinook Book, building a network of businesses committed to shared values of environmental and social responsibility. There she co-founded the Heart of Seattle Awards to celebrate sustainable achievement for local retail and service businesses. As the Good Food Economy Program Director, she seeks to help strengthen the community network of regional food system stakeholders to create a sustainable, resilient, and just local food economy.
Lisa Miyashita
Finance Manager
About Lisa
Lisa (she/her) has spent most of her professional career dedicating herself to supporting local artisan producers, including many years working for the Washington Brewers Guild and Washington Beer Commission. In 2012, she founded the Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival to help raise awareness for the growing cheese industry in our state, and publishes the Washington Artisan Cheese Map every year to further highlight the amazing cheesemakers of Washington State. Lisa also has extensive experience in producing events and festivals, specializing in tasting events that showcase local artisan products.
Camille Faulkner
Events and Partnerships Manager
About Camille
Camille comes to Good Business Network of Washington from both a nonprofit and special events operations background. At the start of her career Camille held both Front and Back of house positions in the food industry before going on to helm the operations programs at two Seattle non profits, working in the housing and food access sectors. In addition to working with nonprofits on their day to day needs Camille uses a decade worth of special event and fundraising experience to direct detailed, mission driven events to fruition.
Vanessa Young
Communications Manager
About Vanessa
Vanessa (she/her) has a history of working with Seattle publications to highlight budding artists and businesses. She is passionate about supporting local creators and building community through storytelling.
Sydney Porter
Program Coordinator, Sustainability & Circular Economy
About Sydney
Sydney (she/her) began her work in sustainability during her time as an Environmental Studies student at the University of Washington. In her time as a student, Sydney led grassroots campaigns to pass legislation in Washington to promote sustainable, thriving communities. Bringing in a background of broad-systems sustainability thinking, Sydney joined Good Business Network of Washington in 2022 eager to expand the benefits of a circular economy in her own community.
Kate Thel
Community Engagement Coordinator, Good Food Economy
About Kate
Kate (she/her) has scratched the surface of food systems working in a community garden for low-income senior immigrants, at the farmers market, and on a diversified organic farm. She loves learning the stories people share through food and believes good food is a human right at the core of community health.
Maria Vargas
Program Coordinator, Seattle Restored
About Maria
Maria (she/her) is passionate about working with businesses. She has worked with BIPOC and underrepresented business owners over the past 6 years, helping foster inclusive environments and increase small business growth. As a relationship-focused leader, she looks forward to building meaningful connections and driving positive change.
Heidi Drockelman
Marketing Coordinator, Seattle Restored, Seattle Made & Seattle Explored
About Heidi
Heidi Drockelman is a seasoned marketing professional with a varied background in print and digital design/layout, website development, advertising/media planning, email marketing and much more. She has worked with a variety of employers and clients in the nonprofit, arts and small business space, as well as corporations of all sizes, government agencies and universities. She is passionate about buying local and supporting local artists, as well as the local music scene.
Jasmmine Ramgotra, "Jam"
Development Coordinator
About Jam
Jasmmine Ramgotra (they/she), also known as “Jam”, is a cross-disciplinary artist and facilitator working at the intersection of people, planet, and regeneration. Jam is excited about creating diverse cross-cultural networks of support where all living beings can thrive and be seen in their fullness. They are committed to growing and sustaining resilient local economies through creativity, connection, and stewarding our lands and waters as sacred living systems.
Board of Directors
Good Business Network of Washington is fortunate to have a stellar board who is passionate about building a local economy in service to our community.
Inderjeet Ramgotra
Board President
About Inderjeet
Inderjeet Ramgotra is founder of the local small business Inner Renewal and the Healthy Path and is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a talent for supporting internal health conditions especially women’s health. Natural medicine has been Inderjeet’s sole professional pursuit. She has been traveling this path for over 30 rewarding years restoring health, vitality and balance from the inside out. In caring deeply for health and well-being, her passion for vibrant local communities and economies is engaged on the board of Good Business Network of Washington where she works to support the impactful programs and leaders of the organization. In addition to serving her patient community, she has served as president at the Women’s Business Exchange of Seattle and currently chairs the East Asian Medicine advisory committee by appointment of the WA State Secretary of Health.
Andrew Konstantaras
Board Secretary
About Andrew
Bio coming soon…
Celia Morant
Board Treasurer
About Celia
A CIO/COO for hire specializing in enterprise skills and strategy for companies of all sizes. Grounded in enterprise data center, transport and infrastructure (cloud), with expertise in program management. Celia is SCRUM certified and specializes in creative innovative and open cultures for operational excellence in adaptive planning. Celia is known in the industry for her ability to deliver quick wins and meet present business demands while anticipating the technology and processes of the future. 23 years at Microsoft in various operational leadership roles prepared her to understand the challenges and solutions for small and large businesses. This deeper understanding enables a faster pace of value for clients needing immediate value in operational excellence, technology best practices, and net revenue improvement. Mapping processes, delivering programs and change management provide quick wins for small and mid-size companies that are experiencing the challenges with growth. Celia lives on Mercer Island, has a husband and three children and can be found rowing on sunny days.
Lacey Warrior
Board Member
About Lacey
Lacey is the Native Works Manager at the Chief Seattle Club. Native Works, a Seattle Made member, is a vocational rehabilitation and social enterprise. By crafting authentic Indigenous art and jewelry, Native Works provides a healing centered space to plan and cultivate successful career paths for Seattle’s Native American and Alaskan Native homeless population. Lacey is deeply passionate about connecting Seattle’s community through art and entrepreneurship, highlighting Indigenous voices and stories. She is honored to serve on the Board of Good Business Network of Washington for the GOOD of our local economy.
Art Stone
Board Member
About Art
Art Stone, owner of local business Honest Biscuits, bounced around between the law, art and food throughout his career.
Debbie Wege
Board Member Emeritus
About Debbie
Debbie has been a professional in the Credit Union movement for 35 years and has extensive experience regarding the unique role and purpose of the cooperative credit union structure. Debbie served as Executive Director of the BECU Foundation, running and growing their Scholarship program for over 13 years. Debbie is currently the Cooperative Community Advocate for BECU, a strong community-based Credit Union in Washington State. She is also a certified Credit Union Development Educator through the National Credit Union Foundation since 1993, as well as earning her Caribbean CUDE and International CUDE designation, and currently, serves on the CUDE Advisory Committee of the National CU Foundation Board. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the board of Express Advantage, the non-profit organization established to assist and partner low-income credit unions.
Legacy Board Members
Special thanks to these previous board members who help us create the foundational building blocks of the organization.
Christine Hanna
Founder
About Christine
Christine is an entrepreneur, non-profit manager, and experienced marketer. After receiving her MBA from the University of Washington, she spent six years working with online marketing companies, including goNextdoor, a company she co-founded. In 2002 she joined sustainability think tank Sightline Institute as managing director, where she was responsible for fundraising, strategic planning, and operations. Inspired by the “living economies” vision of BALLE, she co-founded Seattle Good Business Network (now Good Business Network of Washington) in 2010. Christine is a BALLE Local Economies Fellow, and served on the City of Seattle’s Economic Development Commission. In 2017 Christine has taken the reigns as Executive Director at Yes! Magazine.
Leslie Christian
Immediate Past President
About Leslie
Leslie Christian has been a leader in social and environmental investing for more than 25 years. She leads Outside Investments, a division of NorthStar Asset Management. After spending the first part of her career in banking and on Wall Street, Leslie became passionate about using finance for the benefit of all stakeholders, and went on to serve as President and CEO of Portfolio 21 Investments. During her 17 years at Portfolio 21, Leslie co-founded the firm’s pioneering environmental mutual fund as well as Upstream 21, a uniquely-chartered regional holding company for socially and environmentally responsible businesses. In 1993 Leslie co-founded with her colleague and friend Linda Pei the Women’s Equity Mutual Fund (now part of Pax World). Leslie offers portfolio consulting and advisory services to individuals and institutions seeking to align their values and their money through an integrated capital approach to investing and philanthropy.
Jon Kroman
Legacy Board Member
About Jon
Jon Kroman established his own law and consulting practice after 28 years with the Seattle-based law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, including over 20 years as partner. For many years, Jon has been heavily involved with sustainability in the regional business community. A central element of the transition to his own practice is the opportunity to provide cost-effective professional support to small and medium sized companies and other organizations defined by products, services and practices reflecting a fundamental commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
John Atcheson
Legacy Board Member
About John
Bio coming soon…