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Steering Committee

Anderegg

Kendall Anderegg

President & CEO

Mutual Materials

Bannon

Patrick Bannon, Co-chair

President & CEO

Bellevue Downtown Association

Bert

Putter Bert

President & CEO

Kids Quest Museum

Carr

Tim Carr

CEO

Meydenbauer Center

Chelminiak

John Chelminiak

Community Leader

Former Bellevue Mayor

Ferris

Carolynn Ferris

Civic Leader

Bellevue Resident

Fischer

Jennifer Fischer

Executive Director

Bellevue Lifespring

Graven

Stacy Graven

Community Leader

Former President & CEO of Meydenbauer Center

Hoffner

Linda Hoffner

General Manager of The Spring District

Wright Runstad & Company

Hopper

Alicia Hoppers

Sr. Director of Asset and Risk Management

Circ Living

Jones

Brad Jones

Executive Director

Visit Bellevue

Kramer

Steve Kramer

Co-Founder & Principal

KGIP

Lawrence

Brendan Lawrence

Senior Development Manager

ONNI Group

Leung

Pearl Leung, Co-chair

Senior Manager, Public Policy

Amazon

Motts

Tim Motts

President & CEO

Bellevue Boys & Girls Club

Osborne

Beth Osborne

Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Community Partnerhsips

Symetra

Rodarte

Misha Rodarte

Commercial Real Estate Broker

Legacy Commercial

Sheffels

Pat Sheffels

Community Leader

Former Bellevue Planning Commissioner

Thorlakson

Dustin Thorlakson

President

FREIHEIT Architecture & Land Development Lab

Wallace

Kevin Wallace

President

Wallace Properties Inc.

Washburn

Alison Washburn

General Manager

REI

Yang

Sung Yang

Principal

Pacific Public Affairs

Arellano

Mike Arellano

Commercial Banking Team Lead SVP

Heritage Bank

Batra

Shiv Batra

Founder

INCA Engineers

Brand

Brian Brand

Senior Principal

Baylis Architects

Chan

Jenkins Chan

Developmental Project Executive

Su Development

Fain

Joe Fain

President & CEO

Bellevue Chamber of Commerce

Finkbeiner

Bill Finkbeiner

Principal

Finkbeiner Building LLC

Garg

Ashish Garg

Product Manager

Meta

Harvey

Hayden Harvey

Sr Manager of Government Affairs PNW

Lime

Hollis

Katherine Hollis

Executive Director

Eastrail Partners

Jacobson

Ross Jacobson

Attorney

Williams Kastner

Kell

Ian Kell

Associate Principal

Seneca Group

Kwok

KC Kwok

Principal

Compton Design Office

Lee

Jerry Lee

Board Chair

MG2

Marshall

Mia Marshall

Owner and Founder

Marshall Design + Management

Mulnick

Neal Mulnick

Principal

Clover Capital

Perry

Matt Perry

Local Gov Affairs & Public Policy Manager

PSE

Russell

Zach Russell

Director of Special Projects

Bungie

Skager

Matthew Skager

Vice President and COO

SRO

Van Corbach

Brandon Van Corbach

Bellevue Medical Office Administrator

Kaiser Permanente

Warner

Ian Warner

Public Policy Director

Vulcan Inc.

Wilson

Barb Wilson

Regional Government Affairs Director

Microsoft

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Friends of the Grand Connection is a grass-roots group of community members, businesses and organizational partners who came together in 2023 to support the development of a landmark bike/pedestrian bridge and linear park from downtown Bellevue, across I-405, to the Wilburton District and Eastrail. The Grand Connection Crossing, targeted for completion in late 2029, will provide the only I-405 crossing in Bellevue dedicated for use by pedestrians and cyclists, vastly increasing safety and improving the mobility experience of residents and visitors alike.

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