Nickolas A. Bumpaous is the current President of the Central Washington Building and Construction Trades Council and the Government Affairs Director for UA Local 598, Plumbers and Steamfitters. He is also a Vice President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. In these roles he has been an outspoken advocate for working families and policies that benefit construction tradespeople. He has worked closely with the Washington legislature and U.S. Congress on numerous issues, most recently to fight for dignified treatment for Hanford workers, as well as continued Federal funding for the Hanford Mission.

In 2018 Mr. Bumpaous was bestowed the honorary title of General by the Association of Washington Generals and was unanimously elected to serve as the Deputy Commanding General on the Association of Washington General’s Board of Directors. Nickolas serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties and is a proud member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Bikes for Tikes, a non-profit which has built and donated over 10,000 bicycles to underprivileged children in Washington State. Nickolas and his wife Kathleen have two young children, Wyatt and Luella.

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Dana Gold speaks, writes and consults about the essential role whistleblowers play in promoting compliance and protecting the public interest. She is currently as the Senior Counsel & Director of Education at the Government Accountability Project (GAP). From 1995-2002, Dana served as GAP’s Director of Operations and a staff attorney, representing whistleblowers who disclosed fraud and serious public health, safety, and the environmental threats on the Trans-Alaskan pipeline and at contractor-operated nuclear sites, including Hanford, Rocky Flats, and Los Alamos.

From 2003-2008, Dana co-founded and directed the Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law, which facilitated interdisciplinary scholarship and dialogue and hosted an annual Directors Training Academy, which became the leading corporate governance education program for board directors and senior management in the Pacific Northwest during her tenure.

She is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and Seattle University School of Law. Dana served as Board Chair of Hanford Challenge from 2010-2017.

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Adam Kline was the State Senator for Washington’s 37th Legislative District, comprising Southeast Seattle and part of Renton, from 1997 to 2015. He served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and was a member of the Health Committee, Ways and Means Committee, and Government Operations Committee. Kline practiced law in Pioneer Square for 32 years before retiring in 2004 to work as an organizer for the Laborers Union, Northwest Region. He was a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, a board member of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, a founding member of the King County Chapter of Washington Conservation Voters, and a member of the Legislative Steering Committee of the Washington State Trial Lawyers.

Craig McGlinchey is a financial executive with three decades of corporate leadership experience. He has been instrumental in achieving significant cost reductions and revenue improvements through reengineering, team building, and leadership expertise. A graduate of the Seattle University Organization Systems Renewal program where he earned a Masters Degree, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. A CPA, Craig has a solid business background with extensive knowledge of financial reporting/planning, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, capital planning, strategic planning, accounting, and SEC reporting.

In his own words: “I want to make a difference every day. I want to do that for my family, colleagues at work and my community. I want to learn – I try to learn one new thing a day from someone new I just met. I found my greatest rewards have been teaching Tae Kwon Do. There is something really special when you work with a student and they break their first board or cinder block. Seeing the joy in their face when they can do what they thought was impossible.”

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