Advisory Board
The Honors Advisory Board is made up of alumni and friends of the program that are committed to its tradition of excellence. Their personal and professional accomplishments provide a diverse set of inputs. The members of the group are called upon to offer guidance on a number of topics and issues.
- Lindsey Elhart Baker
Finance Associate, Global Health
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(’14 Finance) - Victor Charoonsophonsak
MBA Candidate
Stanford Graduate School of Business
(’17 Mechanical Engineering) - Ross Cook
Senior Business Manager
WW Commercial Business, Automotive Industry
Microsoft
(’01 Mechanical Engineering) - Rossetti Farrell
Associate
Admitted to practice in Utah only
Not admitted to practice in California
Cooley LLP
(’14 Economic Sciences) - Andrew Flanagan
Associate/Senior Engineer
Interface Engineering Inc.
(’04 Mechanical Engineering) - Geo Guillen
Co-founder and COO
Catena Biosciences
(’11 Management Information Systems) - Kelly Herrell
CEO, Hazelcast
(’88 Business Administration)
- Janece Herzog
Administrator, Pacific Surgical, PC
(’84 Business Administration/Accounting) - Ted Herzog
Attorney/Partner, Tonkon Torp LLP
(’84 Business Administration/Accounting) - Quynh Le, DO
Surgeon, Virginia Mason Medical Center
(’09 Biochemistry) - Lewis C. Lee
CEO
Aon IP Solutions Group
(’88 Electrical Engineering and Business Administration) - Dave McGoldrick
Attorney/Partner, Law Firm of Morton McGoldrick P.S.
(’65 Political Science) - Jessica (Caldwell) Nazario
Sales Training and Development Manager
Toyota Financial Services Corporation
(’99 Communications) - Lindsay Sandler
Engineer
The Boeing Company
(’13 Mechanical Engineering) - Kelley Sowards
Head of Quality
Eviation Aircraft
(’93 Mechanical Engineering; ’07 M.A.Ed.)
Emeritus:
- Wayne Asmussen
Microsoft Corporation
(’86 Business Administration/Finance) - Carole Butkus
President, Butkus Consulting
(’65 General Physical Sciences, ’91 MBA) - Cassa Hanon
VP of Developer Relations,
Community and Content for Educative
(’83 Computer Science) - Carl Hauser Associate Professor (Retired), WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(’75 Computer Science) - Kris Herzog
Manager, Project Management Office, Comtech
(’89 Business Administration/Marketing) - Diana Kirkbride
Kindergarten Teacher (Retired), North Thurston Public Schools
(’69 Education/Elementary Education) - Colin White
Owner and Founder
Carls Invest
(’03 Business Administration/E-Commerce/MIS) - Rebecca Flanagan
Estate & Tax Attorney, Flanagan Legal Services
(’04 Political Science)
“To me, WSU Honors means thoughtfulness and perspective. As a student and alumnus my involvement with WSU Honors prevents knee-jerk reactions to the various situations that life puts me in, and that calmness fuels my confidence to handle any situation.”
Andrew Flanagan (‘04)
Associate/Senior Engineer, Interface Engineering
Pictured with wife, Rebecca (‘04), and children
“The WSU Honors College means to me the highest in academic achievement. It means for WSU students the opportunity to achieve the best education possible. It means for WSU the opportunity to showcase excellence in education and undergraduate research.”
Dave McGoldrick (’65)
Attorney, Law Firm of Morton McGoldrick P.S.
“As a student, I honed skills in discussion, research, and interpreting diverse viewpoints. It’s invaluable for WSU to have this offering that enriches the learning of students like me.”
Cassa Hanon (’83)
VP of Developer Relations,
Community and Content for Educative