Ms. Watson was the Chief Operating Officer with Cascadia Capital, LLC, an investment banking firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington from 2015 to 2022. Ms. Watson previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Moss Adams LLP, a regional public accounting firm. She has also served as Chief Human Resources Officer, Management Committee Member, Russell Mellon Board Member overseeing the Russell Indexes and as a Director in the Corporate Finance Group at Russell Investments spanning a 15-year time period. Prior to joining Russell Investments she spent seven years with Chemical Bank/Manufacturers Hanover in New York and abroad where she held multiple global roles including strategic planning, loan workouts, client relationship management and credit analysis. Ms. Watson is a graduate of Columbia University with a Master of Business Administration and a graduate of Whitman College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Among her prior community roles, she served as the Board Chair and Trustee of the Seattle Foundation, on the Board of the Washington Economic Development Finance Authority and on the Executive Committee of the Washington State China Relations Council. She has served on the Heritage board since 2012.