FIUTS Board of Trustees
As an independent community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, FIUTS depends on its Board of Trustees in representing Seattle colleges and universities as well as community interests and in executing its mission of promoting cultural understanding in the Puget Sound region.
Duane landon, President and treasurer
Company: Byrd Barr Place
Languages: English
Favorite Place: The Mountains
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Iceland
Favorite FIUTS Program: Friendship Connection Program
Kate Spoor, sec
Company: University of Washington, Foster School of Business
Hometown: Seattle, WA (raised in Redmond, WA, but born in Seattle. 🙂)
Languages: English, Italian with limited working knowledge of Spanish & Persian
Favorite Place: San Diego, CA & Cefalu', Sicily, Italy
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Morocco, Greece, or/and Croatia
Favorite FIUTS Program: Blue Marble Bash
Bertwocane Adera
Welcome Bertwocane - more information coming soon!
John Aldaya
Company: Retired from SSA Marine, CFO
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Languages: Limited Spanish
Favorite Place: Spain
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Egypt
Favorite FIUTS Program: SUSI
Matthew Bateman
Welcome, Matthew! More info coming soon…
Ana Blackstad
Welcome Ana! More info coming soon…
CAITLIN BLOMQUIST
Company: University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Languages: Spanish
Favorite Place: Madrid, Spain and Whidbey Island, WA
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Southeast Asia
Favorite FIUTS Program: CulturalFest
Allegra Bozorth
Welcome Allegra! More information coming soon!
Bhramar Dey
Welcome, Bhramar! More info coming soon…
jayasri ghosh
Company: Offsite Insights
Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi and some French
Favorite Place: Ireland
Next Place I’d Like to Go: New Zealand
Favorite FIUTS Program: Blue Marble Bash
Andy Gordon-Maclean
Welcome, Andy! More info coming soon…
Nitika Gupta
Welcome, Nitika! More info coming soon…
Ricardo Ibarra
Company: Market Your Mission
Hometown: Enumclaw, WA
Languages: English, Spanish
Favorite Place: Barcelona, Spain
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Vietnam
Favorite FIUTS Program: CulturalFest
Gad Levy
Welcome Gad! More info coming soon…
I-Nong Lee
Company: Providence Swedish Health Services
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan & Buenos Aires, Argentina
Languages: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Spanish.
Favorite Place: Too many! Banff National Park, Hokkaido region in Japan.
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Any Norwegian country
Favorite FIUTS Program: Wednesday Lunch, CulturalFest
Jay Lu
Company: Microsoft
Hometown: Shaoyang, Hunan, China
Languages: Chinese; English
Favorite Place: Seattle
Next Place I’d Like to Go: South Africa
Favorite FIUTS Program: Visiting Programs
Aswathy Udhaya Kumar - Student board
Bio Coming Soon!
Alicia Cheng, Student board
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Languages: English, Mandarin
Favorite Place: Hawaii
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Cancún
Favorite FIUTS Program: Cake Pop Decorating
Pranaya Pakala, student board
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu
Favorite Place: Phuket, Thailand
Next Place I’d Like to Go: Norway
Favorite FIUTS Program: CulturalFest
FIUTS recruits new members for their Board of Trustees annually! Each trustee is elected to a three-year term, and can serve 2 consecutive terms. Learn more about joining the board, or contact Executive Director Era Schrepfer at era@fiuts.org.