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Cascadia leadership and board of directors

Meet the team and board guiding Cascadia’s work to scale sustainable aviation fuel.

Leadership Team 

Jake Gentry

Executive Director

Vajra Allan

Operations Director

Board of Directors

 
A Boungjaktha

Managing Director, Economic Development, Port of Seattle

Betsy Cantwell

President, Washington State University

Bill McSherry

Vice President, State Advocacy and Global Engagement, Boeing

Dave Somers

Executive, Snohomish County

Diana Birkett Rakow

CEO, Hawaiian Airlines

Guy Palumbo

Director, Public Policy, Amazon

Marko Liias

Senator, Washington State 21st Legislative District

Tim Zenk

Managing Director, Renewable Fuels, Earth Finance

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