Principal in Madrona Investment Group, L.L.C., a private investment firm in Seattle, and a strategic partner for the Madrona Venture Group, formed in 1999.
PREVIOUS:
· Special envoy to the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. & Canada (1997-98)
· Chairman of Enterprise for the Environment (1996-97)
· On the President's Council for Sustainable Development (1993-1997)
· Chairman of the Board of BFI from 1988-99
· CEO of Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI), Inc. (1988-95)
· Worked at the Seattle law firm Perkins Coie (1985-88)
· EPA Administrator, 1983-1985
· In 1975 Senior VP at the Weyerhaeuser Company from 1976 to 1983.
· From 1973 to 1975, Attorney for Ruckelshaus, Beveridge, Fairbanks and Diamond
· Acting FBI Director, 1973 during the Nixon Administration's cabinet openings following the breaking of the Watergate scandal, then served briefly as Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department.
· First EPA Agency Administrator, 1970 to April 1973.
· Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1969-70)
· Member & Majority Leader of the Indiana House of Reps. (1967-69)
· Deputy Attorney General of Indiana (1960-65).
· Lawyer, Ruckelshaus, Bobbitt and O'Connor (1960-68)
OTHER:
· Chairman of the Board of the World Resources Institute
· Chairman of the UofW and WSU Policy Consensus Center
· Serves on the NOAA Science Advisory Board.
· Chairman of the Salmon Recovery Funding Board for the State of WA
· U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (Appointed in 2000 by Pres. Bush)
· Served on the boards of directors of Isilon Systems, Cummins Engine Co., Vykor, Nordstrom, Inc. and Weyerhaeuser Co., Inc.
PERSONAL:
Born in 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has five children.
EDUCATION:
Graduate of Princeton University (B.A., 1957) and Harvard University (LL.B., 1960)
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Board of Directors
· Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of NY, 2003-Present
· Costco Wholesale, 1996-present
PREVIOUS:
· Chairman, Lakeside School, 1998-2000
· Seafirst Corporation, Board of Directors, 1996-1999
· Vice President, William D. Ruckelshaus Associates, 1986-89
· United States Commission on Civil Rights, Commissioner, 1980-83
· Fred Meyer Corporation, Board of Directors, 1979-1981
· Delegate to United Nations Conference on Women, Mexico City, 1976
· Presiding Officer, International Women’s Year Commission 1975-76
· Assistant to President for Women’s Affairs, Nixon Administration, 1972-74
Board of Directors- Non-Profit Organizations
· ARCS Foundation Board, Seattle, WA, 2003-present
· United Way, Leave A Legacy, 1999-present
· Women’s Campaign Fund, 1984-present
· Lakeside School, Seattle, WA, 1981-present
· Indiana University Foundation, 1990-98
Board Of Trustees/Advisory Boards
· YWCA, Seattle, WA, 2003-present
· Sustainable Northwest, Portland, OR, 1998-present
· Washington State Women’s Forum, 1996-present
· Washington Women in Leadership Forum, 1996-present
· Seattle Symphony, 1996-present
· Commission for African Development, UN 1985-present
· KCTS Public Television, Seattle, WA, 1985-present
· Institute for Resource Management, 1983-present
· White House Endowment Fund, 1995-1998
· Commission on Presidential Debates, 1987
EDUCATION:
Indiana University, 1958 and Harvard Graduate School, 1959,
CHILDREN:
Catherine Kiley Ruckelshaus, Chappaqua, NY; Mary Hughes Ruckelshaus, Seattle, WA; Jennifer Lea Ruckelshaus, Pine Grove, CA; William Justice Ruckelshaus, Seattle, WA; Robin Elizabeth Kellogg, Seattle, WA
