Board of Directors

Cascades Science Center Foundation is governed by the community volunteers listed below. We thank them for donating their time and using their creativity, expertise and enthusiasm to help implement the mission of this organization.

Ellis Corets, President & Founder

  • Retired Boeing Engineering Manager
  • Retired Smith Barney Vice President / Financial Consultant

Sonu Arora, Vice-President

  • Chair, Outreach Events
  • Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Vacant, Secretary

Gary Keller, Treasurer, Co-Founder & Board Member

  • Member, Business Development Committee
  • CPA, Partner, Smith Bunday Berman Britton, P.S.

Mike Galvin, Co-Founder & Board Member

  • Retired Smith Barney Vice President / Financial Consultant
  • Past President Puget Sound Environmental Council

Siren Hakimi, Co-Founder & Board Member

  • Chair, Business Development Committee
  • Member, Site Selection and Planning Committee
  • Sustainable Development & Planning Consultant
  • Serves @ USGBC LEED ND Committee for strategic advice

Matthew Zell, Board Member

  • Chair, Branding and Marketing
  • Chair, IT
  • Director of Marketing & Strategy, Mission Healthcare

Rejean Idzerda, Board Member

  • Chair, Fundraising
  • Member, Business Development Committee
  • Former Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Washington
  • Former after-school Chemistry tutor

Larry Hurlbert, Board Member

  • Chair, Site Selection and Planning Committee
  • Member, Business Development Committee
  • CEO, Integrus Architecture, P.S.

Advisory Board