Connect Northwest Board of Directors:

• Craig Hart, Hart Capital Management
• Joe Herzog, Berg Companies
• Norm Leatha, Gonzaga University Hogan Entrepreneurial Center
• John Pariseau, WIN Partners
• Rick Repp, Witherspoon Kelley
• Nate Riggan, LarsonAllen
• Steve Salvatori, Spokane Entrepreneurial Center
• Andrew Schultheis, Sterling Savings Bank
• Tom Simpson, NWVA

Catherine Greer, Managing Director

Catherine Greer joined Connect Northwest in April of 2007, and became managing director in 2009. She left a Ph.D. program in Virginia to move Spokane, and prior to joining Connect Northwest had been busy with volunteer work at her children's school, with Habitat for Humanity, and as president and schools committee chair of the Harvard Club of the Inland Northwest. Catherine has a B.A. in English from Harvard, and a Master's in American Studies from William and Mary.

Tom Simpson, President of the Spokane Angel Alliance

Tom Simpson has over 22 years of experience as an investment banker, venture capitalist and angel investor, and is co-founder of GreenCupboards. Through NWVA, Tom has raised and invested over $150 million in emerging companies throughout the Northwest. Prior to forming NWVA, he was a Managing Director in Dain Bosworth's Seattle-based investment banking group. Tom began his career as a CPA for Deloitte, Haskins + Sells. Tom serves on the Boards of the Technology Alliance of Washington and the Mobius Science Center and on the Advisory Board for the University of Washington Foster School of Business. He is a director of Berg Manufacturing, Estorian, GreenCupboards, NetMotion, and Telect and observes on the boards of Sur La Table and SinglePoint. Tom has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington, an MBA from The Wharton School and is an adjunct professor in Gonzaga University's Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.