Executive Director
Linda Finney
Email: lfinney@leadershipspokane.org
Phone: 509.321.3627
Education & Professional Development: B.A. English, cum laude, University of Idaho; Personal Leadership, Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication; Excellence in Non-Profit Leadership, Gonzaga University; Lean Office, Washington Manufacturing Association; Public Benefits University, Inland NW Resource Awareness Consortium
Volunteer: K-12 Roundtable; Spokane Regional Task Force on Human Relations; Chapter, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist; Growers’ Guild & Altar Guild, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist; Usher, Fox Theater; Chase Youth Awards Judge; Executive Women International Scholarship Judge; Washington Business Week Judge; Table Captain, Women Helping Women Fund
Affiliations & Memberships: Executive Alliance, Seattle; Inland Northwest Development Council; Inland Northwest Planned Giving Council; Community Leadership Association; Greater Spokane, Incorporated; Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce; Inland Northwest Business Alliance
Hobbies & Special Interests: Green building, gardening, hiking, traveling, piano and needlepoint. I am a published poet.
Executive Assistant
Beth Budke
Email: leadership@leadershipspokane.org
Phone: 509.321.3639
Education: B.A., Education, Whitworth College
Volunteer Activities and Memberships: Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane- Religious Education Council and Senior High Youth Group Adviser
Hobbies & Special Interests: A voracious reader (especially of scientific non-fiction and literary memoir), hiking, biking, camping and driving tours throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Webmaster Intern
Luke Turner
Email: lsintern@leadershipspokane.org
Education: Gonzaga University, Class of 2013 — Mathematics and Computer Science Major.
Hobbies and Special Interests: Programming, video games, resistance training, reading the Internets, sometimes engaging in cognition (but not usually).
Marketing Intern
Paige Sharpe
Email: lsintern@leadershipspokane.org
Phone: 509.321.3645
Education: Gonzaga University – Class of 2013, majoring in Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing, Management, and International Business
Former Leadership Positions: Public Relations Officer in Gonzaga University student- run club Man’s Best Friend.
Hobbies & Special Interests: Traveling, hiking, visiting family, reading and camping