Chris Gregoire Portrait

Gov. Chris Gregoire

Challenge Seattle, CEO

Christine Gregoire is a lifelong public servant and advocate for education, jobs and government reform. She is a University of Washington graduate and was the first woman to be elected Attorney general in Washington State. She served three terms as AG before being elected Governor in 2004. Since leaving office in 2012, Gregoire has chaired the Import-Export Bank Advisory Committee and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Board. She helped found Challenge Seattle in 2015, becoming the organizations first CEO.