Governor Gregoire Appoints Clark County Business Leader to The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees

For Immediate Release: March 28, 2007

OLYMPIA � Governor Chris Gregoire today announced the appointment of Paul Winters of Vancouver to the Board of Trustees of The Evergreen State College (TESC).

�Paul Winters� experience with continuing education opportunities and his leadership on behalf of many community organizations make him an excellent choice to join the Evergreen Board of Trustees,� said Governor Gregoire. �He has made public service a priority and I look forward to working with him.�

�I am honored to have the opportunity to work on behalf of such a unique and exciting school,� said Mr. Winters.

Mr. Winters is the president of Winters & Associate, Inc., a management-consulting firm that specializes in strategic, marketing and succession planning, as well as retreat facilitation and organizational restructuring. He works with the Vancouver Business Journal to produce a curriculum for a continuing education series for owners and senior managers of businesses.

He was the founder and chair of the first four years of the Vancouver Rotary Festival of Trees and has been honored by the Vancouver Rotary Club as a Distinguished Rotarian, Rotarian of the Year and Rookie Rotarian of the Year. He is the immediate past chair of the Columbia River Economic Development Council, the chair of the Clark County Public Facility District and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He is on the board of Cardinal Nutrition and Vantage, Inc., and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Oregon Society of CPAs.

Mr. Winters received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Oregon. He currently resides in Vancouver with his family.

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