Betsy served as an outside director for the Laird Norton Company, a multi-generational enterprise, for twelve years. Chairman and CEO of Cowles Company, Betsy is engaged in long-term strategic planning, growth execution, family governance and executive talent and succession. Believing in the importance of access to higher education, Ms. Cowles has been active in higher education leadership, having chaired the Washington State University Board of Regents, served as Assistant Secretary on the George Washington University Board of Trustees, and served on the Independent Colleges of Washington Board. Cowles has been actively engaged in state-wide and regional economic progress having chaired the Washington Roundtable and Greater Spokane Incorporated.
