Speakers

Gordon McHenry, President and CEO of United Way of King County, will share reflections on the twin pandemics of Coronavirus and Racism. He'll share what his organization is observing, learning, and how together we can plan for an equitable economic recovery.

Gordon McHenry, Jr. took the role of president & CEO of United Way of King County in October 2019. United Way is a nonprofit organization that brings people together to give, volunteer, and take action to help people in need and solve our community’s toughest challenges. United Way works to ensure people have homes, students graduate and families are financially stable.

Prior to United Way of King County, McHenry served as president & CEO of Solid Ground, Executive Director of Rainier Scholars, and as corporate counsel and then in a variety of executive leadership roles at The Boeing Company. Mr. McHenry, a lifetime resident of King County has served on a variety of boards involved with education, social service, and environmental issues, and currently serves as Chair of the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice, member of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority Implementation Board, and as a member on the boards of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.