Theresa Poalucci - Theresa has spent the past 37 years in the publications and advertising business, first as the editor and production manager, and then eventually as the publisher of the
Journal Newspapers. She owns the Journal Media Group along with her brother and partner Greg Harris. The two have grown the circulation of the
Journal Newspapers, the company's core product, to cover 13 communities between downtown Seattle and downtown Everett. They have also branched into publishing directories, maps, festival programs, magazines, and a variety of design work, including web work and social media marketing.
Theresa lives in Mill Creek and has served on the Mill Creek Festival committee ever since she joined MCBA, eventually chairing the committee for a number of years. This past year she served as a Member-at-Large on the MCBA Board. She has been an active participant in the festival's growth.
A great believer in giving back to the community, the Journal Media Group is known for donating marketing to local charitable organizations. Theresa is a Lynnwood Rotarian and is serving as Past President this year. She also serves as the PR Chair for Rotary District 5030, with 55 clubs.
Theresa's experience with local chambers is extensive. In addition to her work with MCBA, she currently serves on the board of the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce, Edmonds Chamber of Commerce, and as President of the Northgate Chamber of Commerce (a position she has held for the past three years). Theresa serves as President of the Edmonds Chamber Foundation, which helps to fund community events such as the 4th of July, and she is on a marketing advisory board for a local theater.
Bridget Barrington - Bridget has over 18 years of banking experience. For the past four years Bridget has managed both the Mill Creek and Silver Firs Office of People's Bank. As Branch Manager, Bridget is responsible for branch operations and business development.
Bridget is an active member of the Mill Creek Town Center Association and has served on the board of the Mill Creek Business Association for two years. Bridget is responsible for the Speaker Programs as a Mill Creek Rotarian and is a former volunteer at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Bridget's experience and personal involvement in her community are perfect examples the higher level of service you will find at Peoples.
Bill Temple - Bill Temple has served as the treasurer of the MCBA for more than half a dozen years. He managed the Frontier Bank branch in Mill Creek for 11 years, until they were recently purchased and spent a total of 36 years in the banking industry.
Bill and his wife are avid world travelers, but when he is home his favorite place to be is in the garden. His other endeavors include serving as a board member for the Lynnwood Kiwanis Club's Kiwanis House, which provides a home for homeless women and their children.
Sue McNeely - Sue and her husband Dan own Northcreek Roofing and have been huge supporters of the Mill Creek Business Association.
Northcreek Roofing has been a member of the association for about 6 years and during that time we has enjoyed networking with and being part of the Mill Creek Business Community. Sue has served as a Mill Creek Festival committee member for the last 6 years and North Creek Roofing has sponsored the festival for the last number of years. She is also an active member in the Bothell Chamber of Commerce, Master Builders, BBB and Western Washington Roofing Association.
For a number of years while owning North Creek Roofing Sue served on the board of a Competitive Cheer Organization and then took ownership of the same Competitive Cheer Gym in Everett.
Rosemary Bennetts - A Member of the MCBA through The Donaldson Clinic since 1998, Rosemary served as President of the Association for 2003-2004, and Co-Treasurer from 2004-2006. She currently serves as a Member-at-Large on the MCBA Board. She also was a member of the first Mill Creek Festival Committee and has continued her involvement with the festival over the past nine years.
A 31-year resident of Mill Creek, Rosemary has raised her family here and has also been politically active. She served on the Mill Creek City Council for four years from 2006-2009 and served as Mayor Pro Tem in both 2008 and 2009. For three years, Rosemary also served on the Mill Creek Police Advisory Board, as well as donating three years of service to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Parish Council.
Rosemary made it to Mill Creek via Wall Street where her business experience was in general contracting, engineering and business research. Her understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit comes first hand as a small business owner and electrical contractor for 10 years in Mill Creek. Today she is the Operations Manager at The Donaldson Clinic, Mill Creek - a position she has held for the past 21 years.
Because of her knowledge and experience, Rosemary takes pleasure in acting as a business mentor for start-up businesses in the greater Mill Creek area.
Kevin Giboney - Kevin has been a member of the MCBA since 2005 when he purchased his first Allstate agency in Mill Creek. This will be his third year on the board, having served on several committees including the scholarship, membership and festival committees. Kevin has been the director of the festival for the past two years after heading up sponsorship for two years prior to that commitment.
Kevin and his business partner, Dave Keen, form the team of Just 2 Dads, operating three Allstate Insurance and Financial Service Agencies in Mill Creek, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. Just2Dads is a value-based, family-orientated practice built on integrity, professionalism and a passion for making a difference. As trusted advisors, Kevin and Dave have made the commitment to "Protect Your Family As Our Own!," providing peace of mind and secure financial futures for one family at a time.
Prior to joining Allstate, Kevin spent 12 years as a financial analyst in the securities and investment banking arena.
Kevin volunteers his time at Jackson HIgh School teaching personal financial planning and life development to help students get college credits in advance of graduation. He serves on the Business advisory board for the Everett School District, is a soccer, softball and basketball coach, and still finds time to play on his own softball team.
Thad Hoover - Thad has worked with hardware and software technology, specializing in project and sales management for 16 years. He has worked with a wide variety of client from independent sole proprietors to global clients such as Boeing and Microsoft. He is now part of the Xcarab Web & Application Development Team which has developed software and business solutions for over ten years.
Thad is a volunteer youth soccer coach and has a strong interest in soccer refereeing. He has been a regular volunteer with Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County and gives his time to the Mill Creek Festival. Thad volunteered his time to develop the latest version of the Mill Creek Festival website.
Chris Lindstrom - Chris co-founded and is a managing partner at Ceptara Corporation. He has over 20 years of management consulting experience with technology companies and has worked with several of the Fortune 50 in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to founding Ceptara, Chris held engineering and executive positions for computer and telecommunications companies including AT&T Wireless, Lucent Technologies, NCR Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp.
Chris has a Master's of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina with an emphasis in neural networks and artificial intelligence. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska.
Chris is a Lean Six Sigma - a group that develops business best practices and shares and networks these. He holds a Master Black Belt and is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
James MacMillan - James has been living in the Snohomish Mill Creek area for the last 20 years. Originally James was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He received his Associate's degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Lawrence Institute of Technology and his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New York.
James served as President and is currently Director of Membership of the Snohomish Kiwanis Club where they are dedicated to helping children one child at a time and providing scholarships to high school students at Snohomish and Glacier Peak high schools. He is also a long standing member of the Mill Creek Business Association and has served as Operations Director for the Mill Creek Festival. Jim is active at Gold Creek Community Church where he has been a member for the last 18 years.
James is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James, a nationally recognized diversified financial services company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He holds the Series 7 General Securities Representative, 9 & 10 General Securities Sales Supervisor, & 66 Uniform Securities Agent/Registered Investment Advisor licenses for serving individual investors. He is a licensed Life and Long Term Care Agent. James also holds the AAMS designation (Accredited Asset Management Specialist), recognized by the College for Financial Planning.
James provides financial, retirement and insurance educational services to clients, churches, non-profit organizations and small businesses. He assists individuals, as well as organizations, in reaching their financial goals.
Dr. Nancy Morgan - Nancy, the newest member of the Board, and one of the oldest, served on the MCBA Board from 2004 through 2009, took a year off and is now re-joining her fellow Board members. In the meantime, however, she continued to chair the MCBA scholarship committee.
She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, attended WSU for undergraduate school and then the UW for Medical School. There she met Robert Morgan, whom she married in 1978. With the exception of an eight year sailing trip halfway around the world, they have practiced medicine together ever since. Together, they opened Guardian Family Care in Mill Creek in 2001. Their practice is small but very personal and they would love to have MCBA members stop by and get acquainted with their unique style of practice.
Bill Raynolds - Bill's horticultural roots go all the way back to his four-square-foot garden in Ghana, West Africa. From age 5 to 9 he was fascinated with the way small seeds would erupt into towering plants. This connection to world flora continued during his prep school years at Haverford School when he worked in a Philadelphia nursery to help pay tuition.
Bill graduated from Grinnell College in 1979 with a BA in English. A 25-year career in Asian international banking culminated in an executive management position in a Russian bank in Moscow. Bill assisted in bringing credit products (credit cards, mortgages, commercial leases) to the Russian banking market for the first time in history.
After successfully launching credit in Russia, Bill returned to the US for a role as Chief Operating Officer at a New York based investment bank. Bill managed all operating aspects of the investment bank's operations until 2003 when he decided to embark on a cross-country bicycle adventure to raise funds for the Shackleton School. Somewhere part way across the plains of North Dakota Bill had an epiphany. While the work of international and investment banking had been exciting and financially fulfilling, something was missing. That something that was unfilled was his passion for plants and the nursery business. It was time to realize his dream of operating a garden center.
Rather than dive into this unknown industry and probably lose all his hard earned rubles, Bill decided to get some experience in the industry first. In 2004, Bill joined Molbak's, the premier nursery in Washington. Bill's first position at Molbak's was as a seasonal summer employee responsible for the most physically demanding, dirtiest, repetitive tasks at the nursery. Strangely enough, he loved it. Bill was retained as a full time employee and soon was promoted to Department Supervisor and then Department Manager for Garden and Indoor Plants. In Nov 2006, with this retail experience under his ever expanding belt, Bill succumbed to the entrepreneurial bug and launched My Garden Nursery.
My Garden Nursery recently won first place in "Evening Magazine's" BEST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON contest. In addition, My Garden was also named by
Garden Center Magazine to its 2011 list of the "Revolutionary 100 Top Nurseries in the US."
