Current Board Members
2022-2023 Board of Trustees Members
Anne Hamilton was appointed to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees in 2013. She served as Board Chair from 2015-2016, and again from 2020-2021. She is currently a principal program manager in the Azure Engineering team at Microsoft. She previously worked as a vice president of Content Strategy at Codio. In her volunteer work, she has served as a curriculum adviser for Leadership Eastside, as president and board member for the LWTech Foundation, as a Microsoft loaned executive to United Way of King County, and as a convener for the Kirkland Nourishing Network. She holds a Bachelor's of Arts in English literature and Native American studies from Colgate University.
Robert Malte was appointed to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees in 2018. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor and the Practitioner-in-Residence at the University of Washington's Masters of Health Administration (MHA) program. He is CEO Emeritus of EvergreenHealth in Kirkland Washington, after having served as its CEO from 2010-2018. Prior to that, he was president & CEO of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, CO, from 2003-2010.
In his volunteer work, Bob is presently a member of the Kirkland Performance Center Board and a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. He has previously served on the Washington State Hospital Association Board, the First Choice Health Board, and the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce Board. He also served on the Seattle Executive Steering Committee for the American Heart and Stroke Association Heart Walk and on the Denver-Metro YMCA Board of Trustees in Denver Co.
He earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Ripon College and his MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary Bachelors of Applied Science degree in Public Health from Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Randy Scott was appointed to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees in 2022. He currently serves as a Fire Officer with the City of Kirkland.
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Trustee Scott relocated to Washington to pursue opportunities to become a firefighter. In addition to his over 25 years of experience with the City of Kirkland, he was the Secretary/Treasurer for the Kirkland Fire Fighters Union for more than 20 years. Trustee Scott also served as the Chairperson for the City of Kirkland's Employee Diversity Committee, and graduated in the Class of 2017 from Leadership Eastside. Trustee Scott brings his union leadership experience, commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and experience as a non-traditional student to his role as a trustee for the college.
Trustee Scott received a BA in Clinical Psychology from Saint Leo University in Florida, and is currently enrolled in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northwest University to pursue his master's degree.
John Suk was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in 2021, and serves as the Board Chair for the 2023-2024 academic year. Currently the Vice President of HR Benefits, Inc., with the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), John has held senior leadership roles throughout his career for companies like Microsoft, Verizon, Vodafone, GE Digital and others in the technology sector with a focus on overall customer relationship management, marketing and business development solutions for enterprise clients. John has also built and run high performing teams, leveraging his influence as a promoter focused on coaching and teamwork, across the U.S. and globally.
John's passions for giving back and sharing his talents in his communities are clearly apparent. He served on the board of directors of the WTIA six years where he was also the Board Chair for a two-year term. He also served and chaired Board Development and Audit committees for Prevent Child Abuse America (based in Chicago), as well as terms with Special Spectators and Alexian Brothers Hospital Network Foundation. John has coached 50+ seasons of sports teams as a WIAA certified basketball official and as a National Games Official for the Special Olympics.
John earned his Bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his MBA from Ashland University.
Laura Wildfong was appointed to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees in 2017, and served as Board Chair for the 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 academic years. Trustee Wildfong previously served as a Board member of the LWTech Foundation Board of Directors from 2012-2017, as Vice President from 2015-2016 and President from 2016-2017. She served on the LWTech Foundation Scholarship Committee from 2013-2016, and has served as an Advisory Committee member for LWTech's Environmental Horticulture program since 2012. She is also a member of LWTech's President's Advisory Council. Trustee Wildfong owns and operates Northwest Nurseries Incorporated Wholesale Nursery in Kirkland, Wash. She previously worked as a Program Manager in Systems Management Server and Visual Studio, Developer Division at the Microsoft Corporation. Trustee Wildfong holds a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from Evergreen State College.