Ideas Festival

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The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brings hundreds of Washington residents together for an event exploring important civic and cultural issues. For information on sponsoring the Cascade Ideas Festival, contact Jonah Fruchter, Director of Corporate Sponsorship – jonah.fruchter@cascadepbs.org.

About the Festival

The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brings together journalists, newsmakers, and innovators from around the country to talk about the issues that are animating our cultural conversations. The festival includes live recordings of television and podcasts from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Pushkin, NPR and PBS; as well as community meetups, meet-and-greets, food trucks, DJs, and more.

The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival will take place May 4, 2024, at the Amazon Meeting Center, 2031 Seventh Ave. Seattle, WA 98121.

2025 Speakers

Tina Adelstein

Development, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Human Resources

Brenda Anibarro

Committees: Development, Nominating and Governance, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Karli Barokas

Committees: Development (Chair), Executive, Human Resources

Bob Cremin

Committees: Development, Finance & Audit, Human Resources

Mona Lee Locke

Committees: Development, Human Resources

Rebecca Lovell

Committees: Development, Nominating and Governance

Sunae Park

Committees: Development, Finance and Audit

Christopher Parker

Committees: Development, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Andrew Sund

Committees: Development, Finance and Audit

Carole Tomko

Committees: Nominating & Governance (Co-Chair), Development, Executive

Mike Vaska

Committees: Development, Nominating and Governance

Sonny Wong

Committees: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (Chair), Development

Tammy Young

Committees: Human Resources (Chair), Development, Finance and Audit, Executive