Our Partners

Port Tampa Bay is Florida’s largest port in both land size and tonnage, supporting 192,201 jobs and generating over $34 billion in total annual economic impact. Port Tampa Bay is a top 10 U.S. cruise port, with over one million passengers a year transiting through our cruise terminals.  The port also handles a wide array of bulk, break bulk, containers, and roll-on/roll-off cargoes, and is a major shipbuilding and repair center.

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Seed Consulting Services (SEED) specializes in optimizing business operations to help companies thrive and make a positive impact on the world. SEED collaborates with clients to identify opportunities for improvement, develop customized solutions, and implement strategies for long-term success. And because we believe that successful businesses have the power to create positive change in their communities and beyond, we do this while enabling you to give back to a greater cause. Clients align to a Statement of Work that pays a marginal fee to SEED with an agreement to donate competitive rate fees to a mutually agreed upon 501c3.

Since 1935, Columbia Distributing has helped build some of the best-known brands in the beverage business. The company’s 3,000 employees service over 24,000 retail customers covering more than 135,000 square miles in Oregon and Washington. Columbia operates eight warehouses in Washington, located in the cities of Kent, Everett, Poulsbo, Tumwater, Spokane, Kennewick, Yakima and Vancouver. Oregon is composed of seven warehouses, located in the cities of Canby, Springfield, Medford, Bend, Pendleton, La Grande and Ontario. Columbia’s success is based on the deep-rooted tradition of delivering quality products, timely service and a genuine concern for customers’ needs.

With nearly 1.5 million members and $29.9 billion in assets, BECU is the largest not-for-profit credit union in Washington and one of the top four financial cooperatives in the country. As a member-owned credit union, BECU is focused on helping increase the financial well-being of its members and communities through great rates, few fees, community partnerships and financial education. The credit union currently operates more than 60 financial centers, including two in South Carolina. For more information, visit www.becu.org.

RISE is a multifamily REIT founded on the belief that improving lives is a good investment. We redefine Return on Investment through experienced management aligned with investors, a conservative investment strategy, and transparent appraisals—all while doing right by our investors and residents.

AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association) is the largest hotel owners association in the nation. The nearly 20,000 AAHOA members own 60 percent of the hotels in the United States. AAHOA Members are responsible for 1.7 percent of the nation’s GDP. With billions of dollars in property assets and over one million employees, AAHOA members are core economic contributors in communities across the United States.

Birch Equipment is the leading independently owned construction equipment and sales company in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska.  Birch Equipment provides pro-active fleet, management/maintenance, 24-hour response and mobe/demobe for commercial contractors, transportation, industrial, manufacturing and the public sector. Birch Equipment is headquartered in Bellingham, Washington. To learn more about Birch Equipment’s services, visit https://www.birchequipment.com/.To learn more about the Birch Golf Classic, visit https://www.birchgolfclassic.com/

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Founded in 2015, Reverb is a Seattle-based consulting company focused on people operations. We provide flexible, stage-appropriate consulting services to help companies grow quickly while building healthy, inclusive cultures to engage and inspire employees.

SAFE is an alliance of businesses, philanthropists, law enforcement, the justice system, and nonprofits who have united as a movement to combat commercial sexual exploitation in Washington state.