Directors,
volunteers,
and friends.

Dr. Badshah brings more than thirty years of leadership in international development and social impact. He is a Distinguished Practitioner at the University of Washington — across the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, the Foster School of Business, and UW Bothell — and a faculty advisor at the START Center in the Department of Global Health. Previously the head of Microsoft Philanthropies for a decade, he is the founder of Accelerating Social Transformation and the author of "Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees and Alumni to Change the World." He co-founded the Purpose Mindset Foundation to help leaders move from "me" to "we."

Trang Le co-founded the Millions of Masks for Children initiative, mobilizing communities across the United States to put child-sized PPE on millions of kids during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working alongside the international aid group SmartAID, she helped build the supply chain and partnerships that reached Title I schools and underserved communities in more than a dozen states. She is based in Seattle and continues to work in technology and business development.

Dr. Sandra Archibald served as dean of the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington from 2003 to 2019, leading the school to a U.S. News & World Report top-five ranking and establishing its Executive MPA, PhD, and Global MPA programs. She was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration in 2009 and is a past president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. She holds a doctorate in agricultural economics from UC Davis and a master's from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.

David Sarley is a senior leader in global health supply chain strategy with more than two decades of experience strengthening procurement, logistics, and last-mile delivery for vaccines and essential health products. Most recently a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he has shaped investments spanning innovations such as Zipline drone delivery, AI-enabled supply systems, and the VAN control-tower concept used across multiple African countries. His expertise was central to forecasting and procurement decisions at RESTART.US.

Lisa Goodman is co-founder of Restart Partners, the organization behind RESTART.US, working with governments and community-based enterprises on a more inclusive and equitable post-pandemic recovery. She is a member of the executive team at The Benaroya Company and an advisor to Women in Cloud, helping drive a $1B economic-access initiative for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Her career spans more than three decades of leadership in real estate, civic enterprise, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Lisa Strauch contributed leadership across operations and community engagement for the RESTART.US initiatives, helping coordinate the volunteers, partnerships, and on-the-ground logistics that allowed the program to move at the speed the pandemic demanded.