Elliott H. (Ren) Jurgensen, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Elliott H. Jurgensen, Jr. has been a director since January 2003 and has served as the Chairman of the Board since October 2008. Mr. Jurgensen retired from KPMG LLP in 2003 after 32 years, including 23 years as an audit partner. During his career he held a number of leadership roles, including Managing Partner of the Bellevue, Washington office of KPMG from 1982 to 1991, and Managing Partner of the Seattle, Washington office of KPMG from 1993 to 2002. He is also a director of McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc., a publicly traded company, as well as ASG Consolidated, LLC and Varolii Corporation, both privately held. Mr. Jurgensen has a B.S. in accounting from San Jose State University. Mr. Jurgensen’s career at KPMG gives him the requisite experience to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” having “financial sophistication” for audit committee purposes.