January 2016 – Gregg McConnell, President and Publisher for the Tri-City Herald February 2016 – Gary Ballew, Port of Pasco; Larry Peterson, Port of Kennewick; Diahann Howard, Port of Benton March 2016 – Nichole Schuler and Chris Kemp, DOE Office of River Protection April 2016 – Emily Braunwart, Grant County and the Eastern Washington Economic Development Alliance May 2016 – Michelle Griffith, WorkSource Columbia Basin June 2016 – Lori Matson, Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Eric VanWinkle, VN Firm, LLC, representing the LINK project August 2016 – Steve Young, Mayor of Kennewick/MSA, and Steve Simmons, The Country Gentleman, state legislature candidate September 2016 – Deb Bowen, Executive Director of the Washington State STEM Education Foundation & Mid-Columbia STEM Network October 2016 –Doug Shoop, Operations Officer, DOE Richland Operations Office