Bio

Ann Watson is the Chief Operating Officer at Cascadia Capital. In this role she oversees the finance, operations, human resources, technology and compliance for the firm. Previously Ann was the Chief Financial Officer of Moss Adams LLP. Prior to that, Ann served in multiple leadership roles at Russell Investments over a 15-year high growth period for the global investment management firm. During her tenure there, Ann served as Chief Human Resources Officer, as a Russell/Mellon Board Member overseeing the Russell Indexes, as a member of the firm’s Management Committee, Compensation Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and as a Corporate Finance group leader. Prior to joining Russell Investments, Ann spent seven years with Chemical Bank/Manufacturers Hanover based in New York and abroad where she held multiple global roles including strategic planning, client relationship management and loan workouts. Ann is an active and engaged community leader. Ann is currently serving as the Board Chair of the Seattle Foundation and chaired the Seattle Foundation’s 2014 CEO Search Committee. Ann currently serves on the board of Heritage Bank, an Olympia-based publicly traded bank serving Washington and Oregon. Ann has also been a Social Venture Partners member since 2009. In previous community service roles, Ann served as a board member of the Washington Economic Development Finance Authority, as a Finance Committee Member for Thrive by Five, as an Executive Committee Member of the China Relations Council and as a board member of the Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association. Ann has an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from Whitman College.