Will Daugherty is the President and CEO of Pacific Science Center (PacSci), a Seattle-based nonprofit with a mission to inspire curiosity, discovery, experimentation and critical thinking in everyone. PacSci pursues this mission through engaging STEM programming online, virtually and in-person at its Seattle Center campus. Will joined the organization in late 2015 after spending more than 20 years in executive roles across the technology and business management industries. He was inspired to find ways PacSci could best serve the community by applying his business expertise and leveraging his industry connections. Today, the organization prioritizes outreach and free programming for Title I schools across Washington state, offers hundreds of summer camp scholarships and hosts hundreds of free STEM activities through Curiosity at Home, a catalogue of digital programming developed during the pandemic to supplement kids’ virtual schooling. Prior to joining PacSci, Will served as Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Washington, where he worked with faculty, researchers, administrators and students across the university to identify technologies with commercial promise and to launch new businesses. Will previously held executive roles with P&L responsibility at companies including Amazon, Expedia and AT&T Wireless. He began his business career with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, working for 10 years in Asia, Europe and North America and becoming a partner and leader in the firm’s high-tech practice. Will has a longstanding passion for education, science, technology, the natural world and serving the community. He serves on the boards of directors of BECU and KEXP. His prior board service includes the Special Olympics USA Games, the Olympic Park Institute and the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. Will earned a BA in Politics from Princeton University and a MA in Political Science from Columbia University, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in international relations, military strategy, and political economy.