People
The leaders driving NQN forward.
Our executive team and steering committee bring together expertise from universities, national labs, and industry across the Northwest to advance quantum science.
Executive Leadership
Guiding NQN's evolution from a regional coalition into a formalized organization building a thriving quantum economy.
Steering Committee
Comprised of leaders from partner organizations, the committee shapes research priorities, outreach strategies, and workforce development programs.
Sebastian Hassinger
Amazon
Kaela Worrall
University of Washington
Martin Savage
University of Washington
Marna Kagele
Boeing
Benjamin Koltenbah
Boeing
Jamie Garcia
IBM
Howard Lock
IonQ
Dina Moy
IonQ
John Bender
K&L Gates
Pasqual Rivera
Meta
Chris Petz
Micron
Lindsay Bayne
Microsoft
Jason Yeager
MPQA (Montana)
Peter Sushko
PNNL
Mark Raugas
PNNL
Ang Li
PNNL
Amit Shukla
Seattle University
Nik Zhelev
University of Oregon
Michael Forbes
Washington State University
Qingze Guan
Washington State University
Yefeng Mei
Washington State University