Daria Dolgova | Chair
Daria Dolgova is an experienced Certified Public Accountant and has worked at BDO USA for the last two years. She graduated from the University of Washington with her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Finance, then went on to get her Master's Degree in Taxation from the University of Washington. During her time at UW, she also served as the President of the WPC Young Professionals Club on campus, which is where her interest in the Washington Policy Center YP program began. Daria is excited to grow her involvement with the program by serving as a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board and as co-chair of the Annual Dinner committee!
Aymeric Prieur
Aymeric is a Pricing Strategy Manager at Starbucks Corporation where he develops holistic pricing srategies for the company's food and beverage products. In his current role, he leverages his interest in behavioral economics and consumer psychology to test and design innovative solutions for the enterprise while maintaining customer value. He is a CPA by trade and previously specialized in corportate taxation.
He started his career as a tax consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining the global tax planning and transfer pricing department of Starbucks, where he worked for four years. Aymeric was born in France and grew up in Paris before moving to Seattle in 2007. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in taxation. He has served on the YP Advisory Board since 2014 and held the role of chairman in 2018. He also currently serves as the Treasurer of the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest and volunteers for a local non-proft organization serving the foster care youth in Seattle.
Carson Bowlin
Carson Bowlin is the owner of TimberRise, a real estate development company based in the Puget Sound area. His development focus includes a wide array of projects with a consistent theme of "narrowing the gap between the built environment and the natural world." This is achieved in many ways, including the use of sustainably harvested mass timber as a building material and thoughtfully designed communities with access to natural open space and trails. Before TimberRise, Carson worked at Heartland, a Seattle-based real estate firm and prior to that in New York on the bond trading desk at Morgan Stanley. Carson has been a staff member on both statewide and local political campaigns in Washington State and served as an intern in the White House. He is an ardent supporter of male development having served for over eight years as an Assistant Scoutmaster with local Boy Scout Troops and currently as a Board Member of the Chief Seattle Council.
Carson's commitment to the WPC Young Professionals centers on the group's ability to foster much needed free-market based discussions, ideas and policy solutions by engaging individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds throughout Washington State. He is inspired by the YP's focus on "Policy + Action" and the core guiding tenet of honoring the dignity of the individual by advocating for fiscally minded and responsible government policy.
Rachel Denney
Rachel grew up in Idaho and has been living in Washington for the past 6 years, enjoying all that the PNW has to offer; biking, hiking, kayaking, you name it! Having moved to Spokane to attend Great Northern University, Rachel double-majored in Leadership Studies and Psychology, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Valedictorian of her class. During her time at GNU, Rachel served under Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers in her Senior year and gained a deeper understanding of the political sphere. This further prompted Rachel’s growing interest in legislation and policy, leading her to become more involved with the Washington Policy Center’s Young Professionals group. Rachel is excited to now further her involvement in the YP community by serving on the Advisory Board.
Calista Jay
Calista graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Grand Canyon University. In my free time, I enjoy talking about politics, learning history, and reading.
Devin Helgeson
In an increasingly introverted and reticent world, Devin takes a gregarious approach within the tech industry - possibly one of the most affected fields of all. Devin strongly believes that every professional has a role in a company, industry, and society, in which all have indispensable ideas that could change the game, yet so seldom are they effectively brought to the table. His professional goal is to incite a cultural movement based around the advocacy of communication and transparancy in every aspect of industry.
Calen Walcker