July 7, 2023

University of Washington

Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointments of Maggie Walker and Jay Cunningham to the University of Washington Board of Regents. Walker will serve out the remainder of Libby Gates MacPhee's term, which ends in September 2024. MacPhee resigned from the board effective June 26. Cunningham replaces Elizabeth Lee as the board's student regent. Walker is a conservationist and philanthropist and currently serves as the president of the Walker Family Foundation. She is also the founding and current board chair of the Friends of Waterfront Seattle and represents the College of the Environment on the UW Foundation Board. Until 2022, she served as the chair of the board of the National Audubon Society. Over the last 25 years, Walker has led the boards of many organizations: Henry Art Gallery; the Woodland Park Zoo; MOHAI; Global Partnerships; Seattle Foundation; Seattle Art Museum; Bullitt Foundation; Washington Women's Foundation; ARCS Foundation; and the UW College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board. Cunningham will serve as the student regent from 2023 to 2024. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering. He received a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation in 2021 and has worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. Cunningham earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Alabama.