Identity Clark County has elected two regional CEOs to its board of directors and named an aspiring business and community leader to serve in the newly formed Ed Lynch Board Seat honoring life and legacy of the business and philanthropic icon.
Jeff Harvey, CEO of the restaurant company Burgerville, and Tracy Wilson, CEO of the cabinet manufacturer DeWils Industries, Inc., were elected to three-year terms to the business organization. Meanwhile, Jim Mains, partner of the campaign and marketing firm High Five Media, was elected to the newly formed Ed Lynch Board Seat to serve a one-year courtesy term.
Harvey became president and CEO of the 40-location Burgerville chain in 2004 after a 30-year career in the energy industry. He is an advocate for the arts, a musician and instrument maker, and operates a farm in eastern Oregon. He has an engineering degree from Oregon State University.
Wilson is CEO of the Vancouver-based cabinet manufacturing company that employs about 160 people and markets products through independent kitchen dealers in the U.S., Canada and Japan. He serves as a director of the Association of Washington Business and Building Industry Association of Washington, and several regional boards. He has a business administration degree from Boise State University.
Mains is partner of High Five Media, a marketing, community and political campaign firm in Vancouver. Mains is a director of the Ed Lynch estate to fulfill its legacy for family and community. He serves on many local boards, and co-hosts the variety show Hello Vancouver and the video blog The Vancouver Side. Mains studied at Clark College and Seattle University.
“Jim Mains is ideally suited to serve as our first Ed Lynch Board Seat, not only because he is so involved in business, community and politics, but because Ed Lynch himself recognized his potential and nurtured him after noticing Jim’s ambitious nature as a newspaper boy many years ago,” said John McKibbin, president of Identity Clark County.
The person occupying the Ed Lynch Board Seat is chosen by demonstrating strong potential as a community and business leader, possessing positive character attributes, and is willing and able to participate in ICC discussions, such as monthly meetings and occasional forums.
Identity Clark County is a 22-year-old business advocacy organization comprised of more than 70 influential businesses. The privately funded organization maintains an office in Vancouver and a lobbying presence in Olympia.
