Our Advisory Board
William J. Palmer - Chairman
Bill Palmer serves as a consulting CFO for Northwest-based business with CFO Selections. He joined CFO Selections in 2005 after a 20-year career in banking and finance. Within the middle-market lending groups at Bank of America and US Bank, he led groups that funded hundreds of companies in the Pacific Northwest. He is a proven senior-level executive with strong banking, financial, accounting, and business development skills. His experience runs across multiple industries with extensive expertise in structuring financial transactions.
Bill has held executive positions at Bank of America as senior vice president (SVP) Washington portfolio manager, SVP and senior products officer, SVP and client manager and assistant vice president, trade and relationship officer. As a banking officer, Bill sat on several client advisory boards and represented B of A in the local business community.
Bill graduated from the Pacific Coast Banking School in 1996 and earned his M.B.A. from Seattle University in 1991 after graduating with a degree in business administration from Gonzaga University. Bill's community involvement entails chairing both the finance and development committees for his church over the past eight years, and serving on the board of governors and as treasurer of the Newport Yacht Club. Bill lives in Newcastle with his wife and five children.
Joyce Lee, CPA - Treasurer
Joyce Lee is a principal at Clark Nuber, an award-winning CPA and consulting firm that has served the Northwest for more than five decades. As a CPA, she has served as controller of a large not-for-profit organization and supervised financial accounting and reporting, external audits, and accounting software conversions. Joyce specializes in private and public foundations as well as complex accounting and auditing issues including endowments, planned giving, and consolidation of related entities.
Joyce is an active member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants. She has served as a past board member for the WSCPA and as secretary and treasurer for the Humane Society for Seattle/King County.
Despite beginning piano lessons at age 3, Joyce chose to crunch numbers instead of following in her parents' footsteps to become a classical musician. Despite her change in direction, her clients - all not for profits - give her standing ovations for her insight and experience. Joyce lives in Sammamish with her husband and two children.
Betsy Koelzer
Betsy Koelzer has a passion for the welfare of children and enjoys working directly with those requiring individual mentoring. Her special interests include improving a child's life by assisting parents, facilitating the transition from high school to college when parental support is absent, nurturing personal responsibility, and developing appropriate conflict resolution skills.
Betsy has worked extensively with at-risk youth, exhibiting her listening and goal-setting skills, and providing introductions to community services. Betsy completed the graduate program of Spiritual Counseling Psychology at the University of Santa Monica and is presently working towards advanced certification in the study of Consciousness, Health, and Healing. She lives in Edmonds with her husband.
Bill Baldwin
Bill Baldwin is the founder and CEO of Baldwin Resource Group, Inc. (BRG), a diversified professional service company that provides business consulting, risk management, and insurance. He has held a variety of positions, primarily in the insurance industry.
In addition to BRG, Bill has served as the president of Washington Policy Center, a non-profit think tank. He serves on community boards and committees for education at Seattle Pacific University and Washington State University.
Bill has lived in Washington since 1966, married for 32 years, two children and two grandchildren.
Scott Gerrapy
Scott Garrepy currently serves as the director of development - international programs for Washington State University. Prior to joining WSU he was a Principal at Newbridge Partners, a fundraising consulting firm based in Seattle. Over the past decade, Scott has also served as the director of business development for the INTIMAN Theatre and GreaterGood.com / The Hunger Site.
He is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals where he currently serves on the board of directors and is treasurer and director for the GreaterGood Foundation, and past vice president and director of the Spectrum Dance Theatre.
Scott is a guest speaker at University of Washington's Arts Management Certificate program and Seattle University's Nonprofit Management program. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, English Literature at the University of Florida. Scott lives with his wife Jennifer in Issaquah, WA.
Sue Sander - Secretary
Sue Sander is currently the Business Development Director for the Infrastructure Unit of URS Washington Divison. In addition, she was the former president of Shapiro and Associates, Inc., and was responsible for management and direction of the Northwest's largest environmental firm. Her background encompassed studies in the fields of management, financial administration, marketing, and natural resources/planning studies. Her involvement in a wide range of public and private sector projects includes: environmental management services, ecological restoration commercial/industrial and residential projects, and infrastructure/ transportation/ energy projects. She is also currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Eastside Heritage Center and the NHS Alumni Association.
In addition, Sue has been listed in Who's Who in Finance, American Women, and Who's Who in the West. Under Sue's direction, Shapiro and Associates was awarded Employer of the Year by Women in Transportation Seminar, Small Business Of the Year by the City of Seattle in the consultant category, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise of the Year by King County, and Sound Transit Employer of the Year. She has also been awarded the Washington Business Person of the Year and US Business Person of the Year by the US Business Advisory Council.
Thomas L. Varga
Tom Varga is the founder and managing partner of CFO Selections, a finance and accounting professional services firm headquartered in Bellevue WA. Prior to founding CFO Selections in 2002, Tom served as president of 1NService, Inc. a national alliance of network technology and security companies. He has also held COO and CFO positions for Northwest Nexus and Peopleware, in Bellevue.
Tom grew up in Solon, OH, a suburb of Cleveland where he was raised by Hungarian immigrant parents who came to the United States in 1956. He earned his BS degree, with high honors, in Business Finance from John Carroll University in Cleveland and his MBA, with honors, from University of Notre Dame. Tom moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1994 and lives in Issaquah with his daughter where he enjoys climbing and teaching mountaineering.
Tom currently serves as director and treasurer of LOMA (Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Association) and on the board of the CFOS Foundation. He held board positions as director of Spiritwood Assisted Living Center, Issaquah, and on the finance committee of Seattle SCORES. Past community involvement includes director and treasurer of the Northwest Student Exchange, a non-profit international high school exchange program and finance committee member at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
