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“How to monetize social media,” a business plan that Nathan Peterson developed as a UW Bothell student (Marketing ’08), has figured in his career as a corporate social media manager, startup adviser and chief revenue officer for the Tagboard online platform.

Allison Pace lived on campus, worked on campus and started a club. She said applying for the Husky 100 forced her to reflect on how she has been changed by all of her experiences at the University of Washington Bothell.

Aseem Datar, a leader in Microsoft’s fast-growing Azure cloud-computing platform, said his MBA experience at the University of Washington Bothell was uncomfortable, which is exactly what he wanted.

Lisa Fryett worked for more than 18 years at The Boeing Company, eventually becoming a project manager for in-flight entertainment. She left the corporate world in 2016 to complete her degree at the University of Washington Bothell where her advocacy for Native viewpoints earned her recognition in the Husky 100. 

Samantha Girard, a nurse educator for Kaiser Permanente in Washington, said her Master of Nursing degree from the University of Washington Bothell in 2010 put her in a position to have an impact on the profession at a time nurses are being pushed hard to advance their education.