Theme: Intertwined

Extraordinary local agriculture industry innovation meets classroom innovation, both with global implications.

Yakima Valley Museum
2105 Tieton Drive
Yakima, Washington, 98902
United States

Margit McGuire

University Professor of Teacher Education

Always wanting to be a teacher, Dr. Mcguire obtained an M.Ed. from Central Washington University and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Oregon. She is Professor of Teacher Education at Seattle University, and as program director for 27 years. Her leadership roles include President of the Washington Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1998-2000; board member of the National Geographic Literacy Council, 2013 appointment to the Washington Commission of Charter Schools, and earning the 2008 McGoldrick Award from Seattle University for distinguished teaching and commitment to students. In 2015, she was the Distinguished Alumnus for Yakima Valley Community College. She developed Storypath. a K-8 social studies/literacy curriculum using narrative structure to immerse students as characters in a time and place to help them understand social and historical events from the inside out. Storypath is used in classrooms across the country and around the world.

Steve Carpenter

Entrepreneur and Chief Supply Chain Officer.

Steve is Chief Supply Chain Officer at Yakima Chief Hops, a global hop supplier. His family has been growing hops since 1869, for which he followed in the footsteps until becoming the CEO at Yakima Chief. When Yakima Chief combined business operations with Hopunion in 2014, he was appointed CEO and most recently, CSCO. While farming, he played a role in creating and nurturing the concept of a grower-owned hop mechant and grower-owned hop breeding business. He has been instrumental in designing supply chain systems to deliver quality, food safety and transparency. He has a passion for process, continuous improvement and great beer.