PACE Elects New Members to Board of Directors
Contact:
Cheryl Engstrom, for PACE, 425.487.0682, 
BELLEVUE, WA. (Jul 25, 2006) – The Performing Arts Center Eastside (PACE) announces today the appointment of five new members to the PACE board. The new board members are: James J. Doud, Jr., Richard Foley, Betty Freeman, Charles Lytle, and Karen Lytle.
James (Jim) Doud, Jr. is a business consultant and former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Matthew G. Norton Co. He is a Director of the Brooks Investment Co., Director and Vice Chairman of Kibble & Prentice, Inc., Chairman and Director of Calco Insurance Brokers and Agents, Director of Ambia Inc., Director of Property Development Corp., Advisory Board member of Hartung Glass Industries, and is Vice Chairman of the Board of First Mutual Bancshares, Inc. and First Mutual Bank.
Jim and his wife, Candace, live in Medina. Doud's current volunteer activities, in addition to the PACE Board, include Trustee for Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Trustee (Emeritus) for Western Washington University Foundation, and Advisory Board member of Western Washington University College of Business.
Richard "Dick" Foley was a founding member of the Brothers Four, a folk-singing group formed by four fraternity brothers at the UW. He left the group in 1991 to focus on his job as co-host of KOMO-TV's "Northwest Afternoon." In 1995 he became host of a broadcast magazine on cable called "Time of Your Life." Foley is currently the Marketing Projects Manager for Virginia Mason Medical Center.
He is also a very active community volunteer. He still performs on occasion and has lent his voice and talent to many local charitable groups. He is a board member of the Seattle Choral Company and a member of the honorary board of Gilda's Club, and is past board member of the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society. Foley and his wife, Mary, live in Bellevue.
As a long time community volunteer, Betty Freeman has a history of service with a variety of organizations in the region. She has been a volunteer for many years with the Overlake Hospital Foundation board, the Standing Ovation Advisory Board, Children's Hospital Guild, and the Seattle Junior League. Freeman is a founding member of the Act One Guild, a volunteer fundraising arm for PACE.
Betty and her husband, Kemper Freeman, Jr., are long-time PACE advocates and developers of The Bellevue Collection (Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square, and Bellevue Square), which also includes the Hyatt Regency Bellevue and The Westin Bellevue hotels.
She spends her leisure time golfing, skiing, riding motorcycles, boating, and reading. Betty and Kemper have two daughters and four grandchildren, and live in Bellevue.
Charles (Chuck) Lytle, as founder of Leisure Care (sold to management in 2003) and current President of Lytle Enterprises, is a pioneer in the senior housing market. Nationally he has been involved as a board member in senior housing organizations, community hospitals, and health maintenance organizations.
Lytle is a resident of Mercer Island. His local community activities include Chairman of Swedish Medical Center Foundation, President of Washington State Special Olympics, Vice Chairman for the Alexis de Tocqueville Society for United Way, Board member of the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research, and Vice President of PONCHO. Chuck joined the PACE Board as Co-Chair for the $100 Million Capital and Endowment Campaign in 2006.
Karen Lytle joined her husband, Chuck Lytle, at Leisure Care in 1981 as Vice President of the Retirement Community Division, eventually becoming Chairman of that company. She is currently the Chairman of Lytle Enterprises. Karen also served as the Director of a local Chamber of Commerce and founded a federation of Chambers of Commerce in the Seattle area.
The Lytles live on Mercer Island, and Karen is involved in a number of charitable activities. She is President of Seniors Making Art, a nonprofit organization founded by artist Dale Chihuly, and is a past member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Advisory Board. She joined the PACE Board in 2006 as a Co-Chair for the $100 Million Capital and Endowment Campaign.
Performing Arts Center Eastside is a 2,000-seat premier regional center for the performing arts. Its mission is to enrich cultural life with a wide diversity of live entertainment, arts, and education. PACE will stimulate the arts region-wide; attract new audiences; heighten arts awareness and education; provide a performance home for select area arts organizations; and serve as a cultural center for the Eastside.
PACE plans to open in 2009 and it will be located in downtown Bellevue on the corner of NE 10th Street and 106th Avenue NE. The $100 Million Capital and Endowment Campaign has raised $15M with 100% board participation and the gift of land valued at $8M.