2024 Young Professionals Advisory Board
Michael Eisenberg | Chair
Michael Eisenberg grew up in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan for his bachelors and masters in aerospace engineering. He moved to Washington State in 2008 for an engineering job with the Boeing Company, where he still works today. His favorite activities include biking, hiking, reading, and playing board games.
Michael has been a member of the Washington Policy Center Young Professionals since 2019. He served on the marketing committee in 2020 and 2021 and has been a regular participant in the book club.
His support for free-markets stems from understanding that the best results in most aspects of life come about when individuals have the greatest amount of control and responsibility over their own choices as is possible
Aymeric Prieur | Vice Chair
Aymeric is a Pricing Strategy Manager at Starbucks Corporation where he develops holistic pricing srategies for the company's food and beverage products. In his current role, he leverages his interest in behavioral economics and consumer psychology to test and design innovative solutions for the enterprise while maintaining customer value. He is a CPA by trade and previously specialized in corportate taxation.
He started his career as a tax consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining the global tax planning and transfer pricing department of Starbucks, where he worked for four years. Aymeric was born in France and grew up in Paris before moving to Seattle in 2007. He graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in taxation. He has served on the YP Advisory Board since 2014 and held the role of chairman in 2018. He also currently serves as the Treasurer of the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest and volunteers for a local non-proft organization serving the foster care youth in Seattle.
Carson Bowlin
Carson Bowlin is the owner of TimberRise, a real estate development company based in the Puget Sound area. His development focus includes a wide array of projects with a consistent theme of "narrowing the gap between the built environment and the natural world." This is achieved in many ways, including the use of sustainably harvested mass timber as a building material and thoughtfully designed communities with access to natural open space and trails. Before TimberRise, Carson worked at Heartland, a Seattle-based real estate firm and prior to that in New York on the bond trading desk at Morgan Stanley. Carson has been a staff member on both statewide and local political campaigns in Washington State and served as an intern in the White House. He is an ardent supporter of male development having served for over eight years as an Assistant Scoutmaster with local Boy Scout Troops and currently as a Board Member of the Chief Seattle Council.
Carson's commitment to the WPC Young Professionals centers on the group's ability to foster much needed free-market based discussions, ideas and policy solutions by engaging individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds throughout Washington State. He is inspired by the YP's focus on "Policy + Action" and the core guiding tenet of honoring the dignity of the individual by advocating for fiscally minded and responsible government policy.
Jillian Olson
Jill Olson is a seasoned political consultant and the proprietor of The Olson Agency. With over a decade of experience in professional photography and design, she has specialized in marketing and development, particularly emphasizing political campaigns over the last three years.
Her forte lies in assembling teams and fostering networks—a crucial skill that has contributed significantly to her achievements. As an entrepreneur who embarked on her journey at an early stage, she possesses a deep understanding of organizational dynamics, providing a unique perspective to empower individuals and businesses by identifying their strengths and support networks.
True to the Texan spirit, Jill approaches both campaigning and business with a simple yet resolute mantra: go big or go home.
Hunter Hamilton
Hunter Hamilton is a Washington local being raised on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington. He received his bachelors degree in Geography from Central Washington University. After spending a decade in the US Army as a Field Artillery officer he settled back in Washington in the Auburn area with his wife. He is currently a Customer Success Manager with Avalara out of their Seattle Headquarters.
Hunter is an avid skier and upland game hunter, who is passionate about common sense environmental solutions that benefit all Washingtonians. In addition to skiing and hunting he is a former rugby player and is a supporter of all things Seattle Sports.
His support for common sense free-market solutions that benefit all Washingtonians is what brought him to the Washington Policy Center Young Professionals and led him to join the Advisory Board in 2024.
Simon Sefzik
Simon Sefzik grew up on a farm in Ferndale, Washington. He attended Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA, and worked at the White House in the Executive Office of the President in 2020. In 2022, Simon was appointed to the Washington State Senate for the 42nd Legislative District when he was 22, making him the youngest state senator in the history of Washington (based on available legislative records). He served on the Senate Health, Housing, and Higher Education Committees. Currently, Simon works for a family office in Bellevue and is an advisor for Project 42, a statewide 501c(4) dedicated to improving life in Washington. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, skiing, frisbee, and a good book.
Daria Dolgova
Daria Dolgova is an experienced Certified Public Accountant and has worked at BDO USA for the last two years. She graduated from the University of Washington with her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Finance, then went on to get her Master's Degree in Taxation from the University of Washington. During her time at UW, she also served as the President of the WPC Young Professionals Club on campus, which is where her interest in the Washington Policy Center YP program began. Daria is excited to grow her involvement with the program by serving as a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board and as co-chair of the Annual Dinner committee!
In an increasingly introverted and reticent world, Devin takes a gregarious approach within the tech industry - possibly one of the most affected fields of all. Devin strongly believes that every professional has a role in a company, industry, and society, in which all have indispensable ideas that could change the game, yet so seldom are they effectively brought to the table. His professional goal is to incite a cultural movement based around the advocacy of communication and transparancy in every aspect of industry.
Calen recently began working at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. He was previously a Relationship Manager in BOA Merrill Lynch’s Advisor Development Program. Before that, Calen held a generalist (trader/analyst) internship at Liberfield Capital. He won both trading competitions during the SRP program at Liberfield Capital (with a 21.4% return for the solo 2 week competition and a 26.8% return over a period of one month for the Core Trading Group competition). Calen graduated from Hillsdale College with a BA focused in Economics. He also graduated from the Trendup (hedge fund prep) program. Calen is passionate about markets and is an independent trader. Hobbies include reading, chess, bodybuilding, rock climbing, stock picking, and of course, attending YP events!
