Leadership Team
Kevin Parker
Chair, Whitworth Institute of Leadership
Visiting Instructor
Kevin Parker is an entrepreneur, former four-term politician and a retired advisor to a senior member of Congress. He has taught organizational theory and leadership for over a decade to graduate students at Whitworth University and is currently a visiting instructor in the School of Business. He has also served as a facilitator in adaptive leadership at Harvard University, is a fellow of the Aspen Institute and is currently completing his Doctorate of Philosophy in leadership studies. Parker oversees 230 employees within his Dutch Bros Coffee franchise and has collectively received more than 30 awards for his work within the community and region, including being named to Spokane's Most Powerful list multiple times.
Tess Abbott
Associate Director, Graduate Studies in Business
MSFP, Institute of Leadership, ELEVATE
U-District Campus