Jan Hendrickson

Jan Hendrickson brings more than three decades of executive leadership and board governance experience across the private, public and nonprofit sectors, with deep expertise in fiscal management, strategic planning and organizational growth. She has served on 12 corporate boards, chairing three, and has guided organizations through periods of high growth, turnaround and change.

Hendrickson is the founder and retired managing partner of Denny Hill Capital, a Seattle-based venture capital firm she co-founded in 2002. Earlier in her career, she served as senior vice president of U.S. Bancorp, chief financial officer of Sound Transit and chief financial officer of the seaport division of the Port of Seattle. She currently serves as a director of The Commerce Bank of Washington and previously served on the governing board of Virginia Mason Health System, where she oversaw the terms of its 2021 merger into Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Her healthcare governance experience extends into the local community as well; Hendrickson served as a member of the Island Health Foundation Board of Directors. Her civic leadership also includes roles as past chair of the Virginia Mason Health System Foundation, Woodland Park Zoo, Wellspring Family Services and the Frye Art Museum, among other civic and nonprofit boards.

Hendrickson holds a Master of Public Administration in public finance and a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, both from the University of Washington. She was named a “Woman of Influence” by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2011. She fills Position 1 on the Board of Commissioners, following the retirement of longtime Commissioner Jan Iversen.