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30 WAC Magazine | wac.net aer service on the Audit, Finance, House, Food & Beverage, and Member- ship & Marketing committees. "He is quite analytical and likes to dig in and understand the nuances of business operations," Paul says. Aer spending his early career in accounting and banking, Gregg transi- tioned to technology startups, with their rapidly changing business models and dramatic financial cycles. His big break came as CFO of a healthcare technology company, where he steered a successful initial public offering and, four years lat- er, company sale. at led to a series of other CFO jobs at small venture-backed startups, ending with his retirement from Twisted Pair Solutions. "I tend to ask a lot of questions," Gregg says. "It's important to know the broad issues facing a business and to choose carefully where to dive in." It's hard to imagine a better time than now for Gregg to step into the role of WAC Chairman. is year more than any since at least the Great Recession will require careful consideration with every decision. With so much uncer- tainty surrounding COVID-19—and even more questions about how the state "It became clear that she had things she wanted to do and that I wasn't going to have enough vacation days," Gregg says. e pair spent most of the last decade committed to travel, sticking pins around the globe and returning to favorites from Spain to New York to Los Cabos, the latter of which Gregg says, "is mostly about golf." "He is quite analytical and likes to dig in and understand the nuances of business operations." Trim and bespectacled, Gregg wears the tight smile of a man you're not surprised spent three decades looking over balance sheets and calculating the benefits of fixed costs and liquidity. But catch him on the WAC basketball court, playing 18 holes, or strolling near the couple's home in Laurelhurst and a different feeling hits you. "From a distance, Gregg appears quite serious, but he is low-key, relaxed, and social," says WAC Chief Financial Officer Paul Lowber, who first met Gregg in the 1980s when both worked at the Seattle office of Deloitte. Gregg takes over as WAC Chairman