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40 WAC Magazine | wac.net It's in the eyes. Doug's eyes are almost always smiling. If you were in a hurricane with Doug, you'd probably look over, see his face, and think the sun were about to come out. WAC members will see that face a whole lot more during the next year. Doug's term as the 75th Chairman of the WAC Board of Governors began August 1. "One thing is, I'd like to see the Club grow," Doug said during a recent interview in Torchy's. "e second thing is, I'm kind of a numbers guy, so I'd like to make sure that we're doing well from a fiscal standpoint." Doug inherits strong mem- bership trends and a solid fiscal picture. But there's always room to improve. Doug sees the op- portunity clearly. "Growth and finances will come if we have a vibrant, active membership that's excited about coming down here," he says. "ose are the things I'd like to walk away with at the end of my term." All this he says with a smile, of course. As we'll soon come to learn, our new Chairman knows how to have fun. HOMETOWN ROOTS More than any WAC Chairman in recent history, Doug Seto is a Seattleite. He was born on First Hill; attended elementary and middle school in Bryant; grad- uated Roosevelt High School, where he played the oboe; and earned an economics degree from the University of Washing- ton, where he still holds football season tickets. Doug's mom also graduated from Roosevelt and UW. Doug's dad, likewise a Husky, was born in Tacoma. ough Doug is an only child, his extended family includes 18 first cousins. Growing up, Doug rose through the ranks of Boy Scouts and eventually became an Eagle Scout, a distinction achieved by only 5 percent of Scouts. In other words, Doug sees things through. "Boy Scouts taught me how to work with people and build lead- ership skills and relationships," Doug says. "ose skills are still of great value to me today." He sits on the Scouts' Chief Seattle Council board and traces his WAC connections to the organization, as well. Doug's Cub Scout leader, Don Covey, served as WAC Chairman in 1981. Another Boy Scout connection, Byron Richards, vouched for Doug when he joined the WAC in 1980. "at goes all the way back to Cub Pack 144 and Troop 148," Doug says, reciting his old scout allegiances by heart. Doug lived on Capitol Hill from 1985 until 2008 before moving to Bellevue. He visits the WAC three to four times a week for meetings and to work out, in- cluding in Helene Madison Pool. He also entertains in Torchy's and Hagerty's and brings a group of friends to Jubilee every year. e Seto family's Seattle story began when Doug's grandparents 40 WAC Magazine | wac.net