Board of Directors

Tim Rasmussen, Board Chair

Vice President, Director of International Banking
Washington Trust Bank

Tim Rasmussen serves as the Director of International Banking at Washington Trust assisting clients with Trade Products (Commercial Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections), Standby Letters of Credit, and Foreign Exchange Products. Tim’s experience covers International Sales, Trade Operations, Foreign Exchange and Retail Banking.

Tim has more than 30 years of experience in banking, working for Umpqua Bank, Sterlink Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Washington Mutual, Sakura Bank, First Interstate Bank, Dresdner Bank and HSBC.

Tim is a past Chairman of the Northwest Committee on Letters of Credit, and was a national representative for the IFSA Letter of Credit Committee. Currently Tim serves on the BAFT-IFSA National Trade Finance Committee.

Tim is a graduate of the University of Washington-Seattle with a BA in Economics.

Rita E. Dillon, Treasurer

Senior Vice President, Specialty Banking & Capital Markets
Banner Bank

Rita Dillon serves as the commercial products manager for Banner Bank’s specialty banking and capital markets activities. The range of products and services includes government guaranteed lending programs, such as SBA and Export-Import Bank programs, Asset Based Lending, Trade Finance, Treasury Management, Syndications, and Interest Rate Hedging.

Rita has more than 25 years of banking experience, including national accounts at J.P. Morgan in New York, middle market banking at Seafirst and Bank of America in Seattle, and community business banking at Bank of Bellevue and HomeStreet Bank, prior to joining Banner Bank in 2011. Rita is a graduate of Georgetown University with dual degrees in Finance and International Management.

Isabelle DeWulf 

Senior Managing Director, International Trade
Washington State Department of Commerce

Before joining Commerce’s Export Assistance team, Isabelle managed and developed the French-American Chamber of Commerce – Dallas/Fort Worth, whose mission is to promote trade and investment between France and North Texas with a focus on aerospace. Isabelle assisted U.S. companies enter or expand into the French market and acted as a liaison for the French-American business community, government agencies, trade and community-based organizations. Responsibilities included planning and organizing aerospace-related events such as ITAR seminars and an annual Aerospace Industry Forum, bringing together leaders in the aerospace industry providing procurement opportunities to small supply chain companies within the global aviation industry. 

Kimberly Pearson

Director
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Customer Finance

Kimberly Pearson is the director of Strategic Regulatory Policy for Boeing Capital  Corporation (BCC), a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary responsible for arranging,  structuring, and providing financing solutions for Boeing’s commercial airplane and space and defense products and services. In this role, Pearson works to ensure that global aircraft industry financing policies and regulations promote the sale and delivery of Boeing aircraft. She works with global export credit agencies, including the U.S.  Export-Import Bank, and supports initiatives of the Aviation Working Group (AWG), a  not-for-profit industry organization dedicated to improving the global regulatory  environment for aviation finance and aircraft trading 

Christie Skoorsmith

US Sales Manager

Bodypoint

Christie is the US Sales manager for Bodypoint who is responsible for developing dealer sales in the U.S. and working with the independent rep groups to maintain Bodypoint’s industry reputation as the brand of choice for postural supports. Christie recently served as International Business Development Manager of SPIO, a manufacturer of medical devices for children with special needs.  Christie has a BA and MA in International Studies and has lived and worked in many countries including Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Spain, The Netherlands, and Ukraine. She has over 25 years of experience in international relations and development and a passion for exporting and international business