Experience: Laurie McDonald Jonsson is a businesswoman who has combined a successful travel and business career with a personal commitment to helping women and children around the world. She is the founder of Stellar International, a company with a focus on investments that give back to the communities they serve. Jonsson is founder of Stellar International Networks, a forum that connects and empowers women leaders around the globe. She is founding director of Expedia.com, Commerce Bank, and the Puget Sound Bank, and was the first chair of the Governor's Executive Women's Council under then Governor, now Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Jonsson is also a co-owner and director of Stellar Holdings, an international real estate investment and development company with operations in the United States, Sweden, and Poland. Stellar Holdings develops and owns multifamily residential projects that provide the benefits of sustainable construction and operations; are transit oriented and usually situated in high-density urban infill locations. Stellar Holdings has been in operation since 1989.