Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Evelyn Cruz Sroufe is a partner at the Seattle law firm, Perkins Coie LLP. Her practice emphasizes corporate finance, securities, and governance matters, primarily for public companies. Ms. Sroufe was the Senior VP of Worldwide Operations for Visio Corporation, where she oversaw Visio's legal department. She is also a former director of Willamette Industries, served as president and CEO for the Websea Group, and is a former vice-president of the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Sroufe was listed in the Best Lawyers in America (recognized for Corporate Law) and in Washington Law & Politics, "Washington's Super Lawyers". She serves on the boards of Virginia Mason Health System and the Seattle-Northwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Sroufe speaks and writes frequently on corporate governance matters, for example: speaker at "Directors and Officers in the Spotlight: Liability, Indemnification and Insurance," (San Francisco, October 2003); author of "Observations of an 'Outside' Outside Director: A Weyerhaeuser Nominee on the Willamette Board," M&A Lawyer (June 2002).