Eric Breidenbach, Past President

Bridgeview Brokers, President
www.bridgeview.biz

about ERIC >

Eric provides business brokerage and consulting services to privately held business owners in Western Washington. Eric has been actively involved in mergers and acquisitions since 1988, first with public companies, and since 2001, with privately held firms.

He brings extensive cross-functional and multi-industry experience from twenty-three years in telecommunications, including manufacturing, information media and deregulated telephone operations. His skills benefit from senior finance positions that encompassed the full breadth of traditional accounting and finance responsibilities as well as operations planning and analysis, auditing, domestic and international acquisition and joint venture activities, along with new product and business launches.

He understands running businesses from having been General Manager of two telecommunications business units.

Bob Hale

The Entrepreneur's Source,
Career Transition / Business Ownership Coach
www.esourcecoach.com

about BOB >

Bob assists clients who are in currently in career transition, or who desire to be in transition in the future, to explore the world of independent business ownership with an emphasis on franchise businesses. Bob guides clients considering franchise entrepreneurship through the examination of business models across some ninety industries.

His process aids clients in determining those businesses for which they are best suited, whether true franchise models, existing new business opportunities, non-franchise models, local and national business re-sales, owner-operator business models, semi-absentee owner models, absentee and investor models and passive ownership opportunities in the U.S. and Canada.

Bob also assists clients with various financing options through collaborative referral partners.

Bob Sailer

Pacific Northwest Law Group, Managing Partner
www.pnwlg.com

about BOB >

Bob is Managing Partner of the Pacific NorthWest Law Group. Founded in 1986 in Seattle, the firm is now based in Redmond, WA with offices in Seattle, Eastern Washington, and a correspondent law firm in Shanghai, China.

​The law firm focuses on business solutions in asset protection, M&A, family business, IP and technology, commercial transactions, estate plans, and international trade law. Prior to forming the law firm, Bob was Associate Counsel for Rainier Bank, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington under The Hon. Slade Gorton, in-house counsel for a large petroleum equipment manufacturing company based in California, and Assistant to the late Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington State.

David Lightfoot

David Lightfoot CFO, LLC, Principal
www.lightfootcfo.com

about DAVID >

David is a consultant CFO to small and medium-sized businesses. He assists business owners improve their financial information, profitability and cash flow. This leads to many other business issues and, eventually, helping owners successfully exit their businesses. David has 40 years of accounting, finance and operational experience, giving him a broad business perspective.

David’s industry experience includes professional services, real estate development, construction, property management, software, education and publishing. David is a CPA and prides himself on being “a world-class listener.”

​He is a Seattle native and a graduate of the University of Washington Foster School Of Business, holding a degree in accounting. 
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Donna Himpler

​Private Banking Relationship Manager
Columbia Bank

about Donna >

Donna has over 25 years of banking experience and believes small businesses and owners deserve as much attention, dedication and innovative problem-solving as big businesses.  Probably more!

Drawing from an extremely thorough knowledge of the products and services that Columbia Bank offers, Donna is proactive with her clients, anticipating their needs and offering always-helpful information and advice.

Her expertise includes business acquisitions, investor/ owner-user commercial real estate, lines of credit, specialty lending, as well as understanding companies’ growth and expansion needs. Donna utilizes all products and services both through the bank and other venues to help her clients grow.

Our Current Board >