Paul Knox

Paul Knox is a social entrepreneur with a passion and life-long commitment to creating better communities and connections between people. He has 35 years of leadership experience and innovation in policy, operations and advocacy in economic, community and workforce development as well as asset building and community organizing. Besides his consulting work, he most recently served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Child Care Collaborative Task Force, leading the formation and initial 16 months of task force work. He also served as executive director of the United Way of Thurston County for eight years enacting collaborative models in private-public funding and collective impact. Prior to that he was the founding executive of the Washington Asset Building Coalition and spent 20 years as a state government leader starting up and directing programs in community and workforce development.