Joined by Kemper Freeman, Chairman and CEO of Kemper Development and Alan Stephens, Columbia hospitality director of operations WR’s President & CEO Renée Sunde participated in the Eastside Regional Business Summit CEO Panel hosted by the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce.

The information packed event featured panelists and keynote speakers from across several different business sectors offering their perspectives on everything from economic recovery, technology’s role in growth and innovation and navigating the COVID experience.

Sunde provided her insights on post-COVID retail trends and the impacts rising fuel costs and supply chain shortages and bottlenecks may have on the retail industry in the coming years.