Arlan Collins has twenty-eight years of experience managing projects for leading Northwest organizations and agencies, the last eighteen as a partner of CollinsWoerman, an architecture, planning and design firm located in downtown Seattle. Since serving as project manager for the design and construction of one of Seattle's first biotech manufacturing facilities, Genetic Systems, Arlan's career has developed alongside the science and technology industry in the Pacific Northwest. He is recognized within the region's construction industry as a leader in promoting the integration of design and construction services.

A registered architect in Washington, Idaho, California and Utah, Arlan earned his bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Idaho in 1978. He is a member of the Board of Directors for both the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and the Bellevue Downtown Association and recently received the Place Maker of the Year Award for the Bellevue Downtown Plan.