History

The Pacific Northwest Relocation Council is a membership group of professionals who have responsibility, whether full or part-time, for employee relocation for their company, or are a relocation supplier representative whose employer provides relocation services to local area companies. Formed in 1991, the group's purpose is to share and gain timely knowledge regarding topics and issues important to employee relocation, to learn from each other's experiences and to give back to the community. Both domestically and internationally, our members represent many of the world’s largest, most prestigious and respected companies.

The Council's leadership comes from the ranks of the organization with the expectation that we all have something to contribute. Our members are active in attending, hosting and sponsoring meetings, and as our membership has grown, we have engaged national speakers as well as local members, to share relevant information, timely advice, and best practices. The most important role you can play as a member is to attend the workshops and be willing to exchange information with your relocation peers.

Below is a list of some of the founding companies (in alphabetical order):

• Airborne Express
• Boeing
• Frank Russell (Russell Investments)
• Microsoft
• Nordstrom
• Siemens
• Simpson Paper
• Westin Hotels
• Weyerhaeuser

In addition to our founding members, our current member corporate companies also include T-Mobile,  Amazon.com, Starbucks, Expedia and many others with relocation offices in the Northwest.