Community builder and entrepreneur leading the Seattle Chamber of Connection, creating programs and shared experiences designed to strengthen belonging, relationships, and civic connection across the city.

U.S. Chamber of Connection — A national nonprofit working to rebuild social connection, trust, and belonging in American communities. Through local Chambers of Connection, research, events, and its “Six Points of Connection” framework, the organization brings together residents, employers, and community builders to strengthen relationships across differences and make connection a more intentional part of civic and community life.

Feliks Banel has been meddling in local history in the Pacific Northwest since he was a teenager. Over the years, he’s held a variety of volunteer and paid positions with museums, heritage organizations, government agencies and media outlets.

The 1962 World's Fair was the brainchild of City Councilmember Al Rochester and planning began far in advance. In 1957, Seattle voters passed a $7.5 million Civic Center bond for possible fairground development, which was matched by the state legislature. The Century 21 Commission secured certification as an official World's Fair from the International Bureau of Expositions.

Cascade of History is the only live radio program devoted to Pacific Northwest history, featuring interviews with interesting people doing cool things with and for history, historic preservation, museums, parks, shipwrecks, lost treasures, old highways, and other special places and things around the “Old Oregon Country” – Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.