The June 2026 edition of South Sound Business is the Women in Business issue. We profiled three women leaders in the area making a big impact; get to know last week’s subject, Pacific Lutheran University’s Melody Ferguson, here.
Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos Chief of Staff Teresa Wright may have just completed her inaugural year in her role, but when it comes to being a part of the fabric of the nearly 30-year-old South Sound gambling and entertainment destination owned by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, she’s a veteran.
Wright was there on the day in 1997 when the landmark 292-foot Emerald Queen Casino Riverboat was brought into the Port of Tacoma from New Orleans…