Orin C. Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Corporation from 2000 to 2005. He joined Starbucks as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1990, became President and Chief Operating Officer in 1994, and became a director of Starbucks in 1996. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Smith spent a total of 14 years with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Smith is a director of Nike, Inc. and Washington Mutual and serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Washington School of Business, the University of Washington Medicine Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Conservation International. Mr. Smith has been a Director of The Walt Disney Company since 2006. It has been suggested that Starbucks Australia be merged into this article or section. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is one of the Big Four auditors. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Despite its name, Washington Mutual NYSE: WM is a stock financial services company based in Seattle, Washington. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ... Conservation International is a nonprofit corporation headquarted in Washington, D.C., that seeks to protect plant and animal diversity in wilderness areas and marine regions across the planet. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...