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Board of Directors
These dedicated individuals make sure everything we do connects back to our mission—bringing caring people together to give, volunteer, and take action to help people in need and solve our community’s toughest challenges.
Ethan Stowell
Campaign Co-chairExecutive Chef and Owner, Ethan Stowell Restaurants
Steve Hooper, Jr.
Campaign Co-chairPresident, Ethan Stowell Restaurants
Brent Beardall
Board TreasurerChief Executive Officer, Washington Federal
Kate Behncken
GM, Microsoft Philanthropies
Carmen Best
Retired Police Chief, MSNBC contributor, King 5 Law Enforcement Analyst
Stephan Blanford, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Children’s Alliance
Jeff Bradley
Senior Vice President, AT&T
Jonathan Burks
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dave Burman
Board Secretary/Incoming Board ChairPartner, Perkins Coie
Jason Coren
Director, Global Transportation, Workplace Health and Safety, Amazon
Maud Daudon
Executive Leader, Career Connect Washington
Nicole Grant
MLK Labor Council
Craig Gryniewicz
Vice President, PACCAR Inc. & President of PACCAR Financial Corp
Nathan James
Senior Vice President, GMMB
Shawn Jones
Private Bank Market Manager, Key Bank
Bree Kame’enui
Sr. Corporate Counsel, Weyerhauser
Rodrigo Lopez
Regional Sr. VP, Comcast
Sandra E. Madrid, PhD
Former Assistant Dean, University of Washington, School of Law
Luis Masieri
Product Manager, Microsoft
Brian McAndrews
Corporate Board Member & Senior Advisor
Scott Meden
Chief Marketing Officer, Nordstrom
Margaret Meister
President and CEO, Symetra Financial Corporation
Carol K. Nelson
Board ChairCorporate Board Member and Strategic Advisor
Peter Orser
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, University of Washington
Doug Orwiler
Director of Retail Operations, Seattle Seahawks & Sounders FC
Dr. Shouan Pan
Chancellor, Seattle Colleges
Eric Pettigrew
Director of Suite Services & Community Ambassador, NHL Seattle
Mala Raman
Fred Rivera
Immediate Past Board ChairExecutive Vice President & General Counsel, Seattle Mariners
Richard Romero
President & Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Credit Union
Sue Sherbrooke
Retired, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish
Dr. Noreen Ramji Shahani, DDS
Dentist, SeaMar Community Center
Ambika Singh
Chief Bosslady, Armoire
Jonathan Sposato
Chairman at PicMonkey, Chairman & Co-Founder at Geekwire
Denise Stiffarm
Partner, Pacifica Law Group
Angela Dunleavy
CEO, FareStart
Kathy Surace-Smith
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Legal Affairs, NanoString Technologies
Blair Taylor
Partner, PwC
Lauren Thomas
CEO, Hopelink
Leigh Toner
Brady P. Walkinshaw
Chief Executive Officer, Grist
Sangita Woerner
Vice President, Marketing, Alaska Airlines
Mika Yamamoto
Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer, F5 NetworksSenior Leadership
Gordon McHenry, Jr.
President & CEO, United Way of King County
Chris Hynes
Vice President, Brand Management/Advertising
Sara Levin
Vice President, Community Services
Erica Wiley
Vice President, Development
Darrell Powell
Chief Operating Officer