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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.
Doug Baldwin, Jr.
Campaign Chair
Dave Burman
Board ChairPartner, Perkins Coie
Maud Daudon
Board Vice ChairExecutive Leader, Career Connect Washington
Brent Beardall
Board TreasurerChief Executive Officer, Washington Federal
Jonathan Sposato
Board SecretaryChairman at PicMonkey, Chairman & Co-Founder at Geekwire
Kate Behncken
GM, Microsoft Philanthropies
Carmen Best
Retired Police Chief, MSNBC contributor, King 5 Law Enforcement Analyst
Jeff Bradley
Senior Vice President, AT&T
Jonathan Burks
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jason Coren
Director, Global Transportation, Workplace Health and Safety, Amazon
Sean Goode
Executive Director, Choose 180
Nicole Grant
MLK Labor Council
Michael Greer
CEO, ArtsFund
Craig Gryniewicz
Vice President, PACCAR Inc. & President of PACCAR Financial Corp
Brian Hall
VP Product and Industry Marketing, Google Cloud
Nathan James
Senior Vice President, GMMB
Tiffany Johnson
Program Manager, Black Business Accelerator at Amazon
Shawn Jones
Private Bank Market Manager, Key Bank
Steve Hooper, Jr.
President, Ethan Stowell Restaurants
Bree Kame’enui
Sr. Corporate Counsel, Weyerhauser
Shkëlqim Kelmendi
Executive Director, Housing Connector
Bo Lee
Senior Director – Team Leader, BNY Mellon
Rodrigo Lopez
Regional Sr. VP, Comcast
Luis Masieri
Product Manager, Microsoft
Scott Meden
Chief Marketing Officer, Nordstrom
Michelle Merriweather
President & CEO, Urban League
Carol K. Nelson
CEO, Manzo, Inc.
Peter Orser
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, University of Washington
Dr. Shouan Pan
Chancellor, Seattle Colleges
Eduardo M. Peñalver
President, Seattle University
Eric Pettigrew
Director of Suite Services & Community Ambassador, NHL Seattle
Sandra E. Madrid, PhD
Former Assistant Dean, University of Washington, School of Law
Mala Raman
Fred Rivera
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Seattle Mariners
Ambika Singh
Chief Bosslady, Armoire
Rachel Smith
CEO, Seattle Chamber
Denise Stiffarm
Partner, Pacifica Law Group
Kathy Surace-Smith
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Legal Affairs, NanoString Technologies
Leigh Toner
Community Volunteer
Brady P. Walkinshaw
Chief Executive Officer, Grist
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
Jennifer Johnston
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Sara Levin
Vice President, Community Services
Elizabeth Sto. Domingo
Vice President, Human Resources
Erica Wiley
Vice President, Development
Nadia Gandara
Director of Racial Equity Strategies