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.
Chris Capossela
2019 Campaign Co-ChairChief Marketing Officer, Microsoft
Leigh Toner
2019 Campaign Co-Chair Community Volunteer
Brent Beardall
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Federal
Kate Behncken
GM, Microsoft Philanthropies
Carmen Best
Chief of Police, Seattle Police Department
Stephan Blanford, Ed.D.
Principal, Lighthouse Consulting; Seattle School Board Director, District V
Jeff Bradley
Strategic Business Advisor
Jonathan Burks
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dave Burman
Partner, Perkins Coie
Jason Coren
Director of Security & Loss Prevention for the Americas Region, Amazon WW Operations
Nicole Grant
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, M.L. King County Labor Council
Nathan James
Chair, Brand Enhancement Committee
Senior Vice President, GMMB
Craig Gryniewicz
Vice President, PACCAR Inc. & President of PACCAR Financial Corp
Bree Kame’enui-Ramirez
Sr. Corporate Counsel, Weyerhauser
Heather Lowenthal
Producer/Director & Senior Project Manager at Parallel Productions, Inc
Amy Lynch
Vice President, Comcast Washington Region
Sandra E. Madrid, PhD
Former Assistant Dean, University of Washington, School of Law
Luis Masieri
Chair, Emerging Leaders CommitteeProduct Manager, Microsoft
Brian McAndrews
Corporate Board Member & Senior Advisor
Scott Meden
Chief Marketing Officer, Nordstrom
Margaret Meister
Board Treasurer; Chair, Finance, Administration, & Audit Committee
President and CEO, Symetra Financial Corporation
Carol Nelson
Pacific Region Sales Executive, Seattle Market President, Key Bank
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
Mala Raman
Fred Rivera
Board ChairExecutive Vice President & General Counsel, Seattle Mariners
Richard Romero
President & Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Credit Union
Sue Sherbrooke
Chair, Community Building Committee Retired, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish
Dr. Noreen Ramji Shahani, DDS
Dentist, SeaMar Community Center
Dr. Shouan Pan
Chancellor, Seattle Colleges
Ambika Singh
Chief Bosslady, Armoire
Karen Marcotte Solimano
Microsoft Alumna
Jonathan Sposato
Chairman at PicMonkey, Chairman & Co-Founder at Geekwire
Angela Stowell
CEO, FareStart
Kathy Surace-Smith
Chair, Governance Committee; Immediate Past Chair Vice President, General Counsel, NanoString Technologies
Blair Taylor
Partner, PwC People and Organization Practice
Brady P. Walkinshaw
Chief Executive Officer, Grist
Dr. Calvin Watts
Superintendent, Kent School District
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