ISLANDWOOD - Key Persons
Al is a partner in the Perkins Coie's business practice, with more than 30 years of experience in the areas of commercial and finance transactions, bankruptcy, insolvency, and reorganization. He works with numerous companies, including The Boeing Company, Weinstein Beverage Company, and various private equity funds, on financing and transactional matters. He has represented, among others, London Fog Group and Troutman's Emporium as Chapter 11 debtors. He also represents secured creditors, unsecured creditors, debtors, committees, PACA claimants, asset purchasers, and other constituencies in bankruptcies, receiverships, and other in-court and out-of-court insolvency proceedings.
Amanda approaches the systems of finance and accounting from a relational point of view, with the knowledge that every person has a different association to the language and methodology of finance based on personal or professional histories, accessibility, and issues of equity. She is actively involved in communities focused on rethinking economics and reforming the culturally uniform financial practices that perpetuate social, economic, and environmental injustices.
Amanda brings to IslandWood more than 16 years of finance and accounting leadership in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, and a passion for working collaboratively in the service of public good. She finds purpose in creating order out of chaos and providing an accurate and meaningful exchange of critical financial information to inform the goals of the organization and contribute toward the best possible outcome.
Amanda has lived in the Pacific NW for nearly 20 years, and recently moved from Seattle to Bainbridge Island where she enjoys the abundance of trees, owls, frogs, and starry nights.
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- Member of the BOARD
- CEO of the Sheri
- CEO, Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
Audrey Haberman is the CEO of the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation. The foundation's mission is to increase access to systems and solutions that expand economic opportunity, supportive care for life-threatening illnesses. Audrey has spent much of her career helping mission-driven philanthropic organizations grow their impact. Prior to joining the Biller Family Foundation, Audrey served as the Managing Director of The Giving Practice (TGP), a consulting firm that works with foundations across the country. In addition to leading and significantly growing the consulting firm for 11 years, she worked with over one hundred foundation leaders, boards and staff members to sharpen their strategy, improve their culture and governance practices and incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into all aspects of organizational life. Audrey also served as Interim CEO of Philanthropy Northwest. Audrey was the Executive Director of the Pride Foundation for twelve years, and before that she played a range of leadership roles at the Women's Funding Alliance and Seattle Rape Relief. She graduated from the University of Michigan.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Vice President
- Vice President, Boeing
Ben Nimmergut is vice president for Engineering Functions...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Executive Director, EarthLab at the University of Washington
Ben Packard serves as the Harriet Bullitt Endowed Executi...
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- Business Strategist, Non - Profit Leader
Beth has 20+ years of experience in strategic planning, non-profit leadership, brand management, and finance with a commitment to igniting growth and creating positive change within organizations. Her organizational experience ranges from small start-ups to growing non-profits like IslandWood and Bainbridge Art Museum, and larger corporations like Nestle USA and The Clorox Company. Beth's industry expertise includes investment real estate, consumer products, education, the arts, advertising, architectural products, fashion and food. She received her MBA in marketing from UCLA and a BS in finance and accounting from UC Berkeley.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Director & Associate General Counsel, Meta
Bisi currently serves as the Director and Associate Gener...
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- Director of Philanthropy
- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
Before joining IslandWood in 2019, Darren served as a man...
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- President
- President at Mithun
- Vice President at Large - President, Mithun
David Goldberg is President at Mithun, an integrated design firm known nationwide for creating environmentally sensitive buildings and places. David serves on the firm's Board of Directors, and is project director and lead designer on a wide range of educational, institutional, and corporate workplace projects. He was the lead designer for IslandWood's 255-acre campus, and has worked regionally with the Seattle Aquarium, Tulalip Tribes, Woodland Park Zoo, and REI. David speaks nationally on sustainable integrated design and the integration of buildings and campuses into the educational process. He earned his architecture degrees from the University of Virginia and University of Washington, and currently serves on the Board of Woodland Park Zoo, and is a Past Board President of Earth Share of Washington. David and his wife Lisa and two daughters live in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle.
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- President & CEO of Special Olympics Washi
- President & CEO, Special Olympics Washington
David Wu is the President & CEO of Special Olympics Washi...
Debbi and her husband Paul co-founded IslandWood in 1999, after learning that Washington State mandated environmental education but only half of Puget Sound schoolchildren had access to environmental education programs. She is an active volunteer whose primary philanthropic interests include conservation, improving access to environmental education, and supporting sustainable community development. Debbi and her husband, Paul Brainerd, are also the founders of The Headwaters in Glenorchy, New Zealand, a sustainable tourism and community development project currently slated to open in late 2017. Debbi has served as Board Chair of IslandWood, as well as Board Chair of the Bloedel Reserve, an award-winning public garden on Bainbridge Island, WA. She and Paul were recognized by Cascade Land Conservancy with a Lifetime Achievement Award and received the University of Washington College of Education's Distinguished Service Award.
Dennis is the past CEO of REI, where he worked for nearly 40 years. Since retiring in 2005, Dennis has redirected his decades of business leadership and experience to assisting strong retail, business, and nonprofit brands as a board member. Past and present board memberships include IslandWood, Alaska Airlines, Performance Bicycle, Evo.com, Western Washington University, Pivotlink Software and West Marine Inc. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from Seattle Pacific University and enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Pacific Lutheran University.
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- Dentist
- Member of the BOARD
- Retired Dentist, Scientist & Educator
Dan Meyer has enjoyed a 40-year career as a dentist, heal...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Pediatrician and Researcher
- Pediatrician and Researcher at the Center for Child Health
Dr. Pooja Tandon is a pediatrician and researcher at the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Tandon attended Brown University for her undergraduate education and medical school, and completed residency training at the Boston Combined Program in Pediatrics (Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center). After working as a general pediatrician in academic and community settings, she completed a general pediatrics research fellowship and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the University of Washington. While she continues clinical practice, her research interests include studying and intervening on social and environmental determinants of children's health, in particular childhood obesity. Her current projects focus on studying the connection between outdoor play, physical activity and various health and development outcomes children.
Dwight is a retired Mayor of Bainbridge Island, Washington; retired professor, University of Washington School of Medicine (Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery); and retired director and senior scientist, Virginia Mason Research Center. Dr. Sutton served as Mayor of Bainbridge Island from 1998 through December 2001, and previously served a term as a council member, starting in 1994. He also has served on the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority and chaired the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council. Dwight is a research scientist by profession, including a long association with the Virginia Mason Research Center and the University of Washington - School of Medicine. He is a member of the City of Bainbridge Island Open Space Commission and is a board emeritus member of IslandWood.
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Director of Graduate and Higher Education Programming
Dr. Scipio has focused much of her career on broadening p...
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- Office Managing Partner - Deloitte Seattle
Ed is Managing Partner for the Deloitte Seattle office and serves as Lead Client Service Partner for a number of large corporations and enterprises. He also leads Deloitte's Strategic Client Program in Seattle. In addition, Ed is Dean of Deloitte's senior leadership program, "the Art of the Story." As part of his 30 years of professional leadership and experience, he has served as a corporate lawyer, a partner in Deloitte's Merger & Acquisitions Service group, Chief of Staff to Deloitte's Managing Partner and subsequent Global CEO and a regional Tax Managing Partner. In the community, Ed has been Board Chair at IslandWood, served as Treasurer for Pacific Science Center, and worked with Western Washington University Foundation. He is presently on the boards of the Seattle Foundation, Plymouth Housing Group and Habitat for Humanity. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Miami University, received his J.D. from Wayne State University and his LL.M. -Taxation from New York University Law School. He is a licensed CPA in Washington State. Inspired by her IslandWood experiences, Ed's oldest daughter is an outdoor educator in Bellingham.
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Director of People and Culture
Elizabeth brings more than 20 years of HR and leadership experience to Islandwood as Director of People and Culture. Being born in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world, Elizabeth recalls how precious the family trips to the surrounding mountains and forest were. These trips gave her very early in her life an understanding of the importance of caring, respecting and preserving the natural beauty that surrounds us and the need to be personally responsible to continue enjoying it. Elizabeth is honored to support the people of IslandWood so every team member has the opportunity to reach their personal best.
Elizabeth joined IslandWood after having spent her career in a variety of industries and for-profit organizations. When not at work, she enjoys spending time with her two Chiweenies, hiking, being at the beach, traveling and volunteering with local organizations.
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations from Mississippi State University; Master of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership and Marketing from the University of La Verne in California.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Board Chair - Chief Product Officer, Salesloft
Ellie is the Chief Product Officer at Salesloft. Previous...
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- Chairman of the Board at Seattle Foundation
- Managing Partner at Pioneer Square Investments
Fraser is the Managing Partner at Pioneer Square Investments, an investment company focused on early-stage startups and real estate projects in the Pacific Northwest. His more than 25 years of financial and general management experience in leadership positions at high-growth businesses includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer at ONYX Software, Group Manager at Ashton-Tate and Financial Analyst at Salomon Brothers. He has also served on the boards of numerous businesses including Lumera Corp. (LMRA), Washington Securities, Ballard Mill Properties, and Plexera. Fraser is an active philanthropist in the education and environmental fields. He is a board member or adviser with nonprofit organizations including Social Venture Partners, Seattle Foundation, IslandWood, Equal Opportunity Schools, Powerful Schools, and the Business Partnership for Early Learning. He has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a Bachelor degree from Harvard.
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- Board Treasurer - Independent Director
Fred Kleisner, a four decade plus hotelier/corporate CEO/COO, has led successful management teams throughout the world in every aspect and sector of hospitality, ranging from one of the original Holiday Inns to individual world-class hotels and resorts, to worldwide branded hospitality companies (Marriott, Westin, Starwood, Wyndham, and Morgans Hotel Group). He currently serves as an Independent Director of publicly held companies, Kindred Healthcare, Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc., and Caesars Entertainment Corporation and on audit, compensation and quality and compliance board committees. Fred also serves as an independent Board member on Aimbridge Hospitality's Board of Managers. In 1966, Fred graduated with a BA from Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business, was named as MSU's Industry Leader of the Year in 2004, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Eli Broad College of Business, School of Hospitality at Michigan State University. He has completed advanced studies at the University of Virginias, Darden School of Business and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. Fred is currently a director, executive committee member and Treasurer of the Board at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. He is a past Chair of the Trustee Board of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Lander WY, and Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY.
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- Chairman NPR Foundation
- Retired Senior Vice President of Starbucks Coffee Company
Howard is a retired Senior Vice President of Starbucks Coffee Company. From 1992-2005, he served in various capacities at Starbucks: Senior Vice President of Administration; he served as the executive responsible for Strategic Alliance Management for Starbucks' joint venture partnerships with Pepsi Cola (bottled Frappuccino) and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (Starbucks ice cream); and for two years, he served as Senior Vice President Strategic Business Systems for Starbucks Coffee International. His final assignment at Starbucks was as Senior Vice President Store Concepts. Prior to joining Starbucks, Howard worked for 13 years in the employee benefits consulting field. He has served on various boards: IslandWood (2002-2009), and is an Emeritus Board member; the Seattle Foundation (2007-2010); and the Healdsburg Jazz Festival (2009-2010). He currently serves on the boards of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, NPR Inc. in Washington D.C. and he is the Chairman of the NPR Foundation also in Washington D.C. Howard was a collaborator on the book Going to Scale with New School Designs: Reinventing High School. Additionally, he provides strategic planning consulting services to corporations and non-profit organizations in Seattle, San Francisco, and Sonoma County. Howard received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Seattle University.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Director of Business Development, Columbia Hospitality
James oversees business development for hotels & resorts at Columbia Hospitality which includes working with prospective hotel developers and investors, onboarding incoming properties to Columbia Hospitality, preopening advising for properties in development, and operations oversight of various hotel properties. In addition to business development, James oversees financial planning & analytics for hospitality assets in development. James brings a blended perspective of hands-on property operations, finance, and strategy experience. He has worked in various leadership roles at the Heathman Hotel Kirkland, Salish Lodge & Spa, and The State Hotel. Before joining Columbia Hospitality, he worked at Northern Trust Bank in Chicago working in commercial lending and strategy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Puget Sound. James lives with his wife, Tess in Seattle and enjoys spending time with friends and family, snow skiing, water skiing, running, and cooking.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Recent past Chair - Partner, Spencer Stuart
Jason leads Spencer Stuart's practice in the Pacific Nort...
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Vice President of Philanthropy
Jennifer brings to IslandWood more than 25 years of fundr...
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- Executive Chef and Director of Food and Beverage
Jim White has been cooking since he was ten years old, so...
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- Board Member at the Pacific Science Center
- Retired Senior Vice President and CAO the Boeing Company
Mr. Warner is a Board member at the Pacific Science Center, KCTS-9, Western Washington University Foundation, World Trade Center-Seattle, and on the Education Grants Committee for The Seattle Foundation (a past Board Member) and on the Salish Sea Expeditions Advisory Board. Mr. Warner was also a founding Board member of the Alliance for Education and was on The Board of Trustees for Western Washington University. Mr. Warner is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He and his wife Marilyn have six grandchildren, three of whom attended IslandWood's School Overnight Program.
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- Senior Vice President and Regional Investment Manager for Wells Fargo Private Bank
- Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Private Bank
Jon Snare is a Senior Vice President and Regional Investment Manager for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Seattle. In his role at the Private Bank, he oversees 10 portfolio managers who manage over $3 billion in assets for high-net worth individuals. He has over 20 years of investment experience. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Snare was a Senior Manager in the Investment Consulting Services practice for Deloitte &Touche Investment Advisors. While at Deloitte, he was a member of the Investment Policy Committee that established policy for the national practice. Mr. Snare is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), charterholder, and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) licensee. Mr. Snare lives on Bainbridge Island with his wife Jane and two children.
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- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
- Director of Urban School Programs
Kate's formative years were spent on the ancestral land o...
Katherine is passionate about ensuring that world-changing ideas and people achieve and sustain success. Her deep experience in for-profit and non-profit board roles as well as a corporate executive and hands-on strategist & implementation consultant ranges from scrappy, fast-growth entrepreneurial start-up ventures to corporate social impact work to building global business franchises for Fortune 1000 companies. These have included Microsoft, HP, Adobe, TOMS Shoes, Getty Images, Theo Chocolate, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Threshold Group, and GreaterGood.com, among others. She is currently working with IslandWood founders Debbi and Paul Brainerd on a unique hospitality and retail project in New Zealand that seeks to create a new model for environmental, community and financial sustainability. Run as a for-profit entity with all profits going into a community trust, The Headwaters will feature NZ's first Net Zero energy campground. Katherine is a 15-year board member and former board chair of IslandWood and spent 14 years as a board member and two as chair of the Washington Technology Industry Association. She currently serves on two for-profit company boards: Threshold Group and Conenza. Katherine's ability to see the future and make it happen resulted in being highlighted as one of "The Visionaries" in Seattle Magazine's annual selection of 25 people who are making a difference in the city.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Executive Director of MUST
Kelvin has served as the Executive Director of MUST (Mentoring Urban Students and Teens) since 2020, after previously serving as Area Director since 2018. Kelvin, a native of Houston, TX, has a simple motto: "serve to save." He believes the foundation of hope begins with positive relationships. Dedicated to this belief, his sole purpose in life is to provide hope through building meaningful connections, especially for African American males. Aiming to bring awareness to an overlooked aspect of many communities, Kelvin founded "Think Different, " where he solely consults on the mental health of African American males. Prior to focusing on mental health, Kelvin also founded "Make A Change 4 Youth" in collaboration with Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Chapter, where he focused on supporting African American males in the DC area through reality pedagogy in the classroom. Prior to working at MUST, Kelvin was a youth program manager at FareStart and a Teen Center Director at the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County. Kelvin has a BA from Howard University and an M.Ed from the University of Washington in curriculum and instruction with a focus on African-American males. As part of his Master's program at the University of Washington, he completed IslandWood's Graduate Program in Education for Environment and Community, where he was the first African American male graduate.
Kelvin has served as the Executive Direct of MUST (Mentor...
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- President and Executive Director, the Ginger and Barry Ackerley Foundation
Kim is a Partner and Co-Founder of Ackerley Partners, LLC and is currently the President and Executive Director of The Ginger and Barry Ackerley Foundation. Prior to her work at Ackerley Partners and The Ginger and Barry Ackerley Foundation, she served as the Vice President of Marketing at The Ackerley Group. She is a Trustee of the University of Washington Foundation and Co-Chair of the Ambassador Board for The College of Education. Kim is also the Vice-Chair of the Communications Advisory Committee for The University of Washington. She is an Emeritus Board Member of Thrive by Five, IslandWood and Seattle Works, which she co-founded and served as the first Board President. Kim is a past Board Member of PONCHO, Arts Fund and the Alumnae Board of Forest Ridge School, where she received the Tres Bien Award for being the most outstanding alumnae of the 1980s. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Communications.
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- CEO
- Founder
- Member of the BOARD
- Senior Advisor
- CEO, Intentionalist
Laura Clise is founder & CEO of Intentionalist and Senior Advisor to the Impact Finance Center. Laura previously led sustainability and corporate responsibility at Weyerhaeuser. Prior to Weyerhaeuser, she led corporate sustainability at Plum Creek and served as the President of the Plum Creek Foundation. Laura's sustainability experience also includes roles leading sustainable development, supplier diversity, external communications, and corporate citizenship at AREVA Inc., preceded by work for the U.N. Global Compact, Intel Corporation, and Business for Social Responsibility. She began her career in brand management at General Mills and subsequently worked for McMaster-Carr Supply Company, where she led the international sales operations department. Laura received an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA from Carleton College. She currently serves on the Athlete Ally Board of Directors, the Net Impact Advisory Council, and as Vice-Chair of the Green Sports Alliance Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She is a 2013 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow, a recipient of a Human Rights Campaign Award for Exceptional Individual Achievement, a National Diversity Council LGBT Leadership Award winner, and was recognized by Seattle Sounders FC as their 2017 Community MVP.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Community Volunteer / Activist
Laury Bryant has spent the past twenty plus years in the ...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Retired IBM Global Executive
Leslie retired from IBM following a 30 plus year career s...
Lois Hartman, the eighth of twelve children, grew up in South Dakota. Lois applied the work ethic, accountability, and customer service skills learned in her family's grocery business to advance in a series of progressively responsible positions during her 11+ year career in Las Vegas. She began her career as the Aquatics Director of a large athletic club during a time when Las Vegas began rapidly building mega-resorts. Due to increased demand for resort lifeguards and improved pool safety programs, she founded SwimMaster's Incorporated which provided lifeguard and water safety instructor training certification, and established water fitness and pool safety programs. She subsequently joined the management team that opened the MGM Grand Hotel, the largest hotel in the world at that time, opened and managed the first hotel waterpark at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Resort, and became the pool and health spa manager for the grand re-opening of the Desert Inn Resort.
Lois has held various leadership roles and served as a spokesperson for the Clark County Nevada Chapter of the American Red Cross in the field of health and safety. She assisted in a national roll-out for the Lifeguard Training program and helped to implement a program in Drowning Prevention Awareness. Lois also served as an Instructor Trainer for the United States Water Fitness Association.
Lois is a former high school gymnast who has competed in numerous half-marathons, marathons, and team competitions; including a 4-day multi-sport race in Dali, China. She has also acted in several television commercials and infomercials.
Lois has maintained a part-time home on Bainbridge Island since 1998 and made the island her full-time home in 2012. Lois and her husband, Richard Mahoney, adopted their daughter from China in 2006. She enjoys volunteering at Saint Cecilia School and church, at the Bainbridge Island Gymnastics parent club, Bloedel Reserve, and other charitable organizations. Lois loves the outdoors and most any form of exercise, making Bainbridge Island a perfect place to live. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership in addition to a certificate of Servant Leadership from Gonzaga University.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Vice President at Large - Social Entrepreneur & Retired CEO, America 's Promise
Marguerite Kondracke has had a 40-year career working in ...
Martha Kongsgaard was born and raised in Napa, Calif., to a family of jurists, grape growers, and cattle ranchers. Kongsgaard, a lawyer, married Peter Goldman in 1988 and collaborated with him to found the Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation, which has invested in not for profit environmental, social justice and arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. She is a founding board member of IslandWood. Her community activities have included participation on the boards of Earthjustice, the Bullitt Foundation, The Ruckelshaus Center, Friends of the Waterfront, The Future of the Law Institute, Friends of the Methow, UW's College of the Environment and Center for Human Rights, and The Puget Sound Institute. Kongsgaard has served as the president of Philanthropy Northwest, and is the immediate past chair of the Washington Women's Foundation. Martha is the immediate past chair and founding member of the Leadership Council of the Puget Sound Partnership, and serves as Chair of the Marine Resource Advisory Council for Governor Inslee. Martha has been honored with the Nancy Nordhoff Civic Leadership Award by City Club, Woman of the Year Award by Seattle University School of Law, the Environmental Hero Award by the Washington Environmental Council, the Seattle Aquarium Medal for leadership and lifetime achievement, and in 2015, was the inaugural recipient of the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Inspiration Award.
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
Megan Karch has been IslandWood's CEO since 2018. Prior to joining IslandWood, Megan served as CEO of the Seattle-based nonprofit, FareStart. During her 18-year tenure at FareStart, she was an instrumental part of the organization's significant expansion, paving the way for a broader impact on homelessness in the Greater Seattle, Washington area.
Megan is currently the Legislative Co-Chair of the Washington Outdoor School Coalition and serves on the board of PCC Community Markets.
She has been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal, Senator Maria Cantwell, Seattle Business Magazine, Seattle Met, and Women's University Club Foundation for her leadership. She has served on or led the boards of the Alliance of Non-Profits, NPower, the Metropolitan Improvement District (MID), and Downtown Seattle Association (DSA). Megan has also served on the Impact Assessment Committee for Washington Women's Foundation and the Governor's State Advisory Board on Homelessness.
Prior to coming to the Puget Sound region, Megan lived in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area where she held the position of Vice President of Vocational Services for Humanism, a nonprofit human services agency.
Megan lives with her family on Bainbridge Island, and in her free time enjoys outdoor activities including sailing, cycling, and skiing.
Prior to joining IslandWood in 2018, Megan served as CEO ...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Fleet, Finance and Alliances & Treasurer, Alaska Air Group
Nathaniel Pieper is currently Senior Vice President - Fle...
Soon after moving to Bainbridge in 2000, Pamela Holmes followed with great interest the news of a planned outdoor learning center on the island. Six months after IslandWood's official opening, she joined the organization as a volunteer and, shortly thereafter, became a staff member. Currently the Director of Operations, Pamela brings extensive administrative experience to the position from a variety of businesses and organizations, including in the area of community development. "I feel very fortunate that IslandWood is in my backyard and that I've had the opportunity to grow and evolve along with the organization over the past 16 years. Starting as a volunteer, I immediately felt connected to the mission and vision, and knew I wanted to be a part of IslandWood long term."
Pat is responsible for establishing educational priorities for new video production and product development, ensuring all of Teaching Channel's work is pedagogically sound and managing outreach to the education and academic communities. Prior to joining Teaching Channel, Dr. Wasley was dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington from 2000 to 2012. She has conducted a variety of research on student voice, teacher education, and whole-school reform and authored several books on school reform, including Teachers Who Lead and Stirring the Chalkdust, and is the co-author of Kids and School Reform. Pat sits on advisory boards and board of directors for several regional and national education-focused nonprofit organizations. These include the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; the Washington State Professional Educator Standards Board; the Scarsdale Teachers Institute; the University of Kansas Institute for Academic Access; the Educational Video Center; the Teaching and Change Editorial Review Board; the Journal for a Just and Caring Education Editorial Review Board; the SoundOut advisory board; board emeritus for IslandWood; and as an ex officio member of the Foxfire Corporation Board of Directors.
Paul and his wife Debbi co-founded IslandWood in 1999. Previously, Paul worked in the software industry for many years. He founded Aldus Corporation and coined the term "desktop publishing" for Aldus PageMaker software that allowed layout and design to be performed on microcomputers. In 1994, he founded The Brainerd Foundation to protect environmental quality in the Pacific Northwest. Paul is a founding partner of Social Venture Partners. Paul and Debbi's newest philanthropic venture is a net-zero energy, sustainable tourism and community development project in New Zealand known as The Headwaters. Paul and Debbi were recognized by Cascade Land Conservancy with a Lifetime Achievement Award and received the University of Washington College of Education's Distinguished Service Award.
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- Director of Communications and Marketing
- Member of the SENIOR LEADERSHIP Team
Rachel leads communications and marketing initiatives across the organization. She joined IslandWood in 2017 after having spent many years in for-profit marketing, advertising, and community engagement with brands such as HUMMER, lululemon, Liberty Mutual insurance, and Boston University.
Rachel lives on Bainbridge Island with her husband and two young daughters. Being outside - whether it's running, biking, hiking, or playing soccer with her family - is where she finds rejuvenation, joy, and the space to sort through challenges and new ideas.
Rachel leads all communications and marketing initiatives...
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- Director of Youth and Family Programs
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- Member of the BOARD
- Board Secretary - Community Volunteer & Retired SVP Cooperative Affairs, BECU
Sara retired from BECU in 2019 after six years leading the group charged with building engagement across several communities - members, employees, media, non-profits and community partners. She has also led Alchemy Communications, providing change management consulting to US and UK businesses. Sara's career spanned marketing and communications, specializing in M&A communications and change management, and service in the Pacific Northwest and London. She received her BA in Psychology from Whitman College, and completed post-graduate studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge in England. In her retirement, she has become a certified End-of Life Doula, supporting families in planning for and fully experiencing all aspects of end-of-life.
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- Member of the BOARD
- Entrepreneur
Sara is a Founding Partner of Level 5, Co-Founder of Leve...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Wealth Management Advisor, Goldman Sachs
Prior to Goldman Sachs, Skyler served as a special forces...
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- Member of the BOARD
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President and Private Client Manager at Bank of America Private Bank
Stacey Sturgess is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Manager at Bank of America. Before she relocated to Seattle, Stacey was a Senior Trust Officer with the Private Bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She joined the Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) in 2016 from the fiduciary tax group at BOK Financial, where she specialized in estate tax matters. Stacey earned her B.S. degree in psychology at Pittsburg State University and her J.D. degree at the University of Tulsa College of Law. She previously served as vice president of the board of directors of Street School, a non-profit alternative education and counseling program in Tulsa. Stacey lives with her husband and three children on Bainbridge Island, where they enjoy hiking and spending time outdoors as a family.
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- Public Events and Programs
Ty is a community volunteer. A mother of six, she has devoted much of her time volunteering for various school efforts including the Chair of the Board for Lakeside School. Previously a certified Childbirth Educator and doula she continues to support maternal and family health through the Human Right to Family Planning Initiative, the Bastyr University Department of Midwifery, and as a member of the University of Washington Department of Global Health Leadership Council. For recreation she enjoys triathlons and has completed two IronMan Races. Ty, and her husband, are founders of Heyday Farm, on Bainbridge Island, a sustainable, agricultural effort to provide locally sourced foods to the community. She holds an MA from the Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University and a Graduate Certificate in Global Health from the University of Washington.