GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - Key Persons

Bill Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the PROPERTY COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Chairman, Attorney, Stewart & Stewart ( Montesano )

Christine Peck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

David Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • CEO, Squaxin Tribal Enterprises ( Oakville )

Dr. Donald J. Arima

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Dentist ( McCleary )

Dr. Ed Brewster

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Retired President, Grays Harbor College ( Aberdeen )

Eric Potts

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • New Executive Director
Eric Potts was hired as the new Executive Director in April 2015. Most recently, Eric was the Director of Admissions and Outreach at Grays Harbor College. Eric has years of experience working in the community promoting Education, Scholarships and our area to local students. Eric was raised in Aberdeen and is a 1998 graduate of JM Weatherwax High School and a 2002 graduate of Washington State University. After college, Eric moved back to the area to pursue a career and in 2005 was hired on at Harbor After School.

George Donovan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Secretary of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Secretary, Owner, Barrier West and Real Estate Developer ( Aberdeen )

Jessica Hoover

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Officer
Before joining the Community Foundation in June 2015, Jessica predominantly worked within the nonprofit sector for organizations like The Collins Group and Providence St. Peter Foundation. She is a 2004 Graduate of J.M. Weatherwax High School and a 2008 graduate of The University of Washington. She is passionate about philanthropy and is happy to be back home to Grays Harbor to raise her family.

Judith Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Kathryn Skolrood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
  • Vice Chair of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Vice Chair, Finance Director, Grays Harbor PUD ( Hoquiam )

Kathyrn Skolrood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE

Lyndsie Winter

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
Lyndsie Winter joins the Community Foundation with a background in marketing and communications. She has worked in the athletic departments at Boise State, Portland State and for the Western Athletic Conference. She served as the marketing and communications manager at the Port of Kalama before relocating for her husband's job and becoming a stay at home mom while raising their two children before returning to the work force in 2013 at the Satsop Business Park. Lyndsie has a Communications degree from Boise State University and a Master of Sports Administration degree from Ohio University. She and her family moved to Montesano in 2011 and love the Harbor community.

Lynn Green

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • CTE Director, Aberdeen School and Director of Twin Harbors Branch Skills Center

Mark Stensager

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
  • Retired Healthcare Executive, ( Aberdeen )

Maryann Welch

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the EMERITUS
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE

Mike Sand

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • President and CEO, Timberland Bank ( Hoquiam )
The Property Committee of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation is responsible for processing, reviewing, and managing all donations of real property and other gifts of a non-cash or not cash equivalent. This committee was originally formed to explore the possibility of creating a program where donors would be able to donate timberland as an asset to establish a charitable fund of any type, that the Foundation would promise to continuously manage the land, and the proceeds would be used to fund the charitable projects of the fund. That program is in operation, actively managing five pieces of timberland property in excess of 400 acres total.

Mike Stoney - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Finance
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Treasurer
  • Treasurer, Accountant, Easter & Stoney ( Elma )

Molly Bold

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
  • Westport Business Manager, Port of Grays Harbor ( Westport )

Nancy Liedtke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Randy Rust

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EMERITUS
  • Retired Owner, Westport Shipyards ( Westport / Grayland )

Rich Vroman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the PROPERTY COMMITTEE
  • Attorney, Ingram, Zelasko, Goodwin ( Aberdeen )
  • Scholarship

Stan Pinnick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EMERITUS
  • Retired Superintendent, North Beach School District ( North Beach )

Tami Garrow

Job Titles:
  • Member of the SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Tim Martin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE

Todd Lindley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EMERITUS
  • Financial Planner, Lindley Financial Services ( Olympia )

Tom Quigg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EARLY LEARNING COMMITTEE
  • Member of the ELECTED
  • Member of the PROPERTY COMMITTEE
  • Broker, Windermere Realty ( Aberdeen )

Valerie Piper

Job Titles:
  • Finance & Accounting Officer
Valerie joins the Foundation as the Finance and Accounting Officer, with 20+ years of experience in finance and accounting, mostly in the private sector. She grew up in Arizona, where she earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Arizona. For the last 8 years, she served as the Finance Director for the Community Foundation in Olympia, WA, and gained a true passion for the nonprofit world and serving the community. Valerie and he husband have lived in Grays Harbor for 15 years, where they are raising two wonderful children, and enjoy hiking, kayaking, and working on house projects.

Wes Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • Member of the GRANTS COMMITTEE
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Member of the PROPERTY COMMITTEE
  • Chairman, Retired Executive Director, Grays Harbor College Foundation ( Aberdeen )