LEARNING CONNECTIONS - Key Persons
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- Senior Salesforce Consultant
Bekah serves on the IT team as an IT Administrator.
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- Financial Services Associate
Bonnie brings to her work 15+ years of board leadership experience at a wide variety of nonprofits, including educational, arts, and social service organizations.
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- Financial Services Associate
Carla serves 501 Commons' nonprofit partners as a Financial Services Associate.
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- Financial Services Associate
Catherine is passionate about serving the nonprofit sector, having played major roles in arts and LGBTQ+ youth organizations.
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- Senior Financial Services Associate
Charlotte has a lot of experience with audits, enjoys streamlining and organizing accounting systems, and maintaining auditable books.
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- Human Resources Consultant
Chris's has experience offering HR skills and strategies to clients from diverse backgrounds.
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- Treasurer
- Treasurer / Principle, Miller Group LLC
Chris is the founder and Principle at Miller Group LLC, an independent consulting firm. He was formerly Avanade's Global Security Practice Lead, where he was responsible for defining Avanade's Security Offerings and Capability development.
Previously, Chris served as Avanade's Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, defining and driving Avanade's technology strategy and innovation functions worldwide. As CTIO, he was responsible for Avanade's technology strategy, client-centric innovation agenda (including Avanade Innovation Labs), Avanade's annual Technology Vision, and emerging technology incubation program.
From 2010-2015, Chris was Avanade's Chief Information Officer, responsible for the technology capabilities that power the company's people and operations worldwide. Chris and his team worked closely with Microsoft to maintain Avanade's role as an aggressive early adopter of Microsoft enterprise technologies. He regularly shared first-hand experience and insights about deployments with clients to help them optimize their own operations.
Chris joined Avanade after 16 years at Accenture, where he spent 10 years in Accenture's consulting organization building core business solutions for Fortune 500 clients, and 6 years in Accenture's internal IT organization running large portfolios of applications.
Job Titles:
- Community Engagement Coordinator
Christina provides administrative support to our executive director and Community Engagement programs, including Executive Service Corps and Washington Gives.
Christina Rogel (she/her) serves as the 501 Commons Community Engagement Coordinator. In this role she manages Washington Gives and its signature event GiveBIG, works to recruit and support Executive Service Corps members, and support other community engagement activities. She also provides administrative support to our Executive Director.
Christina grew up in Minnesota and started her journey into the nonprofit world by pursuing volunteer opportunities in high school. After completing her Bachelor's degree in Social Work at Minnesota State University Moorhead, she moved to Colorado in 2005 for sunshine and mountain adventures. In 2016, a new job opportunity for her husband brought their family to Wisconsin; and 3 years later, another opportunity brought them to Washington.
Christina has always been passionate about helping others. While in college, she volunteered for nonprofit organizations serving at-risk youth, and went on a service trip with Habitat for Humanity. In her professional career, she served a year of service with AmeriCorps VISTA, and provided case management and coordination of services for individuals with developmental disabilities and people experiencing homelessness in various nonprofit organizations. She has a vast understanding of community needs, human services, and community resources. Most recently, Christina has taken her passion for the outdoors and volunteered as an Ambassador for Hike it Baby, a nonprofit dedicated to getting children and families outdoors.
Eager to learn about organizational management of nonprofits, she completed a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University and provided practical consultation for organizations on financial management, resource development, human resource leadership, and governance practices.
Job Titles:
- Human Resources Consultant
Claudia Malone brings 30+ years of human resources and training experience. Her focus: to help organizations do a better job managing their human capital to improve their "bottom line" (and yes, nonprofits have a "bottom line" too).
Colin has served the nonprofit sector for a long time as a Salesforce consultant.
Job Titles:
- IT Infrastructure Consultant ( Field )
Dale serves on the IT Infrastructure team as an IT Consultant
Danielle seeks to help individuals, organizations, and communities reach their dreams through her HR practices.
As the Administrative Manager, Desireé Conway leads internal HR operations for staff onboarding, training, offboarding, insurance, contracts, and a variety of other projects; as well as provides in-office operational assistance and acts as a conduit between 501 Commons and WSOS.
She brings 20+ years of practical business administration experience. She holds a BS in Business Administration, with a major in Human Resources. She began her professional journey by going down a bit of an unconventional path when she bought, owned, and operated her own drive-through espresso business at the age of 19. Desireé enjoyed connecting with people of all walks of life and giving them a great start to their day with an excellent cup of coffee and a customer service experience that was both top-notch and dependable. This strategy helped build her business over the next six years.
After selling her business to pursue a degree, she spent ten years in higher education in Program Manager, Human Resources, and Operations leadership roles in both public and nonprofit institutions. Desireé is really happy to be working in the nonprofit sector. It gives her great purpose to serve an organization whose mission is serving others.
One common thread that connects all of her experience and who she is as a person is her passion for providing great customer service, a well-designed process, data analysis, helping people (and teams) achieve their goals, and finding ways to recognize team members who've contributed toward organizational success.
Fun Fact: Desireé is an avid reader and consumes an average of 25 historical fiction books per year. She has a young daughter and, along with her father, enjoys exploring the world again through her eyes. Native to the Pacific Northwest, her family loves hiking, scootering, camping, skiing, and traveling out of state and country whenever possible.
Job Titles:
- Financial Services Consultant
Duane facilitates accounting and tax services to several nonprofits in the greater Seattle area.
Duane Landon (MBA, MPA, CPA, EA) facilitates accounting and tax services to several nonprofits in the greater Seattle area. Never one to slouch, Duane also acts as the Director of Finance & Administration at the Henry Art Gallery!
Duane previously served as business manager at the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, interim finance manager at NPower, and Director of Finance at 501 Commons. Before that, he spent many years in middle-management for respected companies such as REI. His formal education includes a degree in accounting, a Master's in Business, and a Master's in Public Administration. Duane attained his CPA in July 2012.
Before working with 501 Commons, he volunteered with then Executive Service Corps. Duane also teaches the financial section of Seattle Works' Bridge program and recently served on the Arts Commission in his home town, Snoqualmie. Other volunteerism includes mentoring/tutoring youth in after-school programs. After a long day of intense mental work, Duane likes nothing better than repainting a room, tiling a floor, building a fence, or any other physically demanding project.
Job Titles:
- Client Engagement Manager
Edmund serves the 501 Commons team as a Staff Accountant.
Edmund is originally from Malaysia and lived in Nebraska for 9 years before moving to Seattle. He loves the outdoor life, whether it's the summer or winter. He spends most of his free time skydiving, paddleboarding, skiing (when it's winter) and hiking in both seasons. He graduated with an Actuarial Science degree and worked as a Financial Analyst for a nonprofit in Nebraska, then pursued his MBA to further advance his career.
He loves working for 501(c)3 nonprofits and cannot wait to continue developing his career at 501 Commons. He considers his greatest strength to be his optimism, believing that we should give our best to the things we do every single day. This means enduring the bad days and enjoying the good days! Edmund loves traveling and learning new things about different cultures and countries in the world. He speaks three languages (Bahasa, Mandarin, and English) and hopes to learn French someday.
Fun Fact: Edmund feels blessed to have been able to visit all 50 states in the U.S over the course of 7 years. His next goal is to hike Mount Everest after conquering the tough mountains in Washington.
Job Titles:
- Financial Services Associate
Edna provides accounting and bookkeeping services to the 501 Commons Financial Services Team. She brings a wealth of experience and desire to assess and meet our clients' accounting goals.
Edward is an IT generalist who has always been a fierce advocate for customer service.
Job Titles:
- Controller
- Financial Director
Born in Lewiston, Idaho, Eileen has always felt the northwest to be home, even though she is Cajun by heritage. Seattle has a particular pull; there is beauty everywhere.
Graduating cum laude in 1992 from Washington State University, Eileen put her new accounting degree to use in the private sector, progressively accumulating responsibility in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She spent seven years as a Financial Manager in the nonprofit world, working in areas such as mental health counseling, Habitat for Humanity, a credit union, and economic development organizations.
Having an affinity for taxation, Eileen received a Master's in Taxation from Golden Gate University and proceeded to become an enrolled agent.
Eileen worked in the for-profit world the last few years, after attempting an early retirement that didn't stick. Most recently, the construction field held her attention, but coming back to nonprofits is particularly gratifying. Working with a variety of clients, solving problems, and delivering beyond expectations are all goals put to better use while serving others.
Coming back to Seattle after several years' absence for a stay in the state of her family's long history - Louisiana - Eileen swore she would have a Seattle address this time (having lived in Bellevue before). Luckily, Eileen found a lovely place close to what matters - opera, concerts, Seattle events; and is lucky to live within walking distance to many of these venues.
Fun Fact: Eileen was once the lead singer in a rock band in Everett during the early 80s.
Francis is an IT professional who's served in many different roles in Desktop, Networking, and Help Desk support.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Secretary / President and Founder, Hagel & Company
Frank Hagel founded Hagel & Company in 1993. Hagel & Company is an executive search and human resources technology company serving clients in twenty-six states. They concentrate on employee based systems for human resource, payroll, performance, talent and learning management, time, and attendance systems. Prior to founding Hagel & Company Frank served as a United Way professional for twenty-four years, including fourteen years as President and CEO of United Way of Pierce County in Tacoma, WA. Prior to that he served eight years in management positions for United Ways in Yakima, WA and Portland, OR.
An active community leader, Frank is past President of the Tacoma Community College Foundation and was a founding member of the Advisory Committee of Seattle University's Executive Master's Program in Not-For-Profit Leadership, where he also served two terms. He has served on the Tacoma Symphony Board of Directors for more than twelve years and is a founding member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Tacoma Safe Streets Campaign. Frank also served as a Board and Executive Committee Member of Washington Gives. He is past chair and a past member of the City of Edgewood, Washington's Planning Commission.
Frank is a native of Yakima, WA and a graduate of Yakima Valley College and Central Washington University holding a BA in Economics and Political Science.
Job Titles:
- Principal of Soliton Consulting
- Website Development Consultant
Fulvio Casali is Principal of Soliton Consulting, a Seattle-based web development and hosting provider specialized in the Plone content management system. Soliton Consulting offers Plone solution development, Plone hosting, and Plone training. Fulvio has administered and developed Plone sites for eight years, as well as trained users and other Plone developers. He also has 20 years of professional experience developing software on commercial and open source platforms at small and large levels of business scale. This background allows him to feel perfectly confident approaching any Plone installation, no matter how complex, and immediately identify any trouble spots and the leverage points to resolve them. He enjoys interacting with all the stakeholders and has been praised for his ability to bridge the communication barrier between technical language and business requirements and processes.
Since 2004, Fulvio has been more and more involved in community nonprofit organizations, in particular focusing on various aspects of environmental sustainability. He has founded several organizations himself and served on the board of directors of others, as well as helping plan conferences and events. Fulvio brings his passion and professional skills to helping organizations address the most pressing needs our planet is facing, and he is intimately familiar with the particular challenges that nonprofit organizations can face.
Fulvio enjoys helping his clients get the most out of their Plone site, and he nurtures partnerships between his company and other solution providers, both in Seattle and the rest of the world.
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- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Vice President & Senior State Executive, IBM ( Retired )
Greg Dietzel served as the Senior State Executive for IBM until his recent retirement, responsible for all operations and employees in the State of Washington. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations achieve business and societal value through the use of technology and leading teams in the technology industry.
Currently, Greg serves on the Board of Trustees for Bellevue College, the largest open access, higher education institution in the State of Washington. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the King County Information Technology Strategic Advisory Council. Greg is a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and Boy Scouts of America, and he serves on the HR & Governance Committee for his local church and the Board of the affiliated preschool.
Greg grew up in Albuquerque, NM and graduated from New Mexico State University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a minor in economics. He has lived in Washington over 20 years, residing in both Seattle and Spokane.
Job Titles:
- Manager, Nonprofit Resources & Community Partnerships
Greg Scully is a dynamic, results-oriented advisor with extensive experience identifying and resolving strategic and operational issues.
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- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Elastic
Ivan H. Lee has 15 years of experience at organizations like Apple, T-Mobile, and CityYear AmeriCorps leading initiatives in learning and talent development, diversity and inclusion, and corporate social responsibility.
He currently leads Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Elastic, a SaaS company that powers 50% of the Fortune 500. Both in and outside of the workplace, he advances social justice, economic empowerment, and capacity building.
Job Titles:
- Director of Human Resources
Jacqueline has more 20 years of experience as an HR leader. She possesses an amazing breadth of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Her mastery of HR skills evolved while working at Fortune 100 corporations and her own HR consulting firm. She previously worked with 501 Commons as a (now former) member of the Executive Service Corps.
Jacqueline believes in pursuing opportunities the moments when passion and purpose cross paths. This belief has given her incredible opportunities to build an exceptional career and she is committed to paying it forward.
Fun Fact: Although not an actor, Jacqueline's work has appeared on three major television shows and she often wonders if she missed her calling.
After serving in the Executive Service Corps, Jacqueline brings more than 20 years of experience as an HR leader in her role as the Director of Human Resources.
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- Management Consulting Program Manager
As the Management Consulting Program Manager, Jan strives to help clients fulfill their goals by working to understand and frame their needs, matching them with applicable resources, and overseeing consulting assignments.
Jenny Gerber (she/her) has been working with local nonprofits in a variety of roles since she arrived in Seattle in 1991, before specializing in finance and operations. She brings more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit finance. She previously worked with Nancy Long and the rest of the 501 Commons team when she served in the Executive Service Corps, where she helped launch the Financial Services program.
Jenny enjoys creating and managing easily auditable financial systems, streamlining processes, and translating financial statements for wide audiences.
Fun Fact: Jenny is an avid figure skating fan and has attended competitions across the globe.
Jenny brings more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit finance to 501 Commons.
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- Project and Systems Manager
Jenny was drawn to the nonprofit world by a wish to use her skills to make a difference in the community. Before entering the nonprofit field, she spent five years as a client-facing project manager in market research. When working with clients, Jenny puts emphasis on understanding each client's specific situation. Her focus is on helping solve her clients' problems in a way that provides them with an enjoyable and hassle-free experience.
Jenny was born and raised just outside of Gothenburg, on the west coast of Sweden. During her career in market research, she lived and worked in both London, England, and Madrid, Spain.
Jenny holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Lund University in Sweden. In addition to English and her native language Swedish, she also speaks Spanish and understands Danish and Norwegian.
In her spare time, Jenny enjoys traveling, listening to music, reading, trying new restaurants, going to musicals, and doing yoga.
Fun fact: According to her Spanish friends, Jenny speaks Spanish with a typical Madrid accent.
Job Titles:
- Website Development Consultant
Jesse has been the primary developer on wide range of web projects, and played critical roles within add-hoc teams on many others.
On his very first professional software project, Jesse made creative use of web technologies to integrate a hoary legacy business system with the latest commercial UPS/USPS shipping software, and from there he was hooked. Since then, he has been the primary developer on wide range of web projects, and played critical roles within add-hoc teams on many others. He is passionate about long-term software development strategy and design, disciplined about automated testing and maintenance, and cautious when fishing from the stream of shiny new technology. Jesse's technical skills are complimented by a focus on clear, thoughtful communication and effective collaboration.
Prior to founding Rasika Consulting in July 2013, Jesse was the Principal Web Consultant for NPower Northwest, where he developed websites and web-related tools for dozens of Washington State non-profits.
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- Program Manager, Data Solutions
Jim leads the Data Solutions team and provides project management support for 501 Commons.
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- Lead Financial Services Associate
Joan provides accounting and bookkeeping services to multiple clients in the area. She has over twenty years of experience in accounting and has worked as a Financial Manager in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
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- Project Manager
- Consultant, Process Analyst
Kai Dailey is a consultant, process analyst, and UX designer who loves to help nonprofits succeed.
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- Financial Services Associate
Serving 501 Commons as a Financial Services Associate, Kathleen is a Seattle native who received her BA at the University of Washington. Her passion for numbers and organization drew her to accounting.
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- Client Engagement Manager
Katie Muir has 20+ years of experience in human resources and nonprofit management, primarily working in education and service organizations.
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- Senior Human Resources Generalist
Kristan loves working with people and using her experiences to help organizations reach their HR goals.
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- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Executive Director, the Salvation Army Northwest Division
- Executive Director of the Salvation Army
Marc is the Executive Director of The Salvation Army's social services organization in Seattle, where he's accountable for all functions from programs to HR to finance and operations. He previously served as The Salvation Army's Northwest Division's CFO. In his current role, he leads nine different sites across King County that provide emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, street ministry housing outreach, feeding programs, and domestic violence housing and support to mothers and children. Cumulatively, those programs represent 500-600 safe beds and/or rooms, often filled to capacity each night, as well as hundreds of our neighbors lifted off the streets and assisted into traditional, permanent housing each year.
With a blend of operational and finance leadership success across multiple for-profit and nonprofit organizations and verticals, Marc brings a blend of purpose-driven passion and exemplary stewardship and efficiency to honor donors' and funders' generosity and trust.
Prior to joining The Salvation Army, Marc was the Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Triumph, a behavioral health and diversified social services agency in Yakima. Before pivoting fully into the nonprofit space, Marc worked as the Director of Finance and Operations for a boutique fundraising agency called Masterworks that largely served faith-based nonprofits. That role succeeded a 12-year career in tech as an FP&A Controller and Manager for Cisco and Microsoft.
Marc lives on Bainbridge Island with his wife and four children. When he's not losing to his wife in tennis, he's losing to his kids in Fortnite, Minecraft, or Roblox. Marc was born in Singapore and also grew up in Indonesia, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands. He earned his MBA at Pepperdine University in Malibu, his BA at the University of California Santa Barbara and has worked overseas in Europe as a dual EU and U.S. citizen.
Job Titles:
- Senior Human Resources Consultant
Margaret is an HR professional with more than 20 years of experience serving organizations of all kinds.
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- Website Design and Development Consultant
Mark Root-Wiley designs and develops WordPress websites for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations with a focus on accessible and usable designs that are easy for stakeholders to use. These attractive, powerful, user-friendly websites expand the capacity of organizations, allowing them to focus on their missions instead of their technology.
Mark designed 501Commons.org and has partnered with 501 Commons on other successful website redesigns for Yellowstone to Yukon and Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS). He works directly with many other Washington nonprofits in the environmental and education sectors, among others.
Mark actively supports the Seattle tech and nonprofit communities through blogging and presentations. He has spoken at the WordPress Seattle Meetup, WordCamp Seattle, InfoCamp Seattle, the SeaTech4Good Meetup, and the 501 Commons Talks Tech series. You can read his thoughts on WordPress, nonprofit technology, and making great websites on his blog and on Twitter.
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- Service Desk Manager and Windows System Engineer
Moon serves on the IT team as a Service Desk Manager and Windows System Engineer. After working in enterprise IT for more than a decade, he volunteered at a nonprofit school and realized that his skills would be more impactful in the nonprofit sector.
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- Client Engagement Manager / Nadjah Serves Our Financial Services Team As the Client Engagement Manager. Nadjah Shackelford - Read More
Nancy believes in the power of community organizations to create connections between people, to provide opportunities to celebrate creativity and cultural diversity, and to promote health and justice in our communities. She is relentlessly optimistic about the mission of 501 Commons.
Nancy believes in the power of community organizations to create connections between people, provide opportunities to celebrate creativity and cultural diversity, and promote health and justice in our communities. She is relentlessly optimistic about the mission of 501 Commons. In addition to her executive director role, Nancy is the senior manager supporting Community Engagement, including Washington Gives, Information and Referral Services, and the Executive Service Corps. She is also responsible for fundraising, communications and marketing and is the lead with our foundation partners.
Before becoming executive director of 501 Commons, she was focused on her passion for expanding healthcare access.
Job Titles:
- IT Infrastructure Consultant ( Project Delivery )
Nick serves on our IT Team as an IT Infrastructure Consultant (Project Delivery), working with nonprofits to help them solve their technology problems.
Job Titles:
- President
- President / Senior Managing Director, Accenture
Richard Starnes joined the 501 Commons Board of Directors when his role as Deloitte was the Managing Director of Seattle Consulting office. Richard joined Accenture in 2024 as a Senior Managing Director in the Western Region, Data & AI practice. He brings to our organization's leadership team more than 30 years of experience delivering technology solutions for analytics, business intelligence, and data warehousing to a broad range of industries.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science at Loughborough University in the U.K. Before joining Deloitte Consulting, Richard was a Managing Director at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting). When he's not serving on boards, Richard also speaks at numerous business conferences and publishes articles in a variety of industry publications.
In his spare time, Richard enjoys coaching and occasionally playing soccer. He lives in Bellevue with his wife, five children, and two dogs.
As an IT Administrator, Rida has always wanted to work in the nonprofit sector because she wants to give back for all the help, knowledge, and education she received while she was in search of herself.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Former Director of Member Services, YWCA USA
Rita Ryder joined the 501 Commons Board of Directors in September 2020 and serves on the Ambassador and Linkage Committee.
As Director of Member Services at YWCA USA, Rita focused on strengthening the governance, fundraising, and financial management capacity for 200 local associations throughout the United States.
Earlier, she served as the long-term executive director of YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish County. She significantly expanded the association's programs to break the cycle of homeless and poverty, enable women to prevent and overcome domestic violence, and economically empower women and families. Under her leadership, the YWCA built its annual fund to $1.5 million, completed three major capital campaigns, expanded its Planned Giving and Endowment Programs, and developed eight new facilities to improve the quality of life for women, children, and families throughout the region.
Prior to joining the YWCA, Rita was a management consultant and project director with Booz-Allen and Hamilton in Washington DC.
Rita is a member of the International Women's Forum, the YWCA World Service Council, and the Seattle Rotary. Earlier, she served on the boards of the Downtown Seattle Association, the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and the Seattle University Master of Non-Profit Management Visiting Committee. She was also an assistant affiliate professor in the graduate program at the University of Washington School of Social Work.
Robin is a certified Salesforce Administrator and Nonprofit Cloud Consultant.
Job Titles:
- Senior Management Consultant
Sam always applies the positive attitudes of diversity, equity, and inclusion into his work and interactions with others.
Job Titles:
- Web Design and Development Consultant
Five core values drive Scott's passion for local, sustainable organizations: candor, community, diversity, economic justice, and integrity.
Scott received a Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University - one of the nation's top 10 business programs. With a minor in water polo, he swam away to Seattle to pursue an independent career.
His background includes sales and marketing for a privately-owned hotel; business development for two high tech startups (online file sharing and search indexing); and sponsorship development and marketing for the nation's largest bike club, Cascade Bicycle Club - working with big brands including Clif Bar, Entercom, Group Health, REI, and Whole Foods.
Scott designs fluid, responsive and accessible custom websites, with a focus on WordPress web development, speed optimization, usability testing, WordPress training, and marketing. Learn more about his work.
Today, Scott works from a wine-making-motorcycle maintenance-multimedia room in West Seattle. His domain is a lovely 1915 cottage that he shares with his wife, Dr. Jenifer McIntyre - a stormwater PhD rockstar for WSU; 4 laying hens; and their beautiful but temperamental Balinese cat, Loki.
Job Titles:
- Financial Services Consultant
- Member of Our Financial Services Team
Shareef is a valuable member of our financial services team. He has worked in the for-profit sector working in the accounting departments of University Mechanical Contractors, United Parcel Service, and Nokia Siemens Networks.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Chief Executive Office, Nourish Pierce County
Sue Potter has more than 35 years of nonprofit experience in areas across the sector such as affordable housing, the arts, education, and healthcare.
Since 2014, Sue has served as Chief Executive Officer for Nourish Pierce County, an organization dedicated to addressing food insecurity and hunger within our community. With a strong background in nonprofit management and a passion for social justice, Sue leads a team of dedicated staff and volunteers in providing vital resources to those in need. Through strategic partnerships and innovative programming, Sue works tirelessly to ensure that no individual or family goes without access to nutritious food. Her commitment to serving the most vulnerable members of our society drives Sue to continually seek new ways to expand Nourish's reach and impact.
An active community leader, Sue is currently a mentor for the University of Puget Sound Business Leadership Program, President of the Rotary Club of Clover Park, a Steering Committee member for Blue Zones - Parkland/Spanaway, and is a Senior Fellow of the Tacoma/Pierce County chapter of the American Leadership Forum.
Sue is a native of Tacoma, WA. She is a proud Wildcat from the University of Arizona where she earned a BA in Communications. #BearDown
Sue and her husband Bill have 3 adult children and 3 dogs. Depending on the day of the week, Sue may like her dogs better than her kids-but her kids are cool with it!
Job Titles:
- Financial Services Program Manager
Susan leads our team of nonprofit accountants as the Financial Services Program Manager.
Job Titles:
- Financial Services Associate
Tammy Baughman brings 40+ years of diversified accounting experience to 501 Commons' Financial Services team.
When 501 Commons is out there doing amazing things, it is Tim's job to make sure everyone in the world knows about it.
Tim was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and is a proud alum of Whitworth University, where he earned a B.A. in journalism and mass communications in 2009. Tim has previously worked at Global Visionaries, Stone Soup Theatre, East Highlands Fitness, and the Millionair Club Charity.
His other interests include the performing arts, teaching drama to little kids and paying too much attention to his beloved Mariners and Seahawks.
Travis enjoys helping nonprofits bring resiliency to their IT environment.