AMARA - Key Persons


Alyssa Farber

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Consulting CFO

Amanda Flegel

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer

Anne-Marie Holloway

Job Titles:
  • Foster Care Specialist

Ben Danielson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Pediatrician, UW Medicine

Brenda Bobadilla

Job Titles:
  • Foster Care Specialist

Brittney Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team
  • Kinship Retention & Support Specialist

Bruce Dammeier

Job Titles:
  • Pierce County Executive

Caitlin Harren

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director, Amazon Sustainability Solutions and Social Responsibility

Carmen Adams

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer

Carol Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer, Institute for Black Justice

Carrie Bassett

Job Titles:
  • Donor Relations Officer

Chris Kagi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Assistant Director, Savills
  • Associate Director, Savills Corporate Real Estate

Cierra Campos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Claudia Miller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team
  • Family Engagement Coordinator, Franklin Pierce Schools

Colleen Laupola

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Crystal Nambo

Job Titles:
  • Kinship Care Specialist

Dan Absher

Job Titles:
  • Chairman / President, Absher Construction, Amara Board of Directors' Advisory Council Liaison

Deanne Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair / Principal Business Operations Manager, AWS Global Events

Deborah Collins

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Programs ( Parent Support )

Domi Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Development and Communications Coordinator

Dominique Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Dong Nam - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Dr. John Gaines

Job Titles:
  • Community Relations Manager, TPU & President, PDLA

Emani Donaldson

Job Titles:
  • Kinship Care Specialist

Emily Sigler

Job Titles:
  • Client Services and Compliance Manager

Fahren Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Community Member

Felicia Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Fiona Lloyd-Muller

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator - Family Connections Program

Frank Cuthbertson

Job Titles:
  • Pierce County Superior Court Judge, Ret

George Zantua

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Ginny Trethewey - VP

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice - President

Hannah Strickler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Hillary Carey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Business Officer, Rwanda Girls Initiative

James F. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Attorney, Miller Nash

James Truitt

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Jenny von Veh

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
  • Child Placement Coordinator

Julianne Bukey Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Program Impact and Evaluation / Youth Development and Community Support

Julie Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Pierce County Early Childhood Court Program Coordinator

Kara Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Adoption Professional

Katherine McManus

Job Titles:
  • Licensing and Home Study Manager

Kathie Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Katie Biron

Job Titles:
  • Family Connections Program Manager

Katie Egbert

Job Titles:
  • Parent FOCUS Program Manager

Keisha Harris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Kelly Lenard-Holcomb

Job Titles:
  • HR Manager

Kohei Yamamoto

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Cowan Miller & Lederman

Kristin Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Youth Development Program Manager

Kyle Trethewey

Job Titles:
  • Outside Corporate Counsel, Trethewey PLLC

Laurie Pugh-Larson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Lesli Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Therapist, MFT and Adoptee

Lori Holden

Job Titles:
  • Author and Adoptive Parent

Lori Langston - VP

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice - President

Madeline Nicholson

Job Titles:
  • Grants Manager

Marcia Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Mari Halpert

Job Titles:
  • Foster Care Specialist

Marisa Melton

Job Titles:
  • Executive Administrative Assistant

Marissa Zwelling

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker, MSW, LCSW, Adoptee and Adoptive Parent

Martha Buchta-Spevak

Job Titles:
  • Childcare & Administrative Specialist

Mary Schlichter

Job Titles:
  • Foster Care Services Supervisor

Michael Mirra

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Tacoma Housing Authority, Ret.

Nicole Mazen

Job Titles:
  • Chief Program & Policy Officer

Peter Woodward

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Board of Directors
  • Treasurer / Vice President - Private Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs & Co

Quenby Delgado

Job Titles:
  • Foster Care Specialist

Rao Lakkakula

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co

Raven Nyland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Ruth Tollefson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Philanthropy Officer

Sadie Zeller

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair  Business Consultant and Community Leader

Sara Wong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President / Senior Director of WW Enterprise Commercial Sales, Microsoft
  • Senior Director of WW Enterprise Commercial Sales, Microsoft

Scarlett Aldebot-Green - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Scott Selden

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Selden 's Home Furnishings

Shannon Perez-Darby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Founder and Community Advocate, Accountable Communities Consortium

Sheila Ater Capestany

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director, Children, Youth and Young Adult Division, King County

Stephen Grose

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Stephen Percer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Tara Newton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Taralee Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Toby Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pierce County Community Leadership Team

Trey Rabun

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Programs ( Kinship Care )

Tricia Lambie

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Programs ( Foster Care )

Trish StJohn

Job Titles:
  • Donor Relations Officer

Victoria Woodards

Job Titles:
  • Mayor, City of Tacoma / Ambassador Board