Community Involvement Partners

Djali Addie
Photographer
Eyes on You Photography
253.414.2061
eyesonyou01@msn.com

Abdullah Ali
Community Activist

Laurie Arnold
Coordinator of Student Services
The Evergreen State College, Tacoma
arnoldl@evergreen.edu
www.evergreen.edu/tacoma

Lola Bailey
Retired Educator

Debbra Baker
Human Resources Specialist
Tacoma School District

Rosalind Bell
Writer
253.761.0672
Msrosalindbell@mac.com

Nyeve Bembry
Washington Education Foundation
nbembry@waedfoundation.org
www.waedfoundation.org

Ozell Bledsoe

Kim Bobby
Office of Admission
University of Puget Sound

David Boyd
Community Volunteer
Retired
253.223.9987
253.584.2818

Linda Braddy
Assistant Principal
Stadium High School
LBRADDY@tacoma.k12.wa.us
http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/stadium/staff.htm

Nancy Bristow
History Department
University of Puget Sound
nbristow@ups.edu

Connie Brown
Community Volunteer
Connie Brown Consulting Services

Vazaskia Caldwell
Director of Community
Education & Public Policy
YWCA Pierce County
Vcaldwell@ywcapiercecounty.org
https://www.ywcapiercecounty.org

Jahmad Canley
Washington Education Foundation
HERO (Higher Education Readiness Opportunity)
Field Staff
jcanley@waedfoundation.org
www.waedfoundation.org

Willie "Congo" Carter
Congo Productions

Doreen Cato
Executive Director
First Place
P.O. Box 22536
Seattle, WA 98122
206.323.6715
dcato@firstplaceschool.org

June Ellis
High School/Parent Coordinator
Tacoma South Puget Sound MESA
Pacific Lutheran University

Sara Erickson
Tacoma Public Schools

Karen Francis-McWhite
Grad Student/Instructor
ABD/Instructor
Duke University/
Highline Community College
PAIXJUSTICE@YAHOO.COM

Ethlyn Gibson, RN
Community Outreach Liaison
Multicare Health System
ethlyn.gibson@multicare.org

Dalton Gittens
Gittens Architects
1110 South 11th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
253.759.1621

Dexter Gordon
Director
African American Studies
University of Puget Sound

Artis Grant

Andrew H. Griffin, Jr.
Assistant Superintendent
Professional Education
Certification
Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction

Fred Hamel
School of Education
University of Puget Sound

Joye Hardiman
Executive Director
The Evergreen State College, Tacoma

Donta S. Harper
Community Corrections Supervisor 
DOC Northwest Region

Dorothy Harrell
misdott@comcast.net

Jean Harris

Effenus Henderson
Director
Workforce Representation and Diversity
Weyerhaeuser Company
Federal Way, WA
effenus.henderson@weyerhaeuser.com

E.L. Henderson
African Market Place

Tom Hilyard
Director
Pierce County Community Services

Thelma Jackson
President
Foresight Consultants
6335 Pacific Avenue, SE Suite 100
Olympia,WA 98503
360.491.2306
360.412.1108 fax
thelmajackson@comcast.net
www.consultforesight.com

Karen Johnson

Antoine Johnson
Physician
Johnson Family Practice
1307 Martin Luther King Way
Tacoma, WA 98405
253.272.8865

Shomari Jones
Washington Education Foundation

Christine Kline
Dean, School of Education
University of Puget Sound

Tully Lavold
4-H Youth Development Educator
WSU Pierce County Extension

Gus Lawlor
Executive Director
Prep Ployment Services

Joanne Lawson

Charles Leech
City of Tacoma
747 Market Street, Room 836
Tacoma, WA 98402

Mary Leftridge Byrd
Deputy Secretary
State of Washington Department of Corrections
Tumwater,WA. 98501

Pamela Lewis-Bridges
Educational Consultant/Advocate
Bridges 2 Educational Resources
pbridges1@aol.com

Grace Livingston
African American Studies
School of Education
University of Puget Sound

Susmita Mahato
English Department
University of Puget Sound

Bruce Mann
Economics Department
University of Puget Sound
Coordinator, Civic Scholarship Initiative

Lisa Marcus
English Department
Pacific Lutheran University

Janice Martin
Founder & CEO
Safe Homes

Alton McDonald
Community Activist

Juli McGruder
School of Occupational Therapy
University of Puget Sound

Barbara McHenry
Tacoma Public Schools

Kurt Miller
Tacoma School Board

Michael Mirra
Executive Director
Tacoma Housing Authority
902 South L Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
253-207-4429
253-207-4440 fax
mmirra@tacomahousing.org
http://www.tacomahousing.org/default.htm

Johnny Moore
Counselor
Puyallup High School
105 7th St. SW
Puyallup, WA 98371
253.841.8711 Ext. 6013
253.435.6509 (Fax)
jmoore@puyallup.k12.wa.us

Tamiko Nimura
English Department
University of Puget Sound

Bonnie Pinckney
Board Chair
Tacoma Urban League
http://www.tacomaurbanleague.org

John Pope
Program Administrator
Community Outreach
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Melissa Louise Porter
School & Family Liaison
School, Family & Community Partnership Program
Tacoma Public Schools

Lua Pritchard
Executive Director
luaprkwa@nwlink.com
www.kwaoutreach.org 

Kimi (Ginn) Rabun
Recruiter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pierce County
1501 Pacific Avenue Suite 310B
Tacoma, WA  98402
(253) 273-2999
kimi.rabun@bbbs.org

Deirdre Raynor
Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
University of Washington, Tacoma
draynor@u.washington.edu

Randy C. Riley
HERO Program Officer
Washington Education Foundation
1605 NW Sammamish Road, Suite 100
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.416.2046
http://www.waedfoundation.org

Yolanda Sacks-Dore

Pamala M. Sacks-Lawlar
Region 5 Treatment Manager
Infectious Disease Manager
Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Department of Social and Health Services

Sue Schaeffer
Director of Development
Centro Latino
sschaeffer@clatino.org
www.clatino.org

Cheryl Simms-Jones
Project Manager/Diversity Council
The Boeing Company
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Stephen Smith
Director of Community Relations, Advancement
University of Washington

Wanda Stewart Wilder
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Brenda Tisdale-Walker
Center Director
Tacoma South Puget Sound MESA
Pacific Lutheran University

Nancy Vignec
Special Projects Officer
Tacoma Housing Authority
902 South L Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
253.207.4455
253.207.4440 fax
nvignec@tacomahousing.org
www.tacomahousing.org

Ron Pierre Vignec
Northwest Leadership Foundation
Salishan/Eastside Lutheran Mission
vignecland@msn.com
253 531-5109

Lauren Walker
Executive Director
Office of South Sound Fair Housing
1517 S. Fawcett, Suite 250
Tacoma, WA 98402

Pastor Paul Warren

Jesse Welch
Director, College Programs
Washington Education Foundation

M. Wayne Williams
Associate Vice President
Enterprise & Workforce Development
Tacoma Community College
wwilliams@tacomacc.edu

Linda Wilson
Retired Social Service Administrator
3107 S. Dose Terrace
Seattle, WA 98144

Teri Wood
Equity and Diversity Specialist
Tacoma Public Schools

Victoria Woodards
Councilmember Assistant
Pierce County Council, District Four
Commissioner, Metro Parks Tacoma

Earl X. Wright
Regional Administrator
DOC Northwest Region

Artee F. Young
The Evergreen State College-Tacoma Campus
253.680.3026
younga@evergreen.edu