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The 10-Year Plan to Reduce Poverty & Inequality was created in partnership with the following individuals and organizations. We are grateful for their guidance, support and shared commitment to reducing poverty and achieving economic justice in Washington state.

Steering Committee Members & Staff

Penny Archer
Marcy Bowers
Rebecca Boyer
Ceasar Carter
Ashley Chambers
Christianna Clinton
Liliana Cory

Krystina Cummins
Jennifer Delia
Claudia Franson
Sherri Hall
Monette Hearn
Johnathan Hemphill
Victoria Hilt

Miranda Hunter
Drayton Jackson
Tracy Lang’at
Juanita Maestas
Korbett Mosesly
Dante Pollard

Shereese Rhodes
Amy Roark
Kristina Sawyckyj
Carla Smith
Alina Swart
Omar Cuevas Vega

Co-Leads

Drayton Jackson
(Kitsap School Board)

Diane Klontz
(Department of Commerce)

David Stillman
(Department of Social & Health Services)

Juanita Maestas
(Statewide Poverty Action Network)

Tim Probst
(Employment Security Department)

Staff, Interns, & Consultants

Carol Albert (Department of Social & Health Services)
Briana Allen (Department of Social & Health Services)
Marie Bruin (Employment Security Department)
Cecil Daniels (Department of Commerce)
Roxanne Garcia (PRWG Intern)
Jorji Knickrehm (Department of Social & Health Services)
Patricia Lally (Racial Equity Works)
Lori Pfingst (Department of Social & Health Services)
Babs Roberts (Department of Social & Health Services)
Lindsay Morgan Tracy (Department of Social & Health Services)
Amy Willerford (PRWG Intern) General Work Group Members
Amina Ahmed & Hien Kieu (Partners in Employment)
Jim Baumgart (Office of Governor Inslee)
Mark Bergeson & Ami Magisos (Student Achievement Council)
Sarah Buhayar & Lindsay Hunsicker (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Luba Bezborodnikova & Nicole Rose (Department of Children, Youth, & Families)
Sue Birch & James Brackett (Health Care Authority)
Gary Chandler (Association of Washington Businesses)
Jim Cooper (United Ways of Pacific Northwest)
Senator Manka Dhingra (Washington State Senate Democrats)
Eu-wanda Eagans (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic & Rainier Region)
Colleen Echohawk (Chief Seattle Club)
Larry Eyer (Community Action Partnership)
Cheryl Fambles (Pacific-Mountain Workforce Development Council)

Erin Frasier (State Board of Community & Technical Colleges)
Nova Gattman (Work Force Training & Education Coordinating Board)
Claude Green (Mentor Washington)
Ellen Austin Hall (Attorney General’s Office)
James Harms (Department of Corrections)
Lonnie Johns-Brown (Office of the Insurance Commissioner)
Kate Kelly (Washington Hospitality Association)
Haley Lowe (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
Nickolaus Lewis (Lummi Nation)
Sandra Miller (Office of the Attorney General)
Erin Monroe (Workforce Snohomish)
Nam Nguyen (Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs)
Daisye Orr (Department of Health)
Sharon Pesut (Partners in Careers)
Dona Ponepinto (United Way Pierce County)
Ed Prince (Commission on African American Affairs)
Michael Reichert & Josephine Tamayo Murray (Catholic Community Services)
Maria Sigüenza (Commission on Hispanic Affairs)
Neil Strege (Washington Business Roundtable)
Marisol Tapia Gonzales (Puget Sound Training Center)
Traci Underwood (Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
Julie Watts & Liz Olson (Washington State Budget & Policy Center)
Jan Wichert (Vancouver Housing Authority)
Christina Wong (Northwest Harvest)
Senator Hans Zeiger (Senate Republicans)

Presenters & Advisors

Penny Archer (Moses Lake Food Bank)
Laura Armstrong (La Casa Hogar)
Amy Bell (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic and Rainier Region)
Rachel Turner-Benson (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic & Rainier Region)
Mark Bergeson (Washington Student This 10-year Plan for the Future would not have been possible without the substantial contributions of individuals and organizations throughout Washington state with a vested interest in reducing poverty and inequality. We are deeply grateful to the following people and organizations who dedicated their time, talents, and expertise to this effort. Achievement Council)
Brian Bonlender (Department of Commerce)
Kelly Blucher (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic & Rainier Region)
Marcy Bowers (Statewide Poverty Action Network)
Norman Brickhouse (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic and Rainier Region)
Amador Castro (Jobs for Washington Graduates)
Colleen Chalmers (Chief Seattle Club)
Sarah Chaoui (Intern, Disability Rights Washington)
Nawiishtunmi Conner (Chief Seattle Club)
D’Adre Cunningham (Washington Defender Association)
Felice Davis (Washington Corrections Center for Women)
LaNesha DeBardelaben (Northwest African-American Museum)
Karen Dove (Apprenticeship Pathways to Construction Careers)
Cindy Farnsworth (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic and Rainier Region)
Darya Farivar (Disability Rights Washington)
Maria Flores (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
Emil Floresca (The Accelerator YMCA)
Edel Galgon (Intern, Disability Rights Washington)
Leon Garnett (Byrd Barr Place)
Cecilia Gonzales (La Casa Hogar)
Kim Gunning (Columbia Legal Services)
Dr. Marisa Herrera (Shoreline Community College)
Darrell Hillaire (Lummi Nation)
David Hlebain (Statewide Poverty Action Network)
Elizabeth Hodges (Communities in Schools)
John Holland (Community Services of Moses Lake )
Rebecca Hopper (YouthWorks participant)
Heather Hudson (Washington Student Achievement Council)
Bill James (Lummi Nation)
Gerald James (Lummi Nation)
Heather Jefferson (Lummi Nation)
Princene Johnson (Beacon of Washington)
Marie Jubie (Disability Rights Washington)

Jeremiah “Jay” Julius (Lummi Nation)
Jayme Kaniss (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic and Rainier Region)
Tedd Kelleher (Department of Commerce)
Rebecca Kinley (Lummi Nation)
Amber Leaders (Office of Governor Inslee)
Dr. Terry Leas (Moses Lake Community College)
Portia Lee (participant of Goodwill Industries of the Olympic & Rainier Region’s Women to Work program)
Laurie Lippold (Partners for Our Children)
Shannon Loew (FIX Impact Capital)
Victor Loo (Asian Counselling & Referral Services)
David Lord (Disability Rights Washington)
Elana Mainer (Room One)
Reneeka MasseyJones (Equity in Education Coalition)
Brent Mayo (Grant County Economic Development Council)
Michael Mirra (Tacoma Housing Authority)
Sharonne Navas (Equity in Education Coalition)
Michael Nguyen (Seattle Teacher Residency)
Frank Ordway (Department of Children, Youth, and Families)
Estela Ortega (El Centro de la Raza)
Aija Ozolin (Community Advocate – Reach Center graduate)
Erika Koch Pablo (Strategic Advisor)
John Page (Equity in Education Coalition)
Dr. Robbie Paul (Nez Perce, Washington State University)
Chris Poulos (Washington Re-entry Council)
Lua Pritchard (Asia Pacific Cultural Center)
SL Rao (Department of Commerce)
Yolanda Rios (Skill Source)
Sara Robbins (Solid Ground)
Susanna Rudnitsky (Community Services Specialist, Moses Lake)
J Manny Santiago (LGBTQ Commission)
Marilyn Scott (Upper Skagit Indian Tribe)
Lawrence Solomon (Lummi Nation)
Jamie Stout (Goodwill Industries of the Olympic & Rainier Region)
Laura Lee Sturm (Seattle Department of Transportation)
Michelle Tinkler (TACID, Pierce County)
Silvie Valdez (SL START)
Gabriele Valencia (WIOA youth participant, Family Services, Grant County)
Deborah Wofford (Washington Correction Center for Women)
Kelsey Wiltfong (former WorkFirst participant)
Tamar Zere (Green River College)
Lin Zhou (Bates Technical College)

Extra special thanks to our PRWG interns, Roxanne Garcia and Amy Willerford, for their excellent research and overall support of the workgroup’s efforts.

PRWG Writing Team

Roxanne Garcia,
Claude Greene,
Drayton Jackson,
Jorji Knickrehm,
Patricia Lally,
Daisye Orr,
Sharon Pesut,
Lori Pfingst,
Maria Siguenza,
Marisol Tapia,
Lindsay Morgan Tracy,
Jan Weichert,
and Amy Willerford
Who volunteered their time and energy to write the plan

A Special Thanks to Alliance Representatives

Steering Committee Members

Agency Leadership

Poverty Reduction Workgroup (past & present)

Ami Magisos, Washington Student Achievement Council
Amina Ahmed, Partners in Employment
Amy Martinez, South Central Workforce Development Council
Babs Roberts, Department of Social & Health Services
Brice Montgomery, Department of Social & Health Services
Cecil Daniels, Department of Commerce
Cheryl Fambles, Pacific-Mountain Workforce Development Council
Chris Gildon, Washington State Senator
Christina Wong, Washington Conservation Action
Cindil Redick-Ponte, Department of Health
Claude Green, Mentor Washington
Colleen Echohawk, formerly Chief Seattle Club
Daisye Orr, formerly Department of Health
David Stillman, formerly Department of Social & Health Services
Diane Klontz, CSHD Department of Commerce
Dona Ponepinto, United Way of Pierce County
Donna Christensen, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Drayton Jackson, Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Drew Cassidy, Workforce Training and Education Board
Ebo Barton, Washington State LGBTQ+ Commission
Ed Prince, Commission on African American Affairs
Ellen Austin Hall, Attorney General’s Office
Emily Grossman, Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Erin Frasier, State Board of Community & Technical Colleges
Erin Monroe, Workforce Snohomish
Eu-wanda Eagans, Workforce Development Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region
Gary Chandler, Association of Washington Businesses
Haley Lowe, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senator Hans Zeiger, former Washington State Senator
Hien Kieu, Partners in Employment
James Brackett, Policy Manager, Health Care Authority
James Harms, Department of Corrections
Jan Wichert, Vancouver Housing Authority
Jeff DeLuca, Executive Director, WA. St. Community Action Partnership
Jennie Fitzpatrick, DOC
Jennifer Dellinger, SBCTC

Jim Baumgart, Office of the Governor
Jim Cooper, President & CEO, United Ways of the Pacific Northwest
Jorji Knickrehm, King County
Josephine Tamayo Murray, Catholic Community Services
Juanita Maestes, Statewide Poverty Action Network
Julie Watts, Washington State Budget & Policy Center
Kate Kelly, Washington Hospitality Association
Kevin Lee, WSCADV
Larry Eyer, formerly of Community Action Partnership
Lindsay Hunsicker, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Liz Olson, Washington State Budget & Policy Center
Lonnie Johns-Brown, Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Luba Bezborodnikova, Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Lydia Faitalia, CAPAA
Manka Dhingra, Washington State Senator
Manny Santiago, WA Health Benefits Exchange
Marcy Bowers, Statewide Poverty Action Network
Maria Sigüenza, Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Marie Bruin, Employment Security Department
Marisol Tapia Gonzales, Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Mark Bergeson, Washington Student Achievement Council
Michael Reichert, Catholic Community Services
Nam Nguyen, Commissioner, Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs
Nancy Aguilar, Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Neil Strege, Washington Business Roundtable
Nicole Rose, Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Nova Gattman, Work Force Training & Education Coordinating Board
Councilmember Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi Nation
Renee Fullerton, Workforce Training and Education Board
Sandra Miller, Office of the Attorney General
Sarah Buhayar, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sharon Pesut, Partners in Careers
Steven Sawyer, LGBTQ Commission
Terry Redmon, Department of Social & Health Services
Tim Probst, Employment Security Department
Tracy Yeung, Washington State Budget and Policy Center

Alliance Support Staff (past & present)

Alex Panagotacos, Department of Social & Health Services
Amy Willerford, former PRWG Intern
Babs Roberts, Department of Social & Health Services
Briana Allen, Department of Social & Health Services
Brice Montgomery, Department of Social & Health Services
Carol Albert, formerly Department of Social & Health Services
Charice Pidcock, Department of Social & Health Services
Erica Walker, Statewide Poverty Action Network
Gwen Teok, Department of Social & Health Services
Ilene Stohl, Department of Social & Health Services

Lianna Kressin, Statewide Poverty Action Network
Lindsay Morgan Tracy, Department of Social & Health Services
Livey Beha, Department of Social & Health Services
Lori Pfingst, Department of Social & Health Services
Marcy Bowers, Statewide Poverty Action Network
Megan Matthews, formerly Department of Social & Health Services
Omar Cuevas Vega, formerly Statewide Poverty Action Network
Patricia Lally, Racial Equity Works
Roxanne Garcia, former PRWG Intern
Shaun Scott, Statewide Poverty Action Network

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