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Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA) is governed by nonprofit leaders from across Washington State, representing the diversity of our membership.

Our board members contribute significant time, talent, and energy to ensuring that nonprofits across size, field of service, and region are represented in our decision-making.

Interested in Joining Our Board?

We are happy to hear from individuals who may be interested in serving on Nonprofit Association of Washington’s Board of Directors or one of our board committees. We are seeking leaders with strong knowledge of the nonprofit sector in Washington State and commitment to our mission. Please review our board profile and be in touch if you want to explore whether there is a good fit between your interests and our needs as an organization.

NAWA Board Member Position Profile

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Trudy Soucoup

President

Trudy joined the Board of Washington Nonprofits in 2018. She currently chairs the Policy Committee and is a member of the Equity Committee. Trudy is Chief Executive Officer at Homes First, a low-income rental housing provider celebrating their 30th years serving the south sound region. Trudy came to Homes First in 2011, from Community Youth Services where she served as Manager of Organizational Development. She has over 30 years of experience working in nonprofits around the world. Trudy volunteers her time with many mission-driven organizations: she is a member of Rotary International and serves on the Board for the Washington State Employees Credit Union. A 2008 graduate of Lead Thurston County, Trudy’s passion is for working with staff and leaders to grow nonprofits and plan for their future so that our community members can have better, healthier lives.

Priya Jayadev

Vice President

Priya Jayadev holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from San Jose State University and a Doctorate in Cell Biology from Duke University. Prior to moving to the Olympic Peninsula, Priya worked in the pharmaceutical industry, growing from a bench scientist to executive leadership within the Research & Development organization. Priya left the pharmaceutical industry and moved with her family to the Olympic Peninsula in July 2011. She became Executive Director of Clallam Mosaic in October 2013. Under her leadership, Mosaic has grown its day programs, become the host of the Clallam Chapter of Parent to Parent, developed partnerships with other agencies, increased advocacy, and provided increasing amounts of individualized services to people with special needs, their families, and caregivers. During the pandemic Priya led Mosaic’s pivot to the virtual platform, growth of advocacy efforts through engagement in state-side coalitions, and began hosting the Informing Families Coordinator for Clallam & Jefferson counties. Priya is currently a Governor-appointed member of the ABLE Board and a member of WA Department of Health’s Collaborative Thought Partners. Priya has served on the Washington Nonprofits Equity Committee since Spring 2021.

Tina Flores-McCleese

Treasurer

Tina is the brains and the vision behind Clarity Enterprises. She earned her BA in Accounting, then went on to work as a Financial Controller, Accountant, Human Resources Professional, Finance Director and Executive Director for both businesses and nonprofits small and large. Tina is a Change Agent. She loves to tackle new challenges and brings energy to any project she becomes engaged in; this led her to grow Clarity from a two-person bookkeeping and accounting start-up to a thriving business that offers a suite of creative, pro-active support services to her clients. In addition to leading Clarity, Tina serves as a financial consultant and guide to several Pacific Northwest non-profit and for-profit organizations. Tina’s passions include her two kids and her fabulous husband, and serving on the board of the Port Townsend Education Foundation. She continues to think this community is the perfect fit for so many reasons—mountains, beaches, culture, and fabulous people.

Oskar Zambrano

Secretary

Bio coming soon

Estakio Beltran

Executive Committee, At Large

Bio coming soon

Judy Andrews

Judy Andrews, a practicing attorney with the Apex Law Group, resides in Seattle. Her law practice focuses on nonprofit corporation law and tax-exempt organizations. For 30 years, she has represented nonprofit organizations on corporate and tax exemption issues including incorporation and determination of tax-exempt status, legal obligations of directors, organizational structure, merger and affiliation issues, and federal tax-exemption issues. For many years, she also served as an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law. In 2016, she was named Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer by the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the ABA’s Section of Business Law. As chair of the Nonprofit Corporations Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, she spearheaded the revision of the Washington State Nonprofit Corporation Act, adopted by the Washington Legislature in 2021.

Chisa Blair

Chisa B. Blair, MBA, works in reproductive healthcare, with a background in commercial insurance, and engineering risk management. She is an Eastern Washington native who now resides in Kennewick, WA. Chisa has nearly 15 years of experience in multimedia communications, programs, and project management. She currently serves on the advisory board for Whitworth University’s Women’s Leadership Network (WLN), and the Sun Valley Executive Leadership Alumni committee. Chisa is passionate about bridging systemic gaps and fostering organic opportunities for communities to come together as assets for one another. She is also an effective resource for nonprofit organizations as they consciously build diversity, equity, and inclusion into their culture, systems, and processes.

Jeananne Edwards

Jeananne Edwards is passionate about transportation and helping others with accessibility issues. She has a Project Management degree from Colorado Tech University. Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, Jeananne worked in the car rental sector for many years. She was able to take that knowledge and passion and channel it into her role as the Executive Director of Community in Motion, a non-profit whose mission is to connect people with access to reliable transportation options. She is Vice-Chair of Vancouver’s Transportation Mobility Commission and enjoys partnering and collaborating with other agencies to help solve transportation and other issues in the community. Jeananne and her fabulous husband moved to the Vancouver area because of their love of the outdoors. She loves bicycling, gardening, crafting, and reading – all perfect hobbies for an extroverted introvert.

Kelli Houston

Kelli Houston comes to us with over 17 years of DEI Leadership experience across the health and human sector with emphasis on health and racial equity and ensuring that culturally diverse communities live healthier lives and receive the care they need and deserve.

Her extensive background working with in health care systems includes work to reduce health disparities. Kelli has led and contributed to DEI efforts with Health Share of Oregon, Seattle Children’s Hospital, PeaceHealth and Kaiser Permanente. Under her leadership, she has successfully executed strategic planning and implementation diversity and health equity policy and program development that target a set of high-impact priorities, among them; designing long range plans for a patient centered health system improving the quality of care for culturally diverse patients.

Currently, she serves as Chief Equity Officer for Community Health Plan of WA, the leading health plan in WA State, where she is responsible for leading DEI strategic planning and execution across the organization. She is the chair of the statewide Equity Council and serves on several community-led committees overseeing key priorities in advancing organizations with an anti-racism approach.

Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, she considers Tacoma, WA her home. Kelli holds an MBA, Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management, and professional certification in Women’s Studies from Cornell University. In her spare time, Kelli performed on stage as a standup comedian, auditioning for NBC’s Last Comic Standing. She is “fur mama” to an 11-year-old Japanese bobtail cat named Suzy.

“As a professional woman of color who identifies within the LGBTQIA+ Community, my life’s work in the field of DEI has been the perfect culmination of my work experience and my deep personal experience that leads me here today to sit on this distinguished panel.” … Kelli Houston

Katya Miltimore

Katya Miltimore serves as Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington State Association, where she coordinates state government affairs and advocacy on behalf of 14 Boys & Girls Clubs organizations in WA. Under Katya’s leadership over the past 6 years the Association has increased its advocacy, grew the pass-through resources to local Clubs tenfold, and launched several pioneering programs supporting staff development, mental health for kids and teens and Club member academic success statewide. Katya is a former CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County. She earned her Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Evergreen State College, and her Master of Management and Leadership from Western Governors University.

Katya is an avid traveler, reader, and an active community member, serving on various boards including Family Education and Support Services, and Expanding Your Horizons Thurston County. She is the President Elect for West Olympia Rotary Club. Katya has two daughters, ages 21 and 16, and Katya’s husband of 25 years, Michael, is a Project Manager in the construction field, supporting a variety of nonprofit projects in Thurston County and beyond.

Kim Pope

Kim Pope took over the role of the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin, located in Moses Lake, 5 ½ years ago, after serving on the club’s Board of Directors for the two years prior. Looking back, the path toward a career in public service was evident. A long tenure with Child Protective Services and then a decade at the local hospital set the stage for supporting under-served children and families. The Boys & Girls Club was the perfect fit to continue that advocacy.

Kim has lived in the Moses Lake area for over 40 years. She and her husband of 32 years raised three sons in the small community and now enjoy 4 grandchildren, with a 5^th to be born within the next month. She is definitely a boy mom, so she attended many basketball, baseball, and football games over the years. Even though no family members play football now, that doesn’t stop her from cheering on her favorite teams, especially WSU.

After living in Moses Lake for a long time, Kim has watched the community grow. New industries are coming to town to take advantage of inexpensive power and abundant open land around the airport or the farmland. Building relationships with those businesses has been an important part of her current role.

If Kim isn’t at the Boys & Girls Club or a club function, she participates in Rotary Club events, serves on civic workgroups, and attends other non-profit community events. Her belief is that there is no competition among nonprofits; the organizations should work together to support each other. In a small community, this seems to be even more important.

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