Governor Inslee’s Poverty Reduction Work Group
Steering Committee
Co-Chairs
Juanita Maestas
Drayton Jackson
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
Tracy Lang'at
Dante Pollard
Amy Roark
Kristina Sawyckyj
Carla Smith
Alina Swart
Omar Cuevas Vega
Agency Co-leads
Diane Klontz
Department of Commerce
Tim Probst
Grants Director
David Stillman
Department of Social & Health Services
PRWG Members & Organizations
Jim Baumgart
Office of Governor Inslee
Amina Ahmed & Hien Kieu
Partners in Employment
Senator Hans Zeiger
Senate Republican Caucus
Mark Bergeson and Ami Magisos
Student Achievement Council
Sarah Buhayar and Lindsay Hunsicker
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Luba Bezborodnikova and Nicole Rose
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Sue Birch and James Brackett
Health Care Authority
Gary Chandler
Association of Washington Businesses
Jim Cooper
United Ways of Pacific Northwest
Senator Manka Dhingra
Community Action Partnership
Eu-wanda Eagans
Goodwill Industries of the Olympic and 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 and Technical Colleges
Nova Gattman
Work Force Training and 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
Budget & Policy Center
Jan Wichert
Vancouver Housing Authority
Christina Wong
Northwest Harvest
AGENCY STAFF, INTERNS, AND CONSULTANTS
Commerce
Cecil Daniels
esd
Marie Bruin
Racial equiality works
Patricia Lally
DSHS
Carol Albert, Briana Allen, Roxanne Garcia, Jorji Knickrehm, Lori Pfingst, Babs Roberts, Lindsay Morgan Tracy, Amy Willerford
Read 20 letters of support for the 10-year Plan from state agencies and nonprofit organizations.