Our Leadership

Meet the dedicated leaders who work every day to advance YWCA's mission.

YWCA CEO, Maria Chavez Wilcox, leads our dedicated and diverse executive staff team and board of directors. Seven out of eight executive staff members are women, six are people of color. Our agency is also led by staff who manage the services and systems fundamental to YWCA's work.

Executive Staff

Maria Chavez Wilcox

Chief Executive Officer

Irwin Batara

Chief Human Resources Officer

Kizha Davidson

Chief Communications Officer

Mary Anne Dillon

Executive Director - Snohomish County

Patricia Hayden

Chief Program Officer

Kris Lambright

Chief Financial Officer

Ashley Leasure

Acting Chief Philanthropy Officer

Naho Shioya

Executive Administrative Assistant

Board Of Directors

Shannon Bell

Executive Director/Marketing Director, JP Morgan Chase

Bobbe Bridge

Founding President and CEO, Center for Children & Youth Justice

Jim Bromley

Community Volunteer

Sonya Campion

President, The Campion Advocacy Fund

Calandra Childers

Deputy Director, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture

Paul Chiles

President, Chiles & Company Commercial Real Estate Services

Robyn N. Corr

Vice President, Human Resources, Nintendo of America Inc.

Maryann P. Crissey

VP & Relationship Manager, Banner Bank

Benjamin Danielson

Director, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic

Rose Marie David

HomeStreet Bank, Sr. Executive V.P., Single Family Mortgage Dir.

Katharine Fitzgerald

Community Volunteer

Rafael Grijalva

Amazon, Manager, Site Merchandiser— Kindle

Bavan M. Holloway

VP Corp Audit, Internal Governance, The Boeing Company

Douglass (Doug) L. Jackson

Consultant, Clinical Professor, UofW School of Dentistry

Jonelle M.C. Johnson

Sales, Nordstrom

Leslie D. Jones

Director, Office of Small Business Development & Labor Compliance, Sound Transit

Amy Kosterlitz

Professional Development Coach & Consultant

Sandra Madrid, Ph.D.

Special Asst. to the VP for Minority Affairs/Vice Provost for Diversity, UofW (Ret)

Susan Mask

Consulting Principal, Trillium360

Joli Mosier

Principal, MosierMcCann

Gloria Nemechek

Key Bank, Sr. Vice President & Sr. Relationship Manager

Mary Kay O’Neill, MD, MBA

Partner, Mercer Consulting

Heidi Orr

Shareholder, Lane Powell

Sue Peterson

Financial Advisor, Cornerstone Advisors

Ann Rickett

Treasurer/VC Finance

Community Volunteer

Melissa Robertson

Seattle Mariners, Deputy General Counsel

Richard Romero

President/CEO, Seattle Credit Union

Barbara Rosen

Owner and Principal, BR Consulting

Martha Sandoval

Partner, Perkins Coie

Lisa E. Schaures

Chair-Elect

Shareholder, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

Mary Snapp

Board Chair

President, Microsoft Philanthropies, Microsoft Corporation

Akila Somasegar

Advisory Council Member, Girl Up, United Nations Foundation

Denise Stiffarm

Secretary

Partner, Pacifica Law Group

Yvonne Terrell-Powell

Edmonds Community College, V.P. for Equity and Inclusion

Staff Managers

Mina Amin

Employment Services