Our Leadership
Meet YWCA's executive team, board of directors, and leadership staff.
Maria Chavez-Wilcox, CEO, leads our experienced and dedicated executive team and board of directors.
Executive Staff
Board Of Directors
Gail Bent
Cascade Asset Management Co. - Transactional Attorney
Carmen Best
21 CP Solutions - Consultant
Renee Cogdell Lewis
Univera, Inc - Corporate Counsel
Benjamin Danielson
UW Physicians - Department of Pediatrics
Jennifer Deger
Gates Foundation - Global Controller
Elissa Eddie
Key Bank - Senior Vice President, Market Leader
Katharine Fitzgerald
Community Volunteer
KoKo Huang
Perkins Coie LLP - Business Immigration Partner
Brittany Johnson
Starbucks - Director, Corporate Counsel
Tara Lubbers
Amazon - Head of Global Volunteering
Hon. Dean Lum (ret.)
JAMS - Arbitrator, Mediator, Court-Appointed/Neutral Referee
Cassandra Mitchell
Providence - Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Brooke Pinkham
Seattle University - School of Law Staff Director, Center for Indian Law & Policy
Odette Polintan
T-Mobile - Director, Legal Affairs
Melissa Robertson
Seattle Mariners - Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Richard Romero
Seattle Credit Union - President/CEO
Lisa E. Schaures
Seyfarth Shaw LLP - Partner
Akila Somasegar
United Nations Foundation - Global Leadership Council Member
Yvonne Terrell-Powell
Edmonds College - V.P. for Equity and Inclusion
Francesca Vega
Seattle Children’s - Vice President, External Affairs & Community Engagement
Marc Walters
Microsoft - Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Mindy Woods
City of Edmonds - Human Services Program Manager
Staff Managers
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