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. All executive staff members are women, five are people of color. Our agency is also led by staff who manage the services and systems fundamental to YWCA's work.
Executive Staff
Board Of Directors
Gail Bent
Cascade Asset Management Co. - Transactional Attorney
Carmen Best
Microsoft - Director of Global Security Risk Operations
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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