Visiting Committee

The Visiting Committee brings together leaders from the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to provide oversight and support for the program and its participants.

Visiting Committee members serve on interview panels that screens program applicants; act as mentors for MNPL students; actively promote the program; and champion the importance of leadership and management education for nonprofit and philanthropic executives.

Andrea Alexander, Chinook Wind Enterprises

Diane Altman-Dautoff, Consultant

Putnam Barber, Senior Researcher, Editor of Nonprofit FAQs, Idealist.org

Paul Beaudet, Associate Director, Wilburforce Foundation

Peter Blomquist, Principal, Blomquist International

Janet Boguch, Owner and Principal, Non-Profit Works

Doreen Cato, Executive Director, First Place

Burnill "Burnie" Clark, former President/CEO, KCTS Television

Sydney Dobson, Executive Director, Seattle Architecture Foundation

Carl Donovan, Past Founder and President/CEO, Education Assistance Foundation

Diane Douglas, Executive Director, City Club

Trish Millines Dziko, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation

Edward Esparza, Lead Academic Advisor, Washington TRIO Expansion Project, Central Washington University

Larry Fehr, Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Pioneer Human Services

Dan Fey , COO, Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council

Jon Fine, President and CEO, United Way of King County

Janet Frieling, Associate Director, School's Out Consortium

Dwight Gee, Executive Vice President, ArtsFund

Kenneth Gibson, Executive Director, Rose House

Norman Johnson, Executive Director, Therapeutic Health Services

Julia Kittross, Executive Director, Laird Norton Family Foundation

Martha Jane Kongsgaard, President, Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation

Chuck Kuehn, former Exectutive Director, Lifelong AIDS Alliance

Julielyn Lakey, Executive Director, Seniors Making Art

Rabbi Anson Laytner, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee (Seattle Chapter)

Jan Levy, Executive Director, Leadership Tomorrow

Ray Li, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Neighborhood House

Marlynn Littauer, Independent Philanthropy Professional

Nancy Long, Executive Director, Executive Service Corps of Washington

Edward Medeiros, Executive Director, Phinney Neighborhood Association

Terry Meersman , Vice Chair, Talaris Institute

Michele Morgan, Foundation Relations Manager, National CASA Association

Josephine Tamayo Murray, Vice President for Public Policy, Catholic Community Services of King County

Diane Narasaki, Executive Director, Asian Counseling & Referral Service

Dave Osmer, Vice President for Executive Search Services, Hagel & Company

Barbara Parker, Professor, Seattle University

Mary Pembroke Perlin, Vice-Chair and Founding Partner, Social Venture Partners

Judy Pigott, Co-Founder, Solo Parenting Alliance

Laura Rehrmann, President, Group Health Community Foundation; Vice President for Community Responsibility, Group Health Cooperative

Ruben Rivera-Jackman, Senior Resident Services Manager, Support Services Coordination Program, King County Housing Authority

Sturgis Robinson, Manager, NW Washington Region, 2010 Census

Robbie Rohr, Founder, Executive Alliance

Shannon Ronald, Professional Organizer

Rita Ryder, President of Strategic Initiatives, YWCA of Seattle/King County/Snohomish County

Bob Santos, Founder and Director, Inter*im

Patricia Shepherd-Barnes, President, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Greater Washington Chapter)

Alice Shobe, Director, Sound Families Initiative

Molly Stearns, Senior Vice President for Program and Donor Services, The Seattle Foundation

Linda Testa, Independent Philanthropy Professional

Amy Wales , Communications Specialist, PATH (Technology Solutions, Global Programs)

Rodney Wheeler, former Vice President for Development and Community Relations, Alliance for Education

Marian Whited, former Manager of Community Building and Investment, United Way of Pierce County

Richard Woo, Executive Director, The Russell Family Foundation