Judy Pigott has a BA from Skidmore College, and a Masters in Education from Columbia University. She has been a secretary, a middle school teacher, a trainer for Camp Fire and the Red Cross. She has done some facilitation work and sits as a trustee on the boards of the Satterberg Foundation, Camp Brotherhood, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, and Seattle Preparatory High School. She, with two other then-single moms, founded Solo Parenting Alliance in 1990. The Alliance has helped single parents bring their collective knowledge, experience & skills together for mutual support, career training, and shared housing.