Leadership

Board Officers

Jenny Rogers, President
Eileen Carney, Vice President
Mary Wymer, Secretary
Carol Wollenberg, Treasurer

Committee Directors

Carol Wollenberg, Finance Committee
Hady DeJong, Development Committee
Sue Colbeck and Stephanie Dickman, Circle Family Program Committee
Cheryl Fischer, Scholarship Committee
Cheri Zehner, Communication Committee
Lynn Murphy, Hospitality Committee

Circle Trustees 

Jane Pedersen, Caroline Denny Bamford Circle
Sarah Stachowiak, Carrie B. Raser Circle
Sue Tong, Everett W. Nordstrom Circle
Barb Batdorf and Katy Jensen, Georgia Willis Circle
Eileen Carney, GM Root Circle
Janice Bogren, Peggy Gettles and, Jan Rosenquist, Jean H. Shields Circle
Cheryl Fischer, Jean Patricia Smith Circle
Carol Wollenberg, Joy Goodenough Circle
Esther Ross,  Paula Whitham and, Joy Goodenough, Katherine B. Friele Circle
Karl Uri, New Generation Circle
Sharon Truax, Norene Boyd Circle
Phyllis Ayers, Rebecca Horton Circle
Kindred Colbeck, Sue B. Colbeck Circle
Carolyn Baker,  Lynn Murphy, Terese Smith Howard Circle
Doris Hardisty, Twenty Thirty Circle
Rebecca Cornelius
Heidi Davis
Kathi Snyder

Executive Director

Traci Russell - Executive Director

Traci Russell

Traci has devoted her work life to building strong, local non-profits.   Her investment in children and families inspired the completion of a MA in Human Development at  Pacific Oaks University, while working as a case manager for pregnant and parenting teenagers at CampFire Boys and Girls, and later with a foster care agency called Youth Advocates. At Youth Advocates, she became a foster home licenser, quality assurance manager and then eventually the executive director.  During this tenure, her attraction to  innovation and common sense took hold.  Youth Advocates participated in a pilot, evidence based program that created an intentional community for foster youth and families.  She also launched an education support program that improved the graduation rates of teenage foster youth.   Both of these endeavors inspired a state-wide interest in child welfare issues, leading to the creation of the Washington State Coalition of Foster Care Agencies.  She served as its Board President for 2 years. Traci’s respect and talent for building extended community for families along with her investment in education advocacy largely influenced her decision to join Seattle Milk Fund in 2009.

Development Director

Heather Giron Fritts

Operations Director

Christina Hannan

Christina Hannan - Office Manager/Bookkeeper

Christina has worked for Seattle Milk Fund since December of 2009. Before that she worked in fields as diverse as biomedical research and the business of supplemental education. Through her many interests, including racing sailboats, she has developed a strong desire to build and maintain strong teams. She received her Masters in Business Leadership from Antioch University of Seattle and uses that to coordinate many of the systems that keep Seattle Milk Fund running smoothly. When not at Seattle Milk Fund, she has her own consulting business managing other community small businesses.