Community Leaders

• Adana Protenentis, MPA, Co-Owner Kindred Consulting

• Aria Fani, Director of the Persian and Iranian Studies Program at the University of Washington

• Carmen Pacheco Jones, Executive Director Health and Justice Recovery Alliance, Behavioral Health Specialist and Peer Advocate*

• Chris Carney, Managing Partner Carney Gillespie PLLP, Chair King County Public Defense Advisory Board, Co-Counsel, AB v DSHS (Trueblood Lawsuit)*

• Chris Leverson, Lake City Advocate

• Christina Ellis, Frances B. North Civic Leader Award Recipient for 2021 and President and Founder of KEEP*

• Ginger Kwan, Advocate for Immigrants and Refugees who have Loved Ones with Developmental Disabilities

• Dr. Haleh Nekoorad-Long, Telehealth Psychiatrist, Former Medical Director of Geriatric Unit Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital*

• Jen Chong Jewell, Advocate & Parent of Disabled Youth

• Jeremiah Bainbridge, Mental Health Advocate

• Josh Wallace, peer behavioral health services advocate

• Kurtis Robinson, Revive Center for Returning Citizens- I Did The Time Executive Director*, 3rd VP Spokane NAACP #1137

• Kimberly Mosolf, Former Director of Treatment Facilities Program Disability Rights Washington, Lead Attorney, AB v DSHS (Trueblood Lawsuit)

• Leslie Cushman, Citizen Sponsor I-940

• Liz Trautman, Government Affairs Director, Stand for Children*

• Mark Mendez, Lake City Advocate

• Melissa Taylor, 46th Dems Executive Board

• Michele Thomas, Tenants Rights and Affordable Housing Advocate

• Riddhi Mukhopadhyay, Advocate for Survivors

• Roxana Gomez, Youth Policy Advocate

• RoxanaShahrzad Shams, Retired Assistant Teaching Professor of Persian Language at UW, Executive Director of Peyvand*

• Shawn Latham, Executive Director at Allies in Advocacy*

• Sam Martin, CEO

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*Titles included for identification purposes only. 

(And because these folks do some amazing work!)