2008 Moyer Foundation Board of Trustees
The Moyer Foundation is honored to have a dedicated Board of Trustees, members of our community who care so deeply in the Foundation's mission and who provide excellent leadership and stewardship of The Moyer Foundation. The following are the 2008 Board of Trustees:
Ken Alterman - Bio
President & CEO
Savers, Inc.
Herb Blackinton - Bio
CEO
Emerald City Graphics, Inc
Brad Brotherton - Bio
Owner and President
Brotherton Cadillac Pontiac Buick GMC
Dr. Carver Gayton, Ph.D. - Bio
Executive Director
Northwest African American Museum
Jacqueline L. Kotkins - Bio
Community Volunteer
Ken Lorenz
Vice President, Operations
Interstate Construction Group, Inc
Karen and Jamie Moyer - Bio
Vice President and President
Co-Founders
The Moyer Foundation
Eddie Poplawski - Bio
Retired CEO/Owner
Anderson Chamberlin, Inc
Julie Richmond
Community Volunteer
David G. Roberts, MBA, CFP - Bio
Principal
The Rainier Group
William Savoy - Bio
Retired CEO
Vulcan, Inc.
Consultant, Muckleshoot Tribe
Advisory Council
The Moyer Foundation's Advisory Council is a panel of experts from fields related to causes supported by the Foundation. The Advisory Council meets periodically to discuss current events, news and information relevant to improving the lives of children and families affected by these issues. The Moyer Foundation is proud to have these individuals on our team to further our mission of helping children in distress.
Jim Theofelis – Executive Director, The Mockingbird Society
Expertise: At-risk youth
Jim has nearly thirty years of experience (resume) working with youth in a variety of roles ranging from direct service to senior management. He is a national and regional trainer and consultant to human service organizations, schools and faith-based programs. He is well respected as an innovator in developing quality programs for Washington's most vulnerable children and youth. In 1999 the Washington State Legislature passed The HOPE Act (HOmeless Youth Prevention/Protection and Education), which has improved the services available to youth in Washington who are now homeless but are eligible for the Foster Care System. Jim Theofelis wrote and facilitated The HOPE Act into passage.
Claudia Black, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Expertise: Addiction
Claudia Black, M.S.W., Ph.D. is a renowned author and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Since the 1970's Dr. Black's work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction and correctional services. She is a Clinical Consultant for The Meadows Treatment Center in Wickenburg, Arizona; she serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics, and the Advisory Council of the Moyer Foundation. She is also part-time faculty at the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Lee Hartwell Ph.D.- President and Director of Fred Hutchinson CancerResearch Center
Expertise: Cancer Research
Dr. Lee Hartwell is president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a professor of genome sciences and adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. In 2001, Dr. Hartwell received the Nobel Prize in physiology for medicine. Recently Dr. Hartwell's interests have turned to how we can use the enormous knowledge that has accumulated over the last 50 years in genetics and biochemistry to benefit cancer patients. He has directed his efforts toward national and international projects to increase the number of laboratories working in protein diagnostics (to detect cancer at an early stage), develop more team science and stimulate new technology development.
Ross M. Hays M.D. - Professor University of Washington School of Medicine; Director Palliative Care Consulting Service Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Expertise: Pediatric Palliative Care
Board certified in three different medical specialties, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Care, Dr. Hays is one of the only doctors in the country with this special combination of credentials
Dr. Donna Schuurman - National Director of The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families
Expertise: Childhood Grief
Donna Schuurman has served in various roles at The Dougy Center for over twenty years. She has written and trained internationally on grief, loss, children’s bereavement issues, and suicide prevention, and is the author of Never the Same: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent. Dr. Schuurman served eight years on the Board of Directors of the Association for Death Education & Counseling, including President, and in 2003 received their Annual Service Award. She is a member of the International Work Group on Death and Dying, and serves as a Director on the boards of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention NW, and The National Alliance for Grieving Children.
Jennifer Annable Principal, UW Experimental Education Unit
Expertise: Childhood Development