Gary Pollock
Executive Director
garyp@moyerfoundation.org
Gary Pollock joined The Moyer Foundation as Executive Director in January 2002. A successful, 30 year nonprofit CEO and development professional, Gary is responsible for The Moyer Foundation's daily operations, fundraising, corporate development, grant writing plus overseeing the Foundation's special events, grants review and allocation process. Also, Gary frequently meets and speaks with rotary clubs, chambers of commerce and employee groups.
Gary began his career in 1976 working for the Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1979, he moved to Seattle, hired by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle. For 18 of his twenty two years there, Gary served as that organization's Executive Director.
Gary graduated from the University of Arizona, with honors in Psychology. Gary received his post graduate, Masters in Social Work and Management from the University of Utah.
Gary lives on Mercer Island, Washington with his wife Sharon and have twin sons, Cory and Jon.
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Michael Friedline
Director of Development
Michael joined the Moyer Foundation in July 2008 as the Director of Development. He is responsible for keeping contributors connected with the work of the foundation and assisting supporters in their gift and estate planning.
Michael has served in a management capacity with several non-profit organizations dedicated to meeting critical needs of children and their families. He has worked as a program specialist, organizational leader and fundraiser in the areas of delinquency prevention, international relief and development, education, and the medical field.
He is a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois (BA in Sociology) with an MBA from the University of Washington. Michael lives in Shoreline with his wife Vicki, and their three children. He coaches little league, enjoys gardening, reading, running, and photography.
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Sandy Murray
Director, Marketing and Communications
sandy@moyerfoundation.org
Sandy Murray joined The Moyer Foundation as the Public Relations Manager in April, 2005. Sandy is responsible for coordinating all public relations efforts and communication initiatives for the Foundation including advertising, media relations, collateral development, and overall messaging.
Ms. Murray brings to the Foundation over 7 years of experience in marketing and communications. Sandy began her career in the non-profit arena, running a micro-enterprise program for a non-profit development corporation in Boston, MA. Sandy continued her professional development in New York City as an Account Executive with several advertising agencies, managing development of multi-media campaigns, cross-agency integration, and new business development. Upon returning to her home city of Seattle, Sandy served as the Communications Manager for Optimobius, Inc., managing corporate communications for the multi-media marketing agency and working on many of Microsoft's largest corporate events.
Sandy holds a BA in Journalism and Marketing from the University of Oregon where she graduated as a National Leopold Schepp Scholar.
In her spare time, you can find Sandy indulging her creative side through art, or exploring the great outdoors on skis, in a boat or hiking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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Lesa Anderson
Camp Erin Project Director
lesa@moyerfoundation.org
Lesa Anderson worked for The Moyer Foundation in the early years (2002 – 2004) rejoining them in 2006 as Camp Erin - Project Director. She is responsible for the Foundation's growing network of Camp Erin's, managing both the Programmatic and Community Relations sides of all new development. Lesa works with each Camp Erin community across the country - building relationships, fundraising and spreading awareness. Her team also analyzes existing bereavement standards, performance of each camp and national bereavement expectations.
Lesa has nine years of experience in development, operations, marketing and public relations. She gained this experience working for bedrock Seattle entities such as The Seattle Mariners, MSNBC, The Seattle Times and The Moyer Foundation. Lesa also ran Wild Radish, LLC, an award-winning company at the forefront of Seattle's evolving, healthy construction and development sector.
Lesa holds a BA in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Washington and now lives on Queen Anne. She was published for her undergraduate research at UW and continues to work with the School of Communications. She spends her free time traveling, playing outdoors and entertaining friends and family.
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Rachel Chiechi
Camp Erin and Development Associate
rachel@moyerfoundation.org
Rachel Chiechi joined the Moyer Foundation in September of 2007 as the Camp Erin and Development Associate. She is responsible for assisting with the national establishment, development, branding and growth of Camp Erin, along with research and database management. Rachel begins her professional career with the foundation after interning with the Moyer Foundation in 2007. She brings related experience in the areas of non-profit campaign writing, sports marketing, and advertising. As a member of the National Student Exchange Program, she studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2005. She has developed a true passion for working in the non-profit industry and feels extremely fortunate to be a part of the Moyer Foundation team.
Rachel holds a BA in Public Relations from Central Washington University where she graduated with honors in 2007. She lives in Renton where she was born and raised. Her leisure time is spent enjoying her wonderful friends and family, traveling, and dreaming of her future. Her favorite thing in life is being a proud auntie to her niece and nephews!
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Lynette McCampbell
Operations and Support Administrator
Lynette joined the Foundation team in 2008. Lynette brings more than 12 years of experience in human resource and operations management to the Foundation. Lynette is responsible for developing and maintaining all office systems and support infrastructure. She works closely with all members of the staff to help coordinate events, manage recognitions and donations, lead special projects and run the volunteer program. She grew up in South Bend, Washington and graduated from Washington State University (READ: Huge Cougar fan) where she received her BA in Child, Consumer & Family Studies. Lynette lives in West Seattle with her husband, Scott and she enjoys spending time with her nieces & nephews (19 and counting), sipping wine with friends, hiking, camping and gardening.
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Katie Crossett
Special Events Manager
katie@moyerfoundation.org
Katie Crosset grew up on the Eastside of Seattle, and attended Washington State University, class of 2000. Katie has been involved in the event-planning business most of her career, and has extensive experience in directing/managing golf tournaments. She previously served as the Development Coordinator for the American Junior Golf Association in Braselton, GA . As the Events Manager for Langdon Farms Golf Club in Oregon, she directed more then 150 full golf tournaments, ceremonies, receptions, social functions, company parties, meetings, and any other non-golf event. Katie has a passion for sports, and is an avid Seahawks and Cougar fan. She is the proud caretaker of Sophie, her Boston Terrier (a frequent visitor to the Foundation office) and when she is not working at the Moyer Foundation planning event, Katie enjoys playing golf, hiking and camping.
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Lauren Berry
Special Events Associate
Lauren joined the Foundation team in 2008 as the Special Events Associate, assisting the special events manager with all aspects of event planning, production and marketing. Lauren graduated in March 2007 from The University of Oregon with a B.S. degree from the School of Journalism and Communications with an emphasis in P.R.. Lauren has always been actively involved in sports – both playing sports, and working in the field. She is excited to be working at The Moyer Foundation where she can combine her passions of sports, working with children and giving back to the community. A Seattle native, Lauren enjoys traveling, music, and food.
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