Meet our Board Members
Philanthropy Northwest operates with the guidance of its board of directors and committee chairpersons.
Chair
Aleesha Towns-Bain, Bristol Bay Native Corporation Education Foundation
Vice Chair of Programs
CC Gardner Gleser, Satterberg Foundation and Charlotte Martin Foundation
CC Gardner Gleser, Satterberg Foundation and Charlotte Martin Foundation
Vice Chair of Board Operations
Elizabeth Ripley, Mat-Su Health Foundation
Treasurer
Nichole Maher, Group Health Foundation
Secretary
Brenda Solorzano, Headwaters Health Foundation
Board Members
Susan Anderson, The CIRI Foundation
Lilliane Ballesteros, Latino Community Fund
Karen Bilowith, Idaho Community Foundation
Diana Birkett Rakow, Alaska Airlines
Brian Boyd, Forest and Sequoia Foundations
Kelly Bruggeman, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
Mark Dederer, Hohimer Wealth Management
Mike Halligan, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
Mark Dederer, Hohimer Wealth Management
Mike Halligan, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
Kris Hermanns, Seattle Foundation
Erin Kahn, Community Leader
Michelle Kauhane, Hawai'i Community Foundation
Cat Martin, JPMorgan Chase
Alex McKay, Rasmuson Foundation
Liz Medicine Crow, First Alaskans Institute
Jill Nishi, Community Leader
Ernie Rasmussen, Washington State Department of Commerce
Mary Rutherford, Montana Community Foundation
Doug Stamm, Community Leader
Huong Vu, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Finance Committee Chair
Nichole Maher, Group Health Foundation
Nominating and Governance Committee Chair
Elizabeth Ripley, Mat-Su Health Foundation
Membership Engagement Committee Co-Chairs
Mark Dederer, Hohimer Wealth Management
Mark Dederer, Hohimer Wealth Management
Huong Vu, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs
Mike Halligan, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
Erin Kahn, Community Leader