Our Leadership
Meet the dedicated leaders who work every day to advance YWCA's mission.
YWCA CEO, Maria Chavez-Wilcox, leads our dedicated and diverse executive staff team and board of directors. All executive staff members are women, five are people of color. Our agency is also led by staff who manage the services and systems fundamental to YWCA's work.
Executive Staff
Board Of Directors
Carmen Best
Microsoft, Director of Global Security Risk Operations
Renee Cogdell Lewis
Employment Counsel, MFR Law Group
Benjamin Danielson
Department of Pediatrics, UW Physicians
Katharine Fitzgerald
Community Volunteer
KoKo Huang
Business Immigration Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Douglass L. Jackson
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UW School of Dentistry
Dean S. Lum
Judge (retired), Seattle Office of the Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Service
Cassandra Mitchell
Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Providence
Kim Pastega
Vice President and General Manager, Boeing Fabrication / Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing
Brooke Pinkham
Seattle University, School of Law Staff Director, Center for Indian Law & Policy
Odette Polintan
Director, Legal Affairs, T-Mobile
Melissa Robertson
Seattle Mariners, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Richard Romero
President/CEO, Seattle Credit Union
Roberta Romero
Development Manager/Community Outreach, Peer Washington and Content Producer, KING 5
Lisa E. Schaures
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Akila Somasegar
Advisory Council Member, United Nations Foundation
Yvonne Terrell-Powell
Edmonds Community College, V.P. for Equity and Inclusion
Francesca Vega
Vice President, External Affairs & Community Engagement, Seattle Children’s
Marc Walters
Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft
Mindy Woods
Program Manager, City of Edmonds Human Services
Staff Managers
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