Board of Directors

 

 

The Trust's Board of Directors includes growers, farmworker advocates, rural housing agency directors and community representatives who have special expertise in housing finance or other skills important to the Trust's work. Most live and work in Central and Eastern Washington.

Co-Chairs:
Tomás Villanueva (Farmworker Advocate, Toppenish)
Michael Youngquist (Grower Representative, Mt. Vernon)

Secretary:
Gloria Burton (Archdiocesan Housing Authority of Western Washington, Seattle)

Treasurer:
Mike Gempler (Washington Growers League, Yakima)

Past President:
Juan Aguilar (KeyBank, Seattle/Phoenix)
Mario Villanueva (Yakima)

Members:
Guillermo Castaneda (Farmworker Advocate, Granger)
Donn Etherington (KDKel, LLC; Grower Representative, Wenatchee)
Billie Heath (Rural Community Assistance Corporation, Olympia)
Alicia McRae (Housing Authority of Chelan County and the City of Wenatchee)
Marty Miller (Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, Yakima)
Rogelio Riojas (SeaMar Community Health Centers, Seattle)
Robbie Scott (Farmworker Advocate, Wenatchee)
John M. Smith (Community Representative, Skagit County)
Tomás Villanueva (Farmworker Advocate, Toppenish)
Michael Youngquist (Grower Representative, Mt. Vernon)

Ex-officio:
Janet Masella (Washington State Department of Commerce, Olympia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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