As our Founding CEO, Heather brings with her more than 30 years working in the nonprofit and educational sector as a consultant, interim and permanent senior executive, coach and instructor.  With her Masters in Executive Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University, and her Bachelor's in Human Services from Western Washington University, she continues to give back as a current WWU Instructor in the same program, and a  Certified Facilitator of the Pacific Institute's Developing Capable Young People. Heather is committed to making the world a better, more equitable place, and following the fentanyl overdose of her son, she found herself leaving the health field to found the CHAN Project. Her background includes leadership, marketing and funding, building and strengthening organizations/individuals, and a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges inherent in today's nonprofit, social, health and educational sectors, and leadership in general.
Heather most recently worked in healthcare at Brookdale Home Health, following executive positions in organizations that have included Courage360, Renton Technical College Foundation, New Futures, Social Venture Partners and United Way, and Goodwin Connections (formerly Seattle Milk Fund).  Heather maintains skills in strategic planning, organizational development, leadership, fundraising, and community engagement.  As our Founder and CEO, Heather believes her heart, passion and experience will lead us well into the future with our programs and community support. 

In her free time, Heather has two corgis, Barnum and Bailey, and provides care for her mother with dementia.  She has two children and two grandchildren, and enjoys writing, reading, and enjoying sunsets at the beach.   

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John is the Director of Sales & Marketing at Josephine Caring Community overseeing the marketing and sales of their Expansion Project in Stanwood and Smokey Point.  John is a skilled healthcare and nonprofit professional with 30 years of leadership, sales, training, and fundraising, experience. His expertise includes building relationships and generating revenue, motivating sales reps to succeed, outstanding presentation and training skills, and consultative selling and managing key performance indicators.  John's development work has spanned organizations including multiple United Ways in the US, Cocoon House, Atlantic Street Center, and more.  Together with his healthcare experience, John brings top skills in leadership, fundraising, public speaking, community relations, planned giving, and volunteer management.  With more than 30 years of leadership, as our inaugural Board President, John's leadership is sure to lead the CHAN Project well into our first years of being. 

In his free time, John enjoys watching his 17-year-old son Noah play soccer; catching up on episodes of Dr. Who with his 20-year-old, Luna; and enjoying a beer while watching the Yankees with his 32-year-old, Alex. John is also an avid hockey fan and longtime season ticket holder for the Everett Silvertips. John also spends time with his fiancee Debbie, traveling wherever there is hot weather and a beach, or hitting the dance floor to kick up his heels with the love of his life.   

Colette is a dynamic, personable, results-focused Project Manager with keen ability to foster synergy, generate trust, and accomplish business objectives across diverse, internationally distributed, stakeholders and cross-functional work groups. Champion of motto “One Team, One Dream.” Highly skilled in complex IT project management. Deep experience developing effective software testing infrastructure and teams to proactively develop robust solutions, Colette identifies root causes through “dig and discover” methodology. She has a consummate attention to detail, accuracy, and quality that she brings to the CHAN Project as a founding Board Member.  

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Carol is a seasoned project manager with more than a decade of experience managing successful technology and product implementations along with real estate tenant improvement and branch build-out projects. As Senior Project Manager at Gesa Credit Union, Carol's work exemplifies leadership, project management, process improvement and strategic planning, and program and change management.  Carol brings with her multiple years in the finance and banking industries that lend well to the CHAN Project.

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Currently, Director of Philanthropy for Catholic Community Services, Jaime's resource development work spans institutions that include the University of Washington, Seattle University, and  Teen Feed located in Seattle's University District, which links homeless youth with services and serves a hot meal every night.  Jaime additionally ran his own consulting business that raised funds for institutions across the U.S.  

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