Co-Chairs

  • Bruce Brooks is executive vice president and director of corporate and community affairs for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. Previously, he was director of community affairs for Microsoft Corporation, and also served as deputy mayor in the Norm Rice administration, managing a range of issues including economic development and human services. He is chair of the board of directors of the Northwest Area Foundation, a private foundation that seeks to reduce poverty and has also served on the boards of the Seattle Housing Authority, United Way of King County, Legal Aid for Washington Fund, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and the Seattle Jobs Initiative.

  • Toshi Moriguchi is the treasurer and a director of Uwajimaya, Inc., a family-owned, Seattle-based business specializing in Asian food products. Mr. Moriguchi was born and raised in Seattle. He is an executive board member of the Seattle-King County Visitors and Convention Bureau, a member of the Seattle YMCA's Scholarship Committee and the First Hill Lions Club, and a charter member of the Higher Education International Consortium. He served on the organizing committee for the 1990 Goodwill Games and is a founding member of the Alliance for Education.

Task Force Members

  • Kikora Dorsey is a senior manager of Casey Family Programs. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and also served as Regional Administrator of the Division of Children and Family Services. She has served on the Front Line Advisory Group (FLAG) with the Northwest Institute for Children & Families; past co-chair of Children of Color Organizer's and Advocates; and past board member of the National Black Child Development Institute. She was the first recipient of the Thomas C. Wales Passionate Citizenship Award in 2002.

  • Stephen Dowell is the president of the Dowell Company in Kent. He is a former member of the Kent City Council and is currently a member of the Kent Land Use and Planning Committee.

  • Kris Engskov is the director of public policy and government affairs at Starbucks Coffee Company. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Engskov worked on a variety of federal policy issues while serving in the White House during the Clinton Administration and on Capitol Hill.

  • Joan Enticknap is president, chief operating officer and a member of the Board of Directors at HomeStreet Bank. In this capacity, she oversees all branches, lending units and company-wide operations and technology departments. With 25 years of banking experience, she was formerly executive vice president of retail delivery systems, chief financial officer and headed commercial banking at Bank of America.

  • Carter Hawley is the assistant city manager for the City of Kenmore. She worked on the regional human service issue when it was before the King County Regional Policy Committee. She has worked in city government for 13 years. She serves on the board of directors for the E-City Government Alliance and the Emergency Services Coordinating Agency. Previously she worked for the Iowa Legislature, serving as the fiscal staff for the Human Services Appropriations Committee and the School Finance Committee.

  • Rev. Carol Kirkpatrick is pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Kent. She is a member of the Religious Task Force of the King County Alliance for Human Services and was chair of the board of the South West Mental Health Ministry, a non-profit organization that provides support to individuals and families struggling with mental illness in south and west King County. Rev. Kirkpatrick has been in ministry for 15 years.

  • Anson Laytner is rabbi/executive director of Multifaith Works, a non-profit agency that mobilizes volunteers from diverse backgrounds to provide emotional and practical support and low-income housing for people living with AIDS, MS, or other life-threatening illnesses. Laytner received a Masters in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University and served as a Hesselbein Fellow with the Peter F. Drucker Foundation (now the Leader to Leader Institute). Previously, he directed the Seattle Jewish Federation Community Relations Council, co-founded the Interfaith Council of Washington, and has served on a variety of local, regional and national non-profit boards.

  • Dr. Rayburn Lewis is the medical director for the Ballard and Providence campuses of Swedish Medical Center. He is current president of the Washington State Association of Black Professionals in Health Care, a member of the board of trustees of the Washington State Medical Association, and a clinical associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

  • Patricia McInturff is the director of human services for the City of Seattle. She has over 25 years of experience in public health and human services. Prior to her current appointment, Ms. McInturff was the deputy superintendent of Seattle Parks; a visiting scholar at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta; CEO of Senior Services of Seattle-King County; and director of regional services for the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health.

  • James Mirel is the Senior Rabbi of Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue. He has been a resident of King County for the past 29 years. A well-known author and columnist, he recently published a guest editorial in the Seattle Times entitled "A Plea for Civility." Rabbi Mirel has served on the boards of many local non-profit groups including Food Lifeline, Center for Ethical Leadership and the American Jewish Committee.

  • Stephen Norman is Executive Director of the King County Housing Authority, which serves 35,000 county residents on a daily basis. Mr. Norman has an extensive background in the design, development and operation of service enriched and affordable housing. He previously served as an assistant housing commissioner for the City of New York and as national vice-president of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.

  • David Okimoto is vice president of community services for United Way of King County. Prior to that he served on the United Way board for a year, as well as from 1985-1990. Mr. Okimoto has run two United Way partner agencies, the Atlantic Street Center from 1990-2001 and the Asian Counseling & Referral Service from 1977-1985. He also served under Mayor Charles Royer as the director of the Department of Human Resources for the City of Seattle. Dave is a lifelong human service practitioner and advocate.

  • Kerri Sanford is the branch manager of the Benson Plaza Financial Center in Renton. She was raised in Bellevue and graduated from high school in 1989. That same year she began her career in banking and has been with Washington Mutual Bank since 1994. While working for Washington Mutual Bank, she has been attending college part time and has less than two years to left to complete her business degree. She is the single parent of a 14-year old son who will attend high school in the fall. She is a graduate of the King County Young Families Independence Program (YFIP).

  • Molly Stearns is senior vice president of program and donor services at The Seattle Foundation. She previously worked in the fields of corporate public affairs and nonprofit organizational fund raising consulting. She has served as a trustee of The Overlake School; founding member of the Think Children Coalition and Its About Time for Kids Initiative Steering Committee; and former chair of the Seattle Advisory Committee for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. She currently serves on the boards of Npower, Nonprofit Assistance Center, Leadership Tomorrow and Philanthropy Northwest. She also sits on the Council on Foundation's Community Foundation Leadership Team.

  • Kristy Sullivan is in her seventh year serving on the Snoqualmie Valley School Board. Working as the executive director for two Family Policy Council Community Networks, the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network and the Greater Issaquah Youth and Family Network, she was instrumental in implementing local plans to address youth substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, youth suicide, and family violence. She serves on the Eastside Human Services Forum, Eastside Human Services Alliance, the Community Networks Coalition, and the United Way East Council.