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Leadership & Governance

The Sound Families Initiative was guided by a Steering Committee that recommended funding actions, established policies, and set application review procedures for the program. All decisions made by the Steering Committee were advisory to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which made final decisions on all funding awards.

The Steering Committee was comprised of executive staff from the seven public jurisdiction partners in the project: the City of Seattle, the City of Everett, the City of Tacoma, Pierce County, Snohomish County, King County, and the State of Washington. Also serving on the Steering Committee were representatives of other key partners, including public housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, and representatives of private and public lending institutions. The Steering Committee was co-chaired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the City of Seattle Office of Housing.

A separate Review Committee met regularly to examine applications for funding. This committee was comprised of senior housing underwriters from the partner government jurisdictions and from key public lending institutions. This committee prepared specific funding recommendations for the consideration of the Steering Committee.

The City of Seattle Office of Housing served as the administrative partner of the program. The housing office supervised the day-to-day operations of the program; coordinated the application review process; and provided staff support.

Sound Families Steering Committee (Final Roster, March 2008)

Adrienne Quinn (co-chair)
Director
City of Seattle, Office of Housing

David Bley (co-chair)
Director, Pacific Northwest Initiative
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jami Bodonyi
Research Manager, Northwest Institute for Children and Families
University of Washington School of Social Work

Paul Carlson
Northwest Regional Coordinator, Interagency Council on Homelessness
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Blake Chard
Deputy Secretary
State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services

Bob Davis
Executive Director
Housing Authority of Snohomish County

Deanna Dawson
Executive Director
Snohomish County

Barbara Dingfield
Partner, The Giving Practice
Philanthropy Northwest

Will Graham
Assistant Director, Housing Division
State of Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development

Kim Herman
Executive Director
Washington State Housing Finance Commission

Tom Hilyard
Director
Pierce County Department of Community Services

Dave Koenig
Manager, Planning and Community Development
City of Everett

Betsy Lieberman
Executive Director
Building Changes

Jackie MacLean
Director
King County Department of Community and Human Services

Doreen Marchione
Executive Director Emeritus
Hopelink

Stephen Norman
Executive Director
King County Housing Authority

Cynthia Parker
Senior Vice President
Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation

Ryan Petty
Director
City of Tacoma Department of Community and Economic Development

Alice Shobe
Director
Sound Families Initiative

Edwina Uehara
Dean
University of Washington School of Social Work

Heyward Watson
Executive Director
Impact Capital

David Wertheimer
Senior Program Officer, Pacific Northwest Initiative
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Juli Wilkerson
Director
State of Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development


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