Our team
Staff
David is honored to serve as Interim Executive Director for Safe Crossings Foundation. A longtime Board Member and Camp Erin volunteer, he brings experience from nearly a decade at the Gates Foundation advancing global health, development, and education reform, as well as a leadership role at Nia Tero guiding organizational strategy. Earlier in his career, he worked in environmental education, helping students connect with their natural and social communities. David holds both MPA and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Journalism from Indiana University. As a father of two and dedicated volunteer, he is deeply committed to ensuring no child grieves alone.
Betsy Rand is honored to serve Safe Crossings Foundation as the Development Director. During her career, she has helped to build out strategic roadmaps and operating plans, while in tandem helping supporters align their charitable giving in thoughtful and meaningful ways. While at Seattle Children’s Hospital, ADP, Verizon Wireless and as an independent contractor, she has garnered experience in building and sustaining relationships, whether it be with our donor community, volunteers, or internal partners. Betsy earned her BA in Business Administration, Marketing from the University of North Dakota and her CFRE credential from CFRE International.
As the Communications and Development Coordinator, Zoe Ottemiller widely supports Safe Crossings Foundation’s team by bringing experience and understanding of social disparities to the work. From the beginning of her career, Zoe’s focus has been on social justice and advocacy for vulnerable communities. While working with communities facing food insecurities and youth within the Washington state foster care system, she engaged stakeholders to decrease barriers impacting underserved populations. Zoe has a BA in Communications from Portland State University and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Denver.
Christine draws from a range of both working with, and lived experience in, refugee & immigrant, LGBTQIA+, low-income, grieving, and disabled communities. Christine works well across difference and a trauma-informed critical systems analysis guides their praxis in the pursuit of racial and social equity. Christine brings a Master’s degree in social work and a background in leading and implementing transformative changes in program design that significantly increase program quality and community outcomes. They have a proven track record of growing organizations by designing, implementing and managing systems, policies, and practices for service delivery and operational administration.
Board
Officers
Mike Turian, Executive Producer, Wizards of the Coast
President/Treasurer
Josephine Vestal, Retired Attorney, Williams Kastner
Secretary
Wesley Burns, Principal, Transformational Advisory
Vice President
Directors
Steve Brooks, President, UMC, Inc.
Lee Carswell, Senior Partner, West Monroe Partners
Shawn Hintz, Senior Partner and Managing Director, UBS
Nathan Hoerschelmann, Attorney, Hoerschelmann Dietz PLLC
Michael Lightfoot, Program Manager, AWS
Kathy Lofy, Community Volunteer
Jessica Abramson Lott, Investor, Seattle Storm
Nicole Mackenzie, Attorney and Managing Director, Williams Kastner
Beverly Reed, Program Manager II, Community Health Plan of Washington
Chanel Reynolds, Author and Founder, GYST
Colleen Robertson, Marketing Consultant, Banister Advisors, Freelance
Sara Robertson, Community Volunteer
Paul Robinett, President, Hermanson
UW Board Fellows (non-Voting)
We are proud to partner with the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.
Directors Emeritus
Diane Aboulafia, CEO, Great Work Strategic Communications
Teresa Bigelow, Community Volunteer – Safe Crossings Foundation Founder
Annette Clark, Professor of Law and Dean Emerita, Seattle University School of Law
Donna Haggarty-Robbins, Community Volunteer
Bill Leedom, Community Volunteer
Flip Morse, Community Volunteer
Thomas Hall, Retired CEO, People’s Injury Network NW
Partners
Catherine Holmes Wilkins Foundation
Crockett Family Foundation
Fales Foundation Trust
Glassybaby Foundation
Grousemont Foundation
Impact West Seattle
Kawabe Memorial Fund
Kelly Foundation
McEachern Foundation
MultiCare Community Partnership Fund
Norcliffe Foundation
Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation
Puyallup Tribe’s Charity Funds
Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund
Vatheuer Family Foundation
Windermere Foundation