Timm Ormsby
Representative
Washington Legislature
ep. Timm Ormsby was born and raised in the heart of Spokane. Like his 3rd District constituents, Timm knows first-hand the value of hard work and the challenges facing working families. He is a cement mason by trade, and has been a member of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association Local 72 since 1990. He is also a past president of Local 72, and has been the business representative for the Northeastern Washington – Northern Idaho Building & Construction Trades Council since 2000.
In Olympia, Timm serves as chair of the House Appropriations Committee – the panel charged with writing the House version of the state’s biennial operating budget. He’s also a member of the House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.
Timm has served on a number of other committees during his tenure in Olympia and for several years was vice chair of the House Capital Budget Committee, developing the state’s construction budget. He is a special appointee to the State Investment Board and the Select Committee on Pension Policy, which he chaired in 2013-14, and is also a special appointee to the Washington State Investment Board.
In addition to his legislative duties, Timm is an active member of the Spokane community and is affiliated with numerous civic organizations. He is the current president of the Spokane Regional Labor Council and a board member of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, and Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs, and is a former board member of United Way of Spokane County and Rebuilding Together Spokane.
Timm, who has served his friends and neighbors with pride since coming to the Legislature in 2003, is married to Kim Ormsby and has three children and four grandchildren.
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Representative
Washington Legislature
Ryan Simmons
Family Support Staff
YWCA of Spokane- ECEAP
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Family Support Staff
YWCA of Spokane- ECEAP
Andy Billig
Senator
Washington Legislature
Andy Billig is a proud father, businessperson and member of the Spokane community. Having previously served a term in the state House of Representatives, he was elected to the state Senate by constituents of the 3rd Legislative District in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016. He was elected Majority Leader by Senate Democrats in 2018.
In the Senate, Andy continues to be an advocate for children, working families, and small businesses, putting people first in Spokane and throughout the state. He has been particularly active as a legislative leader on early learning and K-12 education. He has also led efforts to pass legislation to increase transparency and equity in our democracy. He was the prime sponsor of the DISCLOSE Act of Washington, a bill which has increased transparency in state campaign finance. He was instrumental in the passage of numerous laws that expanded voter registration and participation, including same-day voter registration and 16-17-year-old voter pre-registration.
In addition to serving as the Senate Majority Leader, Andy is a member of the Ways & Means and Rules committees. He also serves as co-chair of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy Board and the chair of the Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Workgroup. Previously, Andy served as co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Early Achievers and on the bipartisan Education Funding Task Force that produced the legislative framework for fully funding our schools as ordered by the state Supreme Court.
Prior to joining the Senate, Andy represented Spokane in the state House of Representatives. As vice chair of the House Transportation Committee, he helped craft the state’s bipartisan 2012 transportation budget that created more than 43,000 jobs across Washington. Andy also led legislative efforts to improve water quality in the Spokane River as the prime sponsor of HB 1489, earning him the 2011 Inter-Continental Smackdown Champion Award from Fuse Washington.
https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/billig/biography/
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Senator
Washington Legislature
Goretti Manzo
Academic Advisor and PA Coordinator
Carson College of Business at Washington State University
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Academic Advisor and PA Coordinator
Carson College of Business at Washington State University
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Ryan Pricco
Director of Policy and Advocacy
Child Care Aware
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Director of Policy and Advocacy
Child Care Aware
Allison Krutsinger
Director of Public Affairs
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Allison Krutsinger serves as Public Affairs Director for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. She has spent her career focused on creating better outcomes and opportunities for children and families through direct service work, program leadership, policy development and advocacy. Throughout her tenure she has experience in micro-level work directly with children and families and macro-level work leading system level change through program implantation and policy advancement.
Prior roles include Early Learning Policy Director at the Children’s Alliance, Program Director at Child Care Resources, Early Learning Quality Improvement Coach in Arizona and Legislative Assistant to Representative Ruth Kagi.
Allison has a BA in Social Work from Eastern Washington University, and MAS in Infant and Family Practice from Arizona State University and an Executive Leadership Certificate from the University of Washington.
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Director of Public Affairs
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Heather Kawamoto
Parent Ambassador
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Michelle Morse
Parent Ambassador
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Daree Blake
Parent Leader
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Ben Schmauss
National Senior Advocacy Consultant
Voices for Healthy Kids
Previously, Ben served as the Government Relations Director and Lead Lobbyist for the American Heart Association in Nevada. Prior to that, he worked for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s as the Healthy Schools Program Manager. Ben started his career as a health and physical education teacher.
He earned his undergraduate and Masters of Public Health Degree’s from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and also has a Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning, specializing in Brain Research from Nova South Eastern University. Ben is a avid learner and teacher with a growth mindset.
When Ben is not at work, he loves spending time with his wife and three kids playing or coaching sports or adventuring in Alaska where he was born and raised. Ben currently lives in Eastern Washington State.
https://voicesforhealthykids.org/about/our-people/ben-schmauss
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National Senior Advocacy Consultant
Voices for Healthy Kids
Maya Ewings
Policy and Advocacy Fellow; PA Coordinator
Washington Communities for Children
Maya is a Tacoma native, mother of two boys, and community advocate.
Maya enjoys exploring, trying new restaurants, and long park days with her sons.
Her passion for children and families has led her to her work with Pathways 2022 fellow, partnered with Washington Communities for Children as a Policy and Advocacy fellow, Being the Village support group for black mothers CO-FACILITATOR + PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST, WA State Parent Ambassadors Parent Coordinator, Doula with both Open Arms and Nurture by Nature family birth support services, and Positive Parenting Program Provider and Director of Her village girls mentorship program
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Policy and Advocacy Fellow; PA Coordinator
Washington Communities for Children
Nicole Rose
Assistant Secretary Early Learning
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Nicole Rose served most recently as the Assistant Director for the Quality Practice and Professional Growth (QPPG) division with the Department of Early Learning. In that role, Nicole’s portfolio included Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), Early Achievers, professional development, and child care subsidy programs. Nicole joined DEL in 2010. In her previous DEL role as the PreK-3rd/ECEAP Administrator, she led successful expansion of ECEAP, including implementation of the first full school day and extended day ECEAP models.
Nicole grew up in Spokane, Washington and brings a variety of experience in early learning settings including Head Start and ECEAP, community-based mobilization work and research and evaluation of home visiting.
Nicole is passionate about putting best practice into policy so programs have the supports and resources necessary to ensure all of Washington’s children, youth, and families have opportunities for success.
Nicole holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/about/our-leadership/Nicole-Rose
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Assistant Secretary Early Learning
Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Genevieve Stokes
Director of Government Relations
Child Care Aware
Legislative coordination, social justice, group and community facilitation, strategic planning, public speaking, social networking, project management, research and analysis.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevievestokes/
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Director of Government Relations
Child Care Aware
Sandy Diaz
Pathwaves Fellow/WSA Advocacy Fellow
WSA
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Pathwaves Fellow/WSA Advocacy Fellow
WSA
Joel Ryan
Executive Director
WA State Assn of Head Start and ECEAP
I've been the Executive Director of the Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP for the past 15 years. I've worked on everything from state funded preschool, special education policy, child care, housing, food insecurity, and most recently supporting families during COVID. I'm probably most proud of my work last legislative session where I successfully advocated with lawmakers, the Governor, and coalition partners to secure more than $400 million in new investments in early learning through the passage of the Fair Start for Kids Act.
Before coming to Washington State I was the Government Affairs Director at the National Head Start Association where I served as the Head Start community's voice in DC. I worked closely with members of Congress and the White House. I travelled all across the country and had the opportunity to teach grassroots organizing to low income communities which I really enjoyed.
I have a law degree from American University in DC where I focused on constitutional law and a BA degree from Brandeis University in History and Politics. I'm an Americorps alumni—serving as a City Year Corps member in Boston where I was a literacy coach and helped to set up a community wide volunteer program and educational spring break camps.
My most important job is that of a husband and dad to a 15 year old. I coached her basketball team for 7 years and have coached track as well.
https://www.wsaheadstarteceap.com
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Executive Director
WA State Assn of Head Start and ECEAP
Stephaine Courtney
Director/CEO
The Learning Project Netork
https://www.tlpnetwork.org/about
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Director/CEO
The Learning Project Netork
Katy Warren
Deputy Director
WA State Assn of Head Start and ECEAP
Katy Warren has been working at WSA Head Start and ECEAP for 15 years after wandering the world in her 20’s. After college at William and Mary she served as legislative assistant and Press Secretary for Rep. Sid Morrison, (R, Zillah) and then went travelling off to central and South America. She has worked as a cafeteria dishwasher, a public engagement consultant, an insurance adjuster assistant, a database developer and quasi-interpreter for a weatherization program, a waitress in a pancake house, a census taker, a focus group facilitator, an English as a Second Language teacher in Vietnam, a bookkeeper back when they wrote things on ledgers, a title company clerk, and a Spanish drill instructor. She loves to travel and have been to 34 countries and has lived in Mexico, Spain and Vietnam. Now she tries to make the world a better place for children and families by hassling elected officials and bureaucrats. She writes children’s books for her niece Eliza, who is also the person upon whom she experiments with all the CLASS instructional support strategies she learns while walking through the trainings she arranges for early learning staff.
https://www.wsaheadstarteceap.com
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WA State Assn of Head Start and ECEAP
Paul Figueroa
Speaker/Trainer
Peace Enforcement
Paul Figueroa has over two decades of expertise in providing trainings, breakout sessions and keynotes. Paul is a 12 year veteran of the King County Sheriff’s Department, where he spent much of his career working with street gangs. In 1998, he drew upon his experience, left law enforcement and he’s been working to positively impact the lives of people, staff, companies and organizations ever since.
In his trainings, programs and keynotes, Paul provides the tools people need to ensure a brilliant and happy future.
Paul’s company has a master contract with the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services and the State of Arizona to provide trainings to their staff, managers and leadership.
He was awarded the “Governor’s Child Abuse Prevention Award” for his work with children and families in Washington State. He has a contract with Work Source Alamo in Texas to provide trainings for those working with children, and he’s been a foster parent trainer through the University of Washington for over eight years now.
Paul has been a featured speaker at Society for Human Resource Management conferences, The American Society for Health Care Human Resources Association, The National Indian Gaming Association, The National Indian Head Start Directors Association, The National Native American Human Resources Association and The Northwest Human Resource Managers Association, to name only a few.
Paul was flown to Singapore to presented his Seven Steps to Phenomenal Management Skills to the largest HR Conference ever Asia. He’s appeared on Radio Disney and the Today Show, and he’s authored his “Listen, Your Life is Calling” series, which are available on Amazon.com
He has an extensive and diverse client list, including Subway, the Washington State Association for Head Start ECEAP, Seattle Mental Health, The Boys and Girls Club, The State of Washington, Region 9 Association of Head Start ECEAP, The State of Arizona, Williams Kastner Law Firm, UPS and many, many others.
https://peaceenforcement.com/
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Speaker/Trainer
Peace Enforcement
Devin Stubblefield
Speaker, Trainer, Coach
Faith Finance Center
Devin Stubblefield is a frequent financial education instructor for WSA’s Parent Ambassadors program, the Puget Sound Educational Services District, and other agencies across the state of Washington. He is a certified financial education instructor and certified financial coach who provides training and technical assistance to front-line staff and family support workers equipping them to have meaningful conversations about money with the families they serve.
Devin leads monthly financial empowerment events on behalf of government agency programs to include the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Your Money, Your Goals, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Money Smart for Adults.
He is the author of Advance Your Prosperity; a financial planner and journal written to guide individuals and families to build up money confidence and increase their financial well-being.
Devin is a member of the National Financial Educators Council, the Washington State Financial Empowerment Network, and the Washington Financial Educators Task Force.
Email: info@devinstubblefield.com
Web: https://www.devinstubblefield.com/
Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinstubblefield/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/devin.stubblefield
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Speaker, Trainer, Coach
Faith Finance Center
Amanda Bryans
Education and Research to Practice Supervisor
Office of Head Start
Amanda has worked in the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services since 1999. During that time, she has led efforts to improve the quality and effectiveness of program services through regulations, research, program monitoring, and training and technical assistance. She currently leads the Office of Head Start’s work on education and research to practice. In addition to early childhood education and research, expertise includes inclusion and transportation services. Amanda has a BS from Cornell University in Human Development and Family Studies and an MS from the State University of New York at Albany in Educational Psychology, Measurement and Statistics. She has worked for Head Start for over 30 years including five years as a Disabilities Services and Education Coordinator, and five years as the Director of the Head Start program in Albany, NY. She has a husband, an 18 year old daughter, 13 year old son, and multiple four legged family members.
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Education and Research to Practice Supervisor
Office of Head Start
Joseph Castro, Jr.
Executive, Leadership, and Team/Group Coach
Joseph Castro Coaching and Consulting, LLC
Joseph Castro is an Executive, Leadership, and Team/Group Coach with over 15 years of coaching, facilitation, training, team building, and leadership and organizational development experience. He has delivered this array of services in a bicultural and bilingual way to clients and organizations in the education, non-profit, and for-profit sectors. He infuses diversity, inclusion, racial equity and belonging in the relationships and partnerships that he’s engaged in.
A proud grandson of migrant farm workers and first-generation university graduate, Joseph moved to San Luis Obispo, California from the agricultural community of Oxnard, California and earned his B.S. in Psychology and minor in Child Development at Cal Poly State University.
He has extensive experience and expertise in Training & Development and Leadership in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs. At the programmatic and service delivery level, he held the position of Parent Family Community Engagement for Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Program serving 9 counties in the state of California.
On the Executive Leadership level, Joseph served as the Director of Program Support Department for Inspire Development Centers, the largest Migrant and Seasonal Head Start grantee in the state of Washington.
Throughout his professional career, Joseph has served on numerous Board of Directors Executive Committees, providing leadership and guidance for the organizations, including Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Luis Obispo County (3 years- vice-president and president), Latino Outreach Council of San Luis Obispo County (3 years – vice chair), National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (10 years – vice-president and president), and currently National Compadres Network (4 years - treasurer). Moreover, he’s been the fortunate recipient of various awards and accolades for community service and professionalism.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephcastrojr
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Executive, Leadership, and Team/Group Coach
Joseph Castro Coaching and Consulting, LLC
Dr. Mona Johnson
Executive Director Teaching & Learning System Pathways
Olympic ESD 114
Dr. Mona Johnson recently joined the Olympic Educational Service
District 114 Team as the Executive Director of Teaching & Learning System
Pathways at Olympic ESD 114. Most recently she worked in the South Kitsap
School District as Executive Director of Wellness & Support and at the WA State
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction where she managed a wide
variety of programs & professionals focused on ensuring that students and
staff district-wide are healthy, safe, engaged and supported in their pursuit of
social emotional wellness and academic success. Prior to this, Mona also served
as Chief of School Behavioral Health at the U.S. Army Medical Command Child,
Family & Adolescent Program where she had overall responsibility for the
development of international School Behavioral Health Center programs on
Army Installations in the U.S and Europe.
Mona presents, publishes, and consults at the local, state, and national
levels in the areas of professional wellness, social emotional resilience, and
trauma recovery. Most recently she published the article “Self-Care is Not
Enough!” in the summer 2022 edition of Educational Leadership Journal. Past
authored & co-authored publications include “Self-Care: The Antidote
Compassion Fatigue” in the Educational Leadership Journal (2020); The Heart of
Learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency and Academic Success (2009);
Compassion Fatigue Training for Educators (2012); and How the Traumatic
Experiences of Students Manifest in School Settings, (Rossen & Hull, Editors,
2010 & 2013). Mona received the 2019 Touching Trauma at Its Heart Educator
Award from the National Attachment and Trauma Network. Past awards include
Champion for Children from the National Association of Children of Alcoholics
and the Advocate of the Year Award from Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of
America.
Mona has a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of
Washington and a Washington State Superintendent credential. Her masters and
undergraduate degrees are in Social Sciences and Social Work. Mona lives in Gig
Harbor, WA with her amazing husband Dan and two over-indulged rescue cats
Emme & Elle.
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Executive Director Teaching & Learning System Pathways
Olympic ESD 114
Luc Jasmin
Eastern Washington Representative
Governor Jay Inslee
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Eastern Washington Representative
Governor Jay Inslee
