Meet The Team
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Nayab Abbasi
Manager, Foundation Strategic Initiatives
Washington
Phone: 206.482.8454
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Joe Adamack
VP, Legislative Affairs for WA
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4812
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x102
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Sharee Adkins
Chief Impact Officer & Foundation Executive Director
Oregon
Phone: 206.340.4823
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x114
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Mike Atchison
SVP, Solutions & Partner Advocacy
Arizona
Phone: 602.770.4543
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x409
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Sarae Bay
AVP & Managing Director, Foundation
Colorado
Phone: 206.294.1604
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Paige Beffort
Manager, Credit Union Development
Colorado
Phone: 206-512-0915
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Jordan Beyer
AVP, Grassroots Engagement
Idaho
Phone: 208.350.6509
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x309
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Brittanie Bonanzino
AVP, Communications
Washington
Phone: 509.218.1192
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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David Curtis
Director, Compliance Services
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4785
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x151
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Zach Forster
VP, Legislative Affairs for ID
Idaho
Phone: 208.703.1210
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x315
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Bobbie Frank
VP, Legislative Affairs for WY
Wyoming
Phone: 307.369.7689
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x405
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Amanda Guyton
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4813
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x119
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Meredith Hallinan
Development Manager, Foundation
Washington
Phone: 206.617.8949
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x110
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Patti Hazlett
Director, Public Affairs
Arizona
Phone: 720.355.2828
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x415
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Lynn Heider
VP, Communications & Public Affairs
Oregon
Phone: 503.350.2225
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x225
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Jennifer Huggard
Chief Administration Officer
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4842
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x154
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Chris Kemm
AVP, Political Engagement
Colorado
Phone: 720.256.6672
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x414
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Alyse Knudsen
Manager, Communications
Oregon
Phone: 971.450.5660
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Rina LaStella
Data Support Analyst
Washington
Phone: 206.833.0688
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Pamela Leavitt
SVP, Grassroots/Political Programs & Leg. Affairs for OR
Oregon
Phone: 503.887.2336
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Melissa Lovejoy
VP, Systems & Resources
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4830
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x108
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Katie March
VP, Legislative Affairs for CO
Colorado
Phone: 303.589.0706
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Gracie Nelson
Manager, Regulatory Advocacy
Oregon
Phone: 503.781.3290
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Layna Officer
Director, CU Leadership & Talent Development
Wyoming
Phone: 307.910.8722
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x418
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Sharon Ortiz
AVP, Credit Union Engagement & Outreach
Arizona
Phone: 480.809.0938
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Adelle Pomeroy
Foundation Program Director
Oregon
Phone: 206.790.4316
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x245
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Madeline Robertson
Director, Federal Legislative Affairs
Colorado
Phone: 720.459.2463
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Tara Roether
Director, Marketing
Arizona
Phone: 602.316.0128
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x416
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Christine Ruzzi
VP, Member Impact
Oregon
Phone: 503.350.2206
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x206
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Tiarra Sanders-Hausa
Manager, Compliance
Washington
Phone: 206.618.9302
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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Ben Shuey
Director, Digital Marketing & Communications
Washington
Phone: 208.297.5421
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x307
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LIsa Slaymaker
Director, Solutions & Partner Advocacy
Arizona
Phone: 602.770.3822
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x410
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Cameron Smith
Chief Growth Officer
Oregon
Phone: 503.350.2234
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x234
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Derek Sprague
AVP, Finance & Administration
Idaho
Phone: 208.297.5922
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x303
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John Trull
VP, Regulatory Advocacy
Oregon
Phone: 503.350.2209
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x209
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Carmen Vigil
SVP, CU Engagement & Development
Washington
Phone: 206.340.4817
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x122
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Jennifer Wagner
EVP & Chief Advocacy Officer
Oregon
Phone: 503.350.2224
Toll-free: 800.995.9064 x224
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Katy Wagnon
SVP, Marketing & Communications
Washington
Phone: 509.499.3929
Toll-free: 800.995.9064
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