Announcing our 2021 DEI Committee

We are pleased to announce our 2021 DEI Committee

A huge thank you to all who submitted a lottery entry form to be on this year's DEI committee. Your interest demonstrates an agency-wide commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, so a BIG shout out to you!

This year, we used a lottery system, drawing from entry names in each district and one from shared services. We are pleased to announce that the following employee names were drawn and all have accepted a commitment to serve on this year's agency-wide DEI committee:

• DawnDee Walraven, Early Childhood Program Manager, A Family Place, Yamhill District
• Garrick Jackson, Mental Health Clinical Manager, Mental Health Program, Klamath Falls District
• Jody Gentemann, Director of Fiscal Planning and Analysis, Shared Services
• Masami Villa, Case Manager, Refugees NW Foster Care Program, North Puget Sound District
• Sarah Williams, Program Director, Behavioral Health Program, MultiCultural Community Services District
• Sharon Alfaro, Peer Support Specialist, WISe Program, Tri-Cities District
• Trudy Sorensen, District Director, South Puget Sound District
• Zainab Abd, Peer Support Specialist, SAFeT Behavioral Health Program, Spokane District

We hope you share in our excitement of increased DEI committee representation this year, not simply that there are voices geographically spread throughout our agency, but also that our committee has members from various agency roles and experiences: 25% client-facing, 25% leading programs, 25% managing districts, 25% in shared services, 50% BIPOC, and 75% women.

We appreciate your patience as we onboard our new committee members and then work with them to finalize and begin the implementation of our 2021 DEI Action Plan.

Your appointed DEI committee,

David Duea, Jay Kang, Kira Barsotti, and Kirsten Apsengren

Health, Justice and Hope