Board of Directors

President: Rick Hughes

Hughes represents LOTT Clean Water Alliance, where he is Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. He has been on the TOGETHER! Board since 2008 and is in his third term as Board President.

Vice President: Celia Nightingale

Nightingale has been a parent representative on the Board since 2005. She is the Small Business Liaison for the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries.

Secretary: Farah Derosier

Derosier was elected to the Board in 2010. She is a paralegal at LOTT Clean Water Alliance who also brings rural-county and motherhood perspectives to the Board.

Treasurer: Virgil Clarkson

Clarkson is a Lacey City Council member and former mayor of Lacey, and a longtime member of TOGETHER!'s Board. He joined in 1998 and is one of only two current members who have served more than 10 years.

Glenn Cramer

Cramer has years of law enforcement, leadership and state government knowledge and experience. He joined the board in 2010 to "set an example of selfless leadership."

Katherine Flynn

Flynn was elected to the Board in December 2009. A nurse, she works for Seattle Children's Hospital as the Olympia Clinic and Telemedicine Manager.

John Hutchings

Lieutenant Hutchings is with the Olympia Police Department and a Fulbright Police Fellow. His scholarship took him to England to study critical incident stress. "Hutch" has been on the Board since 2008.

Karen Johnson

Johnson is the Principal of Evergreen Forest Elementary School in North Thurston Public Schools. She has been on TOGETHER!'s Board since January 2009 as an education representative.

Judy Kimeldorf

Kimeldorf has a history of work in school groups and nonprofit management. She joined the Board in 2011 to strengthen the ties between TOGETHER! and Little Red Schoolhouse, which she co-chairs.

Vickie Larkin

Thurston County Meth Action Team founding member Larkin joined our Board in 2011 because of our youth-focused mission and her commitment to social service. She is the assistant to Thurston County Commissioner Cathy Wolfe.

Dusty Pierpoint

Pierpoint is the Chief of Police for the Lacey Police Department. He is our third longest-serving member overall, having joined in 1997, and one of only two current members who have served more than 10 years.

Cynthia Pratt

Lacey City Councilwoman Pratt joined the Board in 2010. She also serves on the Leadership Council subcommittee of the Thurston Council for Children and Youth.

Wes Pruitt

Pruitt has been a Board member since 2004 and represents Soul Bridge, of which he is the chairman. He is also a representative of the faith community and a former TOGETHER! Board president.

Cathy Wolfe

Thurston County Commissioner Wolfe was brought on as an ex officio Board member in 2010. She also is on the Leadership Council of the Thurston Council for Children and Youth.