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 fourth term as Board President.

Vice President: 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. She recently has become vice president.

Secretary: Farah Derosier

Derosier, a member since 2010, is a paralegal at LOTT Clean Water Alliance who also brings rural-county and motherhood perspectives to the Board. She is passionate about making sure all kids are safe and healthy.

Treasurer: Virgil Clarkson

Clarkson is the 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.

Gerry Apple

After years of partnering with TOGETHER! in other ways, Apple joined our Board in 2012. He is the advisor of the Shelton SADD Club and works with the PASS Board on drug and alcohol prevention in Mason County.

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 pediatric nurse, she works for Seattle Children's Hospital as the Olympia Clinic and Telemedicine Manager.

Ed Hildreth

Tumwater City Councilman Hildreth joined the Board in 2012. A member of many local boards and committees, he feels it's a civic and community duty to support youth at all levels.

John Hutchings

"Hutch" is the Tenino Police Chief, formerly with the Olympia Police Department, and a Fulbright Police Fellow. His scholarship took him to England to study critical incident stress. He's 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.

Wes Pruitt

Pruitt has been a Board member since 2004 and represents the faith community and the community at large. He is also a former TOGETHER! Board president, and is currently working on a project to reduce the dropout rate in Thurston County.

Brittany Sill

TOGETHER! has worked with Sill in many ways over the years--as a staff member, as a partner when she was with Target Zero Thurston County, and as of 2013, a Board member. Sill is a policy analyst for the Association of Washington Cities.

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.