Board of Directors
The Board is designed as a forum to bring together representatives from a variety of interests and backgrounds to jointly examine issues, to build collaborations among groups where appropriate, and to collectively strengthen Thurston County's varying communities.
What Board Members have to say about TOGETHER!:
"The work TOGETHER! does in Thurston County is extremely important. TOGETHER!’s programs have a 20-year history of making meaningful, positive change in the lives of at-risk children. Every child who is touched by TOGETHER! has a substantially better chance of leading a productive, healthy life."
- Rick Hughes
"The organization’s mission is critically important for our community’s positive future."
- Celia Nightingale
"North Thurston Public Schools has partnered with TOGETHER! in the prevention of violence, alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse among our youth. ... I have witnessed firsthand the positive impact the TOGETHER! program has made on the students in Thurston County. I am honored to work collaboratively with a community-based organization such as TOGETHER! ... ."
- Karen Johnson
Board Members
President: Rick Hughes
Hughes represents the LOTT Alliance, where he is Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. He has been on the TOGETHER! Board since 2008.
Vice President: Celia Nightingale
Nightingale is a parent representative on the Board. She is the Director of the Small Business Development Center at South Puget Sound Community College.
Secretary: Bill Munro
A Board member since 2004, Munro represents Little Red Schoolhouse, for which he is the Treasurer.
Treasurer: Virgil Clarkson
Clarkson is a Lacey City Council member and former mayor of Lacey, and a longtime member of TOGETHER!'s Board.
Renee Crotty
Crotty is the Director of Marketing, Public Relations, and Volunteer Services at Capital Medical Center. She has been on the Board since January 2009.
Katherine Flynn
Flynn was elected to the Board in December 2009. She works for Seattle Children's Hospital as the Olympia Clinic and Telemedicine Manager.
Lee Hackworth
Hackworth serves in the National Guard.
Kathy Houston
Houston has been on the Board since 1997. She is a retired Girl Scout Council Executive Director. She also served as TOGETHER!'s Interim Executive Director for the early part of 2010.
John Hutchings
Hutchings is a Sergeant in the Olympia Police Department. He 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.
Michelle Parvinen
A community representative who has been on TOGETHER!'s Board for about a decade, including serving as president of the Board in the past.
Dusty Pierpoint
Pierpoint is the Chief of Police for the Lacey Police Department.
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.
For more information please contact us.
Mailing Address
TOGETHER!
418 Carpenter Rd. SE Ste 203
Lacey, WA 98503
Phone
(360) 493-2230 ext 20
Would you like to join our Board?
If you think you would be able to help TOGETHER! in its mission and wish to be on the Board of Directors, please fill out the application form and email it to jcooper@thurstontogether.org. We will contact you after we receive and review it. Please call TOGETHER! if you have any questions or would like more information.
Click here for the Board of Directors application form.