Staff & Board

Pike Place Market Foundation

Our Staff

Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch, Executive Director

Crystal Dixon, Deputy Director

Angela Bishop, Interim Development Director

Miranda Arney, Market Commons Outreach Specialist

Leilani Balais, Special Events Manager

Sam Bobik, Market Commons Resource Coordinator

Sam Bradshaw, Market Commons Program Specialist

Velma Chaney, Market Commons Resource Manager

Giovanni Forrest, Operations Manager

Kyle Glick, Events Coordinator

Madi Hotchkiss, Development Coordinator

Stella Jones, Market Commons Resource Outreach Specialist

Carmen Mateo, Annual Fund Specialist

Ashley Mouldon, Corporate Engagement Manager

Jessa Mae Schnacke-Ayunon, Donor Relations Analyst

Jenn Schooley, Director of Development Operations


Board of Directors

Board Officers:

Jessica Carso, Board Chair

Raluca D’Achille, Board Vice Chair

Martha Mickelson, Secretary

Edward Gay, Treasurer

Jamie Campbell, Member-At-Large

Matt Rosston, Member-At-Large

 

Board Members:

Christine Palumbo Craig

Ashley Hayes

Heather Yang Hwalek

Henry Arias

Jason Hamblin

John Bates

Marlana Kohn

Sarah Mills

Mary Grace Roske

Melita Love

Michael Woody

Natalie Romig

Nick Ferderer


Past Board Members (1982 – 2021)

Presidents

Dave Wright, 1982-85

Gerry Johnson, 1985-88

Bill True, 1988-91

Anita Braker, 1991-95, 2002-03

Jackson Schmidt, 1995-2000

Pat Stusser, 1995-2000

Mike Kelly, 2000-02

Sarah Ballard, 2000-01

Barbara Powell, 2003

Bruce Bjerke, 2003 – 2006

Mark Barbieri, 2006-2009

Becky Bogard, 2009-2010

Peter Danelo, 2010-11

Becky Bogard, 2011-2012

Debbie Campbell, 2012-2013

John Pierce, 2014-2015

Elizabeth Coppinger, 2016-2017

Abraham Dairi, 2018-2019

Lindy Gaylord, 2019-2020

Nicole Bahr, 2020-2022

Eddie Kirschenbaum, 2022-2024


Founding Board

* Indicates board members now deceased

* Betty Balcom, Globe Antiques

Ernesta Barnes (now Ballard), Seattle Trust

* Bob Block

Robin Carpenter, Burlington Northern

* John Clise, Pike Place Market PDA

Shirley Collins, Sur La Table

Rick Eberhardt, Sportswear

Kae Eyre, National Endowment for the Arts

*Jean Burch Falls

*Cyndie Phelps (Kranz)

*Bruce Lorig, Lorig Associates

Cindy Maisel (now Curreri), Consultant

Laurel Potkin, Market Theater

Bill True, Gull Industries

Barry Weston, Pay ‘n Save

*Dave Wright, Bumgardner Architects


Board Alumni 1982 – Present

* Indicates board members now deceased

Rosalyn Adams

John Albrecht, The Boeing Co.

Kim Anderson

Rosa Ayer

Raymond Baer, Wells Fargo

Sarah Ballard

Chris Banks, Microsoft

Dick Barbieri, Red Lion Hotels

Mark Barbieri, Washington Holdings

Len Barson, Nature Conservancy

Gwen Bassetti, Grand Central Bakery

* Jill Bennett, WRQ

Rich Berkowitz, Transportation Institute

Carol Binder, Pike Place Market PDA

Bruce Bjerke, Perkins Coie

Natasha Bleier, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

* Bill Block, Buck & Gordon

Gary Bocz, Gary Bocz Salon

Becky Bogard, Bogard & Johnson

Anita Braker, Chism, Jacobson & Johnson

* Biff Brotherton, Brotherton Cadillac

Leslie Brotherton

Michel Brotman, Simply Seattle

Melody Brown, PayScale

* DeeAnn Burman

Darrell Bryan, Clipper Navigation

Vic Buffalow, Deloitte Touch

Dorothy Bullitt, Harbor Properties

Jeff Calkins, Wells Fargo

Debbie Campbell, Tip Top Creative

Steve Campbell, Capital Stream

Carole Cancler (Poole), Microsoft

Harry Caraco

* Mike Carroll, Pike Place Market PDA

Katy Chaney, URS Corp.

Lynn Claudon

Cathy Conner, Au Gavroche

Peter Danelo

Mike Dederer, Jay Rockey

Ruby Elwood, Sterling Savings Bank

Jim Fattore, Global Audio Visual

Rose Feliciano, Mayor’s Office, Seattle

Anne Fennessy, Cocker Fennessy

Susan Finneran, The Commerce Bank

* Mary Fleming

Pam Keenan Fritz, Caromb Advisory LLC

Anne Focke, 911 Arts Center

Jody Foster

Joe Fuller, AstraZeneca

Bruce Gardner, MD

Marcia Garrett, Burlington Northern

Ruth Gerberding

Marie Gill

Shannon Girlando, Saltchuk Resources

Enrique Godreau. Voyager Capital

Peggy Golberg

Mike Grandy, CPA

Bill Grant, Big Bang Idea Engineering

Alan Green, Architect

Elaine Gustafson, First Interstate Bank

Bill Hanneman, Zachary Scott

* David Hasson, Architect

Nick Hawley, Allen Institute

Roger Heinen, Microsoft

Chuck Heskett, Benefits Inter@active

Harris Hoffman, Pike Place Market PDA

Joan Houston, United Negro College Fund

Paul Ishii, Mayflower Park Hotel

Gerry Johnson, Pacifica Law

Marcia Johnson

Kate Joncas, Downtown Seattle Association

Joe Keating, Amazon

Mike Kelly, DeLoitte Touche

Leslie Koch, Microsoft

Jerri Lane, Visit Seattle

Daniel Lieberman, Pike Place Market PDA

Gary Locke, King County

Hubert Locke, Retired, U of Wa.

Rev. Carol Ludden

Andrea Mackin, Pacific Centennial Bank

Vince Madden, Wells Fargo Advisors

Michael Maloney

Jack McCullough, Heller Ehrman

* Joe McGavick, Touche Ross

Luther McLean

Geoff Meagher, Cascade Investments

 Larry Mellum, Pike Place Chowder

Shelley Milano, Eddie Bauer

Randa Minkarah, KOMO TV

Tim Mitchell, Great NW Appraisal

Ann Moe

Dan Moore, Starbucks

Judi Mullikin

Senator Ed Murray, Washington State Senate

Jamie Neal, Carrix, Inc., SSA Marine

Jeannie Nordstrom

Dave Olsen, Starbucks Coffee Company

Theresa Pan Hosley, Associate Travel

Michael Parham, RealNetworks

*John Pehrson, The Boeing Co. (retired)

Patricia Patterson, Development consultant

Rep. Eric Pettigrew, Wa. State House

Jack Pierce, The Boeing Co.

John Pierce, Premera

Robin Pollard, Wa. Wine Commission

Barbara Powell, Ragen MacKenzie

Anne Redman, Bennett Bigelow & Leedom

Eric Rey, Seafirst Bank

Michael Richards, PRR

Mary Richardson, Retired University of Washington Professor

Keri Robinson, Seattle Sheraton

Kauilani Robinson, Visit Seattle

Brian Rockey, Ecommerce Exec

* Drake Salladay, Pike Place Flowers

Traca Savadago, restaurant consultant

Mitsue Kinjo Schilling, Children’s Hospital

Craig Schafer, Hotel Andra

Jackson Schmidt, Pepple Cantu Schmidt

Barbara Shickich, Riddell Williams

Ernie Sherman, Pacific Plumbing

 * Sharon Shaw, Market Business Owner

Roberta Sherman

*Anne Simons

Janeen Simmons, Starbucks Coffee Company

Patterson Sims, Seattle Art Museum

Joe Slattery, Holland America Line

John Sothern, Washington Mutual

Stephen Sprenger, Swan Services Co.

Michael Stenchever, Umpqua Bank

* Marjorie Nelson Steinbrueck

Peter Steinbrueck, Architect

Warren Stickney, Stickney Research

Annie Strain

Janet Strand Selby

Helen Stusser

* Pat Stusser, The Stusser Group

Dave Sundquist, The Boeing Co.

Susan Talton, Laird Norton Wealth Management

Lyn Tangen, Goodale & Barbieri

Jerry Thonn, Reed McClure

Tyna Thurston (now Mandel)

Martin Tobias, Loudeye

Bill True, Gull Industries

Peter True, Gull Industries

Chris Volk, SSA Marine

Scott Wasner, Sotheby’s International Realty

Aarnoud van Weelderen, Goldman Sachs

Dave Watkins, Inn at the Market

* Roberta Weeks

Brian Weinstein, Weinstein & Bergman

JD Wessling, Cascade Natural Gas

Rhonda Whitehead

Geri Williams

* Bob Willkens, MD

Mary Wilson, The Wilson Group

Conrad Wouters, Evergreen Home Loans

Mary Beth Wressell, Virtuoso Travel

HS Wright, III, Delta Airlines

Virginia Wyman

Shelly Yapp, Market PDA/Seattle Center

Evelyn Yenson, Seattle Community Colleges


40 years of Market Foundation History

As we celebrate 40 years, we’re looking back on our history and honoring the staff, service partners, volunteers and supporters who have helped nurture a thriving community at Pike Place Market. Check out some of the highlights from our four decades of history in the Market!

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