Staff & Board
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


