The GLF Alumni Community Alumni of GLF"s Cohort program form an enduring community who support each other to improve lives in communities worldwide. Through a closed social media group and periodic events throughout the year, alumni are able to network and support each other across cohorts. Community events have included happy hour with "speed networking" after the GlobalWA conference, roundtable discussion about leadership and values with Howard Behar, a local hike in the Cascades, a summer social on electric boats in Lake Union, and a virtual community gathering amidst the Covid-19 global health crisis. In addition to the group gatherings, some cohorts choose to continue meeting in their smaller group after the program concludes.
GLF I
Heidi Breeze-Harris | Executive Director, PRONTO International Ginna Brelsford | Executive Director, Sahar Education International Therese Caouette | Southeast Asia Regional Advisor, Partners Asia Winfried Danke | Executive Director, Business Development for SW Washington, Providence Health & Services Sharon London | Regional Development Director, National Wildlife Federation Sydney Munger | Former Board Chair, Pangea Giving Pennye Nixon | Founder and Director, Etta Projects Tim Schottman | CEO, SVP International
GLF II
Lisa Devine | Associate Director of Global Programs, Lakeside School Suzanne McGill | Co-Founder & Board President, Rwanda Girls Initiative Joel Meyers | Board Chair, Basa Village Foundation USA Inc; Founder & Director of Business Development, Fuse IQ Josie Noah | Director of Surgeon Training, SightLife Rebecca Okelo | Founder, MED25 International Jonathan Scanlon | Senior Advocacy Advisor, Oxfam America Father Josh Thomas | Executive Director, Kids 4 Peace
GLF III
Kirsten Aoyama | Director, Global Business Center, University of Washington Betsy Hale | Former Board President, Pangea Giving Cheryl Houser | Former Communications Chair of the Board, Pangea Giving Marion McGowan | Country Representative - Burundi, Population Services International Jessica Partnow | Co-Founder, The Seattle Globalist Jeremy Shuman | International Business Development Manager, Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research Deborah Streeter | Board Trustee, The Aloha Foundation; Curriculum Consultant, Leadership Tomorrow Joanne Young | President, The Peg & Rick Young Foundation
GLF IV
Lisa Dabek | Senior Conservation Scientist & Director of the Papua New Guinea Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program, Woodland Park Zoo Megan McCloskey | Founding Director, Lotus Circle Monica Mendoza | Executive Director, Jolkana Valerie Norwood | Executive Director, Krista Foundation Janet Pearson | Vice President of the Board, Pangea Giving Tom Paulson | Founder & Lead Journalist, Humanosphere Nadia Mahmud | Co-Founder and Board Chair, Jolkana Kim Rakow Bernier | Principal, Kim Rakow Bernier Consulting; Board Chair, EarthCorps Brad Rutherford | Chief Operations Officer, Seattle Aquarium
GLF V
Alex Cury | International Business Consulting and Strategic Advisor, Bossa AC Consulting Steve Dubiel | Executive Director, Earth Corps George Durham | Principal, Linksbridge Heidi de Laubenfels | Vice President of Operations, Nyhus Communications Debbie Ranniger | Former Executive Director, Etta Projects Sachi Shenoy | Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Upaya Social Ventures Eric Stowe | Founder & Executive Director, Splash Gary Tabasinske | Founder & Board President of Association for Leadership in Guatemala
GLF VI
Claire Yunker | Executive Director, PeaceTrees Vietnam Claudia Harner-Jay | Senior Market Dynamics Officer, PATH Era Schrepfer | Executive Director, FIUTS Erika Croxton | Senior Director, Program Partnerships, Landesa Jennifer Tanaka | Executive Director, OneWorld Now! Laura Mapp | Development Manager, Splash
GLF VII
Emily Bancroft | President, Village Reach Kristen Dailey | Executive Director, GlobalWA Kate Cochran | CEO, Upaya Social Ventures Alicia Vermaele | Senior Manager, Global Community Investments, Starbucks Linh Thai | Office of Adam Smith Lisa Ellis | COO, Landesa Diane Biray Gregorio | Former Executive Director, Nalandabodhi Heidi Peterson | Executive Director, Mobility Outreach International
GLF VIII
Duncan Marsh | Director of Programs, Climate Solutions Julie Stein | Executive Director, Burke Museum, Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UW Catherine Willis Cleveland | Former Director of Development & Outreach, Hedgebrook Dr. Joleyn Sanjak | Chief Program Officer, Landesa Tamara Leonard | Managing Director, Center for Global Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Nicky Smith | Executive Director, International Rescue Committee - Seattle Wren McNally | Associate, Enviroissues
GLF IX: Mid-career, Emerging Leaders
Penny Carouthers | Operations Manger, Oikocredit US Marisa DuBois | Director ABE ESL Student Services, International Education Division, Edmonds Community College Laura Eshbach | Land Tenure Specialist & Program Manager Corporate Engagement, Landesa Julissa McWashington | Senior Specialist, Global Social Impact, Starbucks Justine Miley | Development Director, EarthCorps Laura Rodriguez | Manager, Medical Care Initiatives, Providence Health & Services
GLF X: Senior Level Leaders
Samara Andrade | Director, Global Partnerships, Amplio Marie Connett | Director, Global Development Technologies Portfolio; Lead, Agricultural Productivity Technologies, Global Good Fund, Intellectual Partners Michael Gillenwater | Executive Director and Dean, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute Pam Kilborn-Miller | Program Director, Fake News PSA (KCTS, Hive Lab); Executive Producer Julia Reed | Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Mayor, City of Seattle Greg Siegler | Senior Officer, Grants and Contracts, Gates Foundation; Trustee & Past President, FIUTS
GLF XI: Senior Level Leaders
Diana Fletschner | Senior Gender Expert and Director of Research, Landesa Lisa Galvin | Director of Programs Strategy, Food Lifeline Chris Megargee | Vice President, Development and Communications, Agros Eileen Moncoeur | Executive Director, Partners Asia Shannon Raybold | Communications Director, Days for Girls Cliff Schmidt | Executive Director and Founder, Amplio Erin Schwartz | Vice President of Global Engagement, The Max Foundation
GLF XII: Mid-career, Emerging Leaders
Chelsie Frank | Speakers Bureau, World Vision Ellen Frierson | Manager of Education Programs, FIUTS Peter Kelly | Founder and Executive Director, Grow Further Jared Klasen | Boardmember, Farm Radio International Joel Masselink | Principal Consultant, Earth Logic
GLF XIII: Senior Level Leaders
Joanna Bargeron | Vice President, Ashesi University Foundation Sophia Benalfew| Executive Director, Ethiopian Community Services Maria Kolby-Wolfe| Director of Development and Communications, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Kennedy Leavens| Founder and Executive Director, Awamaki Celeste Mergens | Founder and Executive Director, Days for Girls Mark Ruffo| Chief Development Officer, Landesa Karl Weyrauch| Founder and Medical Director, Pygmy Survival Alliance Sue Wilkes| Executive Director, Project Ethiopia
GLF XIV: Mid-career, Emerging Leaders
Carolyn Hubbard | International Partnerships Manager, Committee for Children Hannah Hochkeppel| Program Director, Kids4Peace International Kate Jorgenson | International Service Teams Coordinator, Providence St. Joseph Rachel Paris-Lambert | International Visitor Program, World Affairs Council Rahel Stamper | Corps Program Manager, EarthCorps Lacey Stone | Senior Development Director, New Market Development, & Strategic Partnerships, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Shireen Tabrizi | Community Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kerry Thomson | Research Officer, Reproductive Health Team, PATH
GLF XV: Mid-career, Emerging Leaders
Nick Dreher | Communications & Operations Manager, Pangea Giving Sancha Elevado| Boardmember, FIUTS Nashrah Mazhar | Faculty Relations & Clinical Training Program Manager, Sightlife James Morrissey | Senior Researcher, Energy, Climate and Poverty, Oxfam America Sarah Popelka | Co-Executive Director, Global Visionaries Nadine Shaw | Program Director, International Program in Public Health, Evans School, UW
GLF 16: Senior Level Leaders
Judy Andrews | Attorney (Of Counsel), Apex Law Group Dorothy Coletta | Uweza Foundation, Board President David Cook | Nia Terro, Director, Strategy and Planning Randi Hedin | Heifer International, Board Chair Rachel Hien | PATH, Senior Project Administrator, Sexual and Reproductive Health Douglas McNair | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Deputy Director, Quantitative Sciences Margi McClung | Landesa, Deputy Chief Program Officer Miguel Raimilla | EarthCorps, Senior Partnerships Director Gul Siddiqi | International Rescue Committee, Development Manager
GLF 17: Mid-career Leaders
Emily Claps | GE Digital, Senior Project Engineer Emily Carnahan | PATH, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager Katharine Shelley | PATH, Health Systems Lead, Primary Health Care Program Barbara Toorens | Microsoft, Business Program Manager Katrina Weeks | Fos Feminista/Int'l Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere, Senior Business, Intelligence, Evaluation and Research Office
GLF 18: Senior Level Leaders (current)
Keri Enright-Kato| GHG Managment Institute, Managing Director Shogofa Amini| Sahar, Program Manager Medard Ngueita| World Relief Western Washington, Executive Director Kristen Spangler| Women's Link Worldwide, Chief Financial and Operating Officer Jessica Schroeder| Nia Tero, Managing Director of Operations Ashley Jackson| PATH, Team Lead for Sexual & Reproductive Health
