Robert M. Wiggins     retired forest products executive, Weyerhaeuser (Aberdeen)

    Chairman

Dr. Scott Weatherwax     retired dentist (Westport)

    Vice Chairman

Stan Pinnick    superintendent, North Beach School District (North Beach / Hoquiam)

    President

Dick Warren     retired VP, Lever Bros. Corp. (Hoquiam)

    Vice-President

Eileen Sterling       president, Hoquiam School Board (Hoquiam)

    Secretary

Bob Preble   CLU (Aberdeen)

    Treasurer

Dr. Scott Weatherwax     retired dentist (Westport)

    Assistant Treasurer

Dr. Donald J. Arima      dentist (Elma / McCleary)

Jane Goldberg      director of public relations, Grays Harbor College (Aberdeen)

John C. Hughes      editor, The Daily World (Hoquiam)

Ernie Ingram         attorney, Ingram, Zelasko, Goodwin (Aberdeen)

Todd Lindley   CFP, Lindley Financial Services (Montesano)

John Mertz   CPA, Preszler, Larner, Mertz, & Co. L.L.P. (Aberdeen)

Wes Peterson      executive director, YMCA of Grays Harbor (Aberdeen)

Randy Rust     retired owner, Westport Shipyards (Westport / Grayland)

Rich Vroman      attorney, Ingram, Zelasko, Goodwin (Aberdeen)

Former board members include Director Emerita Frank Larner, Isabelle Lamb, Bob Aiken, Tom Brennan, Ron Caufman, Duane Langeliers, JoAnn Hliboki, and David Walseth.

COMMITTEES

Four standing committees and six ad hoc committees report to the full board: 

Standing:     executive

                    finance

                    grants

                    development

Ad hoc:        professional advisors

                    policy review

                    strategic planning

                    timberland charitable giving program

                    scholarships

                    nominating

(Click on each link to learn more about and learn the members of each committee.) 

As a way to further involve the community in our foundation's business, we have designed each committee so that not all members need also to be board members.

All business of the foundation is managed by our staff of one.  Executive Director Jim Daly began working for the Grays Harbor Community Foundation in August 2004.  Raised in Aberdeen, Jim spent a 22 year career in the US Marine Corps.  He has received various college degrees from Skagit Valley College, the University of Utah, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Webster University.  Jim brings experience, energy, and a fresh perspective to the Grays Harbor Community Foundation.  You can read more about him here.

Jim handles the foundation's day-to-day business, from processing and reviewing grant and scholarship applications to meeting with potential donors and preparing for board meetings. 

For ten years prior to Jim's arrival, almost all of the foundation's business was handled pro bono by our former president and principal founder, Frank H. Larner.  As a retired CPA, Frank's understanding of donors' local charitable giving options and his insight into the communities of Grays Harbor convinced him that our area needed to establish its own community foundation.  With enthusiastic support and experienced legal advice from the late Aberdeen attorney Gladys Phillips, Frank brought together the group of leading individuals which has served on our board of directors since 1994. 

For nine years prior to our move in September 2003, our office was located in the 6th-floor offices of Preszler, Larner, Mertz and Co. in the Bank of America Building in downtown Aberdeen.  We are indebted to PLM for their generous support of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation.