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GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION |
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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF The Grays Harbor Community Foundation is a 100% local institution. The volunteers who serve on our board of directors, having lived and worked in Grays Harbor County for decades, know and care deeply about our local communities. Indeed, the people whom we aim to serve often happen to be our friends and neighbors. OUR BOARD Our board is comprised of 15 directors. All directors serve entirely as volunteers. Seven officers lead the board and serve two year terms as officers.
Current board members are:
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.
Four standing committees and six ad hoc committees report to the full board:
Standing: executive Ad hoc: professional advisors timberland charitable giving program
(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.
OUR STAFFAll 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.
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We thank Darrell
Westmoreland, Kevin Hong, Ellen Pickell, and the
Polson Museum for providing
the
photographs used in this website. We'd like to showcase the work of more local photographers and artists
on this website and in our publications. Please
contact us if you'd like to help.
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