Meet Our Executive Team
Our team is made up of creative and intentional leaders who genuinely care about the communities we live in. We share executive responsibilities and as many jokes as possible. We are from different backgrounds, have lived throughout the world and the United States, and when not working our tails off, we all agree that we enjoy a good fried zucchini (as long as Bri is cooking). We value humility, integrity, direct communication, varying viewpoints, and listening to our communities. Our team have experience as small business owners, in nonprofit startups, ministry organizations, community-based work, government jobs, and international projects. We believe that relationships are the conduit to long-term solutions, creative problem solving, and community health.
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Cheri Beavers
CEO
Cheri has served as part of executive teams for two decades including long-term governmental and nonprofit executive leadership. Cheri is a member of the indigenous community and holds current Board positions with local government and schools. She has extensive experience
overseeing multi-million-dollar projects and initiatives and operating both nonprofit and forprofit organizations.
Cheri's passion is to connect with communities by building multi-system networks and strategic complex initiatives that support community and governement in creative and lasting ways. This practice produces research, data, and programmatic success. Cheri's projects have been adopted by state-wide communities, governmental agencies, and tribes.
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In her free time, Cheri enjoys spending time with her family; despite parenting teenagers with their own lives, she occasionally and inventively convinces them into family time. You will also find Cheri voraciously reading dystopian and sci-fi genre books, writing blogs, poetry, music, (and everything else that can go on a napkin), watching anything by the great Taylor Sheridan, and playing guitar as loudly as possible.
Carrie Pearce
COO
Carrie has over 15 years of experience working in nonprofits with extensive experience in finance and business management. Carrie has successfully overseen multi-million-dollar budgets as well as managing federal, state, county, and city contracts and funding.
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Carrie is committed to community building, equitable practices, and ensuring that project development is done in tandem with the community most impacted by the work. Carrie's experience in financial management includes creating GAAP compliant procedures and systems to track and report for complex contracts.
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Outside of working on the most excellent excel spreadsheets on this side of the Mississippi; Carrie enjoys watching Star Trek and Murder She Wrote, warding off an incessant collection of Alaskan souvenirs from USPS, and taking walks around Puget Sound.