Co-Chairs

Victoria Woodards, Mayor, City of Tacoma

Willie Stewart, Community Leader

Tom Pierson, President, Tacoma-Pierce Co. Chamber of Commerce

Honorary Co-Chairs

Aaron Artman, Tacoma Rainiers

Anne Aartman, Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center

Bill Baarsma, Former Mayor, Tacoma

Donna Basil, Tacoma Principals' Association

David Beard, School's Out Washington

Elizabeth Bonbright, Tacoma School Board President

Sarah Brady, Child Care Resources

Brad B. Cheney, Ben B. Cheney Foundation

Shannon Ergun, Tacoma Education Association

Tafona Ervin, Foundation for Tacoma Students

Benji Ferguson, Community Leader

David Fischer, Tacoma Arts Live

Tim Herron, Degrees of Change

Jonathan Jackson, Palmer Scholars

Lisa Keating, Tacoma School Board Vice President

Kimberly Keith, Hilltop Artists

Nathe Lawver, Laborers' Local 252

Enrique Leon, Tacoma School Board Director

Kathi Littman, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

Chelsea McElroy, Tacoma School Board Director

T'wina Nobles, St. Senator, Tacoma Urban League

Kathy Orlando, Pierce County Democrats

Dona Ponepinto, United Way of Pierce County

Lua Pritchard, Asia Pacific Cultural Center

Lyle Quasim, Community Leader

L. Denise Randall, Peace Community Center

Patty Rose, Pierce County Central Labor Council

Korey Strozier, Tacoma School Board Director

Kristin Tinder, Tacoma Principals' Association

Jennifer Ward, Rainier Scholars Tacoma

Matthew Wilson, Oasis Youth Center

Jeff Woodworth, Woodworth Family Foundation

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