Board and Committee Overview
We are grateful for the generosity of our board members and Committee Members, who lead our efforts to promote and advance philanthropic advising while increasing charitable gifting, all in service to our community.
Board Members
Co-President: Jane M. Searing, CPA
Managing Director, Deloitte Tax LLP
Global Center for Excellence in Philanthropy
Deloitte Cell: 425-757-1561 | Mobile: 425-785-8717 | jasearing@deloitte.com
Co-President: Regina M. Bellody, JD, CTFA, CAP®
Senior Managing Director, Clearstead
Mobile: 206-920-8926 | rbellody@clearstead.com
Vice President: Sarah Szabo, CFRE, CSPG, CAP®
Director of Planned Giving, Swedish Foundation
Mobile: 206-215-2235 | Sarah.Szabo@Swedish.org
Secretary: Laura Hoexter, JD, LLM
Partner and Chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Group
Helsell Fetterman LLP
Mobile: 206-689-2153 | lhoexter@helsell.com
Treasurer: Cindy Sharek, CFRE, CAP®
Director of Gift Planning at the Seattle Foundation
Office: 206-957-7712 | Mobile: 425-765-9959 | c.sharek@seattlefoundation.org
Paul Shoemaker
CEO, Carnation Farms
Mobile: 206-374-8757 | shoe@paulshoemaker.org
Past Presidents
Mark Davis, Retired board member
R. Joe Ottinger, The Value Creation Group
Membership and Engagement Committee
Angie Myers, CFP
Wealth and Philanthropic Advisor, Laird Norton Weatherby
Mobile: 206-464-3853 | amyers@lnwadvisors.com
Marie L. R. Perilman, CFP, CDFA
SVP, UHNW & Philanthropic Strategies Market Leader, Columbia Trust Washington
Mobile: 425-516-4311 | MariePerilman@ColumbiaTrustCompany.com
Elena Thandiwe Pullen-Venema, MBA, CAP®
Director of Philanthropic Advising at The Give Team,
Mobile: 360-913-8977 | elena@thegiveteam.com
Bree Rose
Managing Partner, Nova Chief of Staff