2026-28 Commission Leadership

Leadership Role Name College Title

Chair

Francisco Salinas

Spokane Falls Community College

Associate Vice Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Vice Chair

Dr. Luz Garza

Columbia Basin College

Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Treasurer

Dr. Shawna Freeman Lane

Pierce College

Vice-President, Equity, Engagement, and Belonging

Workplan Strategist

Dr. Shawn Best

 Olympic College

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Commission Membership

Name College Title
Marcus Harvey Bates Technical College

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Consuelo Grier Bellevue College

Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

하 나 Hannah  ( 소 희 Soo-Hee)  Simonetti Bellingham Technical College

Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Tahlia Perez

Big Bend College

Director of HR & Equity

Chari Davenport 

Cascadia College

 VP of Equity and Inclusion

VACANT Centralia College

 

Vanessa Neal

Clark College

Vice President of Diversity Equity & Inclusion

 

Iesha Valencia

 

Sheli Sledge 

 

Clover Park Technical College

Vice President for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Administrative Assistant

Luz Garza

Columbia Basin College

Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Yvonne Terrell-Powell Ph.D., LMHC 


Kristin Prasanna

Edmonds College

Vice President for Equity & Inclusion


Executive Assistant

Brandon Dyer

 

Everett Community College

Acting Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Tatiana Tejeda

 

 


Kimbell K
rausz

 

Grays Harbor College

Associate Director of Student Diversity, Outreach, and Retention

 

Program Manager for Native and Indigenous,
Pacific Islander and LGBTQIA+ Students

Cathy (Kit) Alston

 

 

Merillee Weithers-Bruce

 

Marwa Al Musawi

Green River College

Vice President of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

 

Ex Assistant

Maribel Jimenez

 

 

 

Rickitia Reid

Highline College

Vice President of Equity Diversity and Transformation
Equity Diversity and Transformation

 

Dir. of Institutional Equity Strategies & Initiatives

Robert Britten Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Executive Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. Shawn Best

 

 

Olympic College

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Hanan Zawideh Peninsula College

Vice President, HR & DEI

Shawna Freeman Lane




Robin Thompson

Pierce College (District 11): Fort Steilacoom & Puyallup



VP for Equity, Engagement and Belonging

 

Executive Assistant to VP

Doris Martinez, M.Ed.

 

 

Maritza Ogarro

Renton Technical College

Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

 

Executive Assistant to Director

D'Andre Fisher, M.Ed.

 

 

Reed Rodgers

Seattle Colleges District

Associate Vice President Equity, Diversity & Inclusion


Executive Assistant

Brian Crisanto Ramos Shoreline College

Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility 

Yadira Rosales Skagit Valley College

Associate Vice President of Equity & Inclusion

 

Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson

 



Amanda Ybarra

 

 


Jeanette Lindstrom

South Puget Sound Community College

Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

 

 

Executive Diversity Officer

 

 

Executive Assistant to Diversity Officer

Francisco Salinas

 

 

Priya Osborne

Spokane Community College

Dean of EDI

 

 

Director of Student Success, Diversity & Equity

Traci Simmons Tacoma Community College

Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Allen Sutton Walla Walla Community College

Dir. Of Connection and Belonging

  Wenatchee Valley College

 

Jennifer McFarlane-Harris

 

Whatcom Community College Executive Director for IDEA
Tenya Moravec Yakima Valley College

Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion