Board and Staff

Leadership

Melinda Giovengo, PhD, Executive Director

When Dr. Melinda Giovengo became our Executive Director in November 2006, she was not new to YouthCare. She had worked at the agency more than twenty years before, as a case manager and program manager, and opened many programs that still serve young people today. She has over 27 years of experience in developing and implementing re-engagement programs for high school dropouts and homeless youth. She holds an M.A. in Clinical Psychology, a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, and is published on issues surrounding homeless youth and the impact of learning disabilities among hard-to-serve populations. Dr. Giovengo speaks locally and nationally on youth homelessness, child development, program development, and adolescent mental health issues.

Elizabeth Wall, MSW, Deputy Director of Operations

Deborah Edison, Director of Development and Marketing

Marcia Lingel, MBA CPA, Director of Finance

Hedda McLendon, MPH, Director of Programs

Ruth Blaw, MEd MPA, Director of the James W. Ray Orion Center

Leslie Briner, MSW, Associate Director of Residential Programs

Jocelyn Enabulele, EdD, Associate Director of Residential Programs

Board of Directors

Board Chair Susan L. Coskey, JD MBA
Bright Spring Consulting

Susan Coskey is a management and organizational development consultant who works with public, private, government, and not-for-profit entities in the areas of strategic development and implementation, change management, process development, facilitation, human resources consultation, and workplace investigations.  She has worked as a lawyer both in private practice and for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, as VP of Human Resources for a public company, and as a small business owner.  Her work with YouthCare started in 2005, first as a consultant, then as a member of the board of directors.

Immediate Past Board Chair / Vice-Chair
Robert W. Overell, PhD
PhaseRx, Inc.

Board Secretary
Karen F. Jones, JD
Microsoft Corporation

Board Treasurer
Roy Sorensen, MBA
K & L Distributor

Directors
Aaron Alhadeff
Elttaes Enterprises

Peter G. Bateman, PhD
Microsoft Corporation

Justice Bobbe Bridge (retired)
Center for Children & Youth Justice

Mary Egan
Starbucks Coffee Company

Renata Hasle
Community Advocate

Brian Heagler
Key Bank

Brian Johnston, MD MPH
Harborview Medical Center

Kristin Knight
Filter

Erin D. Leff, MBA
Group Health Cooperative

Ruvin Munden
Community Advocate

Vicki Rosellini
Community Advocate

Molly Ruf
Adobe Systems, Inc.

Barton S. Shilvock, MBA
Boeing Company

Mark Solomon
Seattle Police Department

Hugh Straley, MD
Community Advocate

Denise Tabbutt
Community Advocate

Matthew Turetsky, JD
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Ann H. Williams
Community Advocate