Staff

Liz Vivian
Executive Director
liz@wfalliance.org
Liz has more than sixteen years of community leadership experience in the private, nonprofit and public sectors. Prior to joining WFA as the executive director, Liz worked as a consultant to nonprofits and philanthropic organizations, including NPower and PONCHO, and led Global Corporate Citizenship in the northwest region for The Boeing Company. Before joining Boeing, she served as Executive Director of 2V/ACT (originally known as Seattle Youth Involvement Network) and National Field Director for Rock the Vote. She also held positions with the Washington Women’s Foundation and the City of Seattle Human Services Department and served as Interim Executive Director of Aradia Women’s Health Center.
Liz is a member of the Board of Directors for the Alliance of Education and currently serves as Chair-Elect and a member of the Executive Committee. In 2008, she was appointed by Governor Gregoire to the Washington Commission for National and Community Service where she served for two years. In 2006, Liz served on the Seattle Public Schools Community Advisory Committee on School Facilities and Programs (a.k.a., “the school closure committee”). Liz is a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow and served on the Leadership Tomorrow Curriculum Committee for six years. In 2003, Liz was honored as one of the region’s “40 Under Forty” by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Liz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Redlands and a Certificate for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Trinity College London. She was born in New York City and raised in Seattle where she currently lives with her husband and daughter.
Ashley Edens
Office Administrator
ashley@wfalliance.org
Ashley handles the day-to-day office duties, maintains organizational records, and assists with financial management. She attended the University of Washington, where she worked towards social justice endeavors as a part of the UW Student Labor Action Project (now UW United Students Against Sweatshops). She has a passion for learning about technology’s applications to social justice work, and she plans to go back to school for graphic design and computer networking. Ashley loves playing basketball, cheering on the Seattle Storm, reading fantasy novels, and playing with Photoshop in her spare time.
Shauna Mindt
Events Manager
shauna@wfalliance.org
Shauna has been creating and managing special events in Seattle for over fifteen years. Before finding WFA, she worked in the high-tech industry with WRQ, Inc., where she planned all of their corporate and company events. Shauna is now thrilled to be putting her creative and organizational skills to work for women and girls. She is the driving force behind all WFA events including, Art of Dining, Amplify!, house parties, stewardship events and donor briefings. She has a passion for raising the bar and never repeating the same event twice. A Seattle native, Shauna’s other passion is tap dancing. She serves as the Washington State representative for the International Tap Association, is a national award-winning choreographer and enjoys teaching and performing around town. Around the WFA office, she can be heard tapping under her desk regularly!
Karen Mudd
Interim Development Director
karen@wfalliance.org
Karen joined the WFA team in August of 2011 and will serve as an independent contractor through the hiring of a permanent development director. She has more than 20 years of experience in non-profit resource development, philanthropy, legislative advocacy and communications and a deep commitment to social justice issues. Most recently, she served as executive director of the statewide Equality organization in South Dakota. Prior to that, she was director of development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Karen has a MA degree in Women and Public Policy from George Washington University and a BA degree in philosophy from Webster University. A relative newcomer to the Seattle area, she feels right at home on a bicycle, kayak or hiking trail -- or when it’s raining, pursuing her food and wine passions.
Sara Reyerson
Director of Grant Programs
sara@wfalliance.org
As an avid supporter of women and girls reaching their full potential, Sara is honored to be part of the Women’s Funding Alliance team. She brings with her over twelve years of professional and volunteer experience focused on human rights and the health, safety and leadership development of women and girls. Prior to joining our staff, she has worked in the fields of domestic violence advocacy, grants management for a community medical foundation and regional management of an employee rewards program for an international company. Since becoming a staff member in 2005, Sara has supported both our fundraising and programmatic activities. Currently, Sara serves as the Director of Grant Programs and oversees all of the foundation's grant-making initiatives. Sara moved to Seattle from Minnesota where she received a BA from Moorhead State University in Women’s Studies and Criminology. When Sara’s not actively aspiring to be the resident office prankster, she spends her free time soaking up the many splendors of the Emerald City and serving on the board of Girls on the Run of Puget Sound.
Kristen Spangler
Finance and Administration Director
kristen@wfalliance.org
Kristen is a specialist in non-profit and small business management. Her passion is helping great organizations get systems in place to make their work and impact even greater. She came to the Women's Funding Alliance from the Business Development Center at UW Bothell where she provided consultation to small business owners and linked business students with consulting projects. Before she moved to the West Coast, Kristen worked as a Project Director for the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, which provides consulting and training services to community-based non-profits. She managed several government and foundation grants, including an initiative to examine capacity building in Native American communities and the development of curricula for leadership and community development. Kristen spent the prior three years working as a volunteer with the Peace Corps, where she headed up a number of initiatives in a small Nicaraguan community. Kristen's educational background includes an MBA from University of Washington and degrees in Environmental Science and Spanish from Middlebury College, VT. When she’s not at WFA, Kristen can be found running around with her husband and two young kids in West Seattle.
Leslie Wallace
Development Operations Coordinator
leslie@wfalliance.org
Leslie joined the staff of Women’s Funding Alliance in 2006 and plays a vital leadership role in WFA’s development and communications activities. As the Development Operations Coordinator she manages the database, donor acknowledgements, assists with special events, author's key reports, and coordinates mass communication pieces. She has been a volunteer and advocate for a handful of agencies in the Puget Sound region focused on youth and family issues. Before coming to WFA, Leslie worked for Social Justice Fund Northwest as a Development Assistant. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington and has earned her Fundraising Management Certificate from University of Washington Extension Program. When she is not in the office, Leslie enjoys swimming, bowling, and consignment shopping in Ballard.

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