UDECC Board of Trustees

President: Ivan L. Hutton, Ph.D.

Ivan Hutton is Associate Dean and Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Seattle University, where he has worked for 17 years. His M.A. in Philosophy is from Gonzaga, his M.Div. in Theology is from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and his doctorate in Administration and Policy Analysis is from Stanford.

Vice President: G. Franklin Shirbroun, Ph.D.

The owner of Live Oak Booksellers, an online rare book business, G. Franklin Shirbroun has taught at Episcopal Theological School at Claremont, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Seattle Pacific University. His doctorate is from Princeton Theological Seminary. Past community service includes friends of the library groups and heading an agency for stroke survivors.

Secretary: Ann Berner

Ann Berner is an avionics systems and airplane safety engineer with an S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (avionics program) from M.I.T. After having worked at Universal Avionics, Boeing, and Hughes Aircraft (Radar Systems), she founded and is Principal of Transport Safety Engineering in Seattle.

Treasurer: Dale Hoff

Dale Hoff is Owner and President of Hoff Construction Company. He has taught high school English and has served on several nonprofit boards and committees, most recently spending four years on the Futures Planning Team of University Temple United Methodist Church.

Sinan Demirel, Ph.D.

Sinan Demirel is Executive Director of ROOTS Young Adult Shelter, serving the U District homeless community. Degrees in philosophy and religion from Iowa State and Vanderbilt, respectively, preceded his University of Washington graduate degrees in sociology. He serves on a variety of city and county committees on homelessness, health care, and at-risk youth.

Donna M. Dockter

Pharmacist/owner of Sand Point Clinic Pharmacy, Donna Dockter also is on the Clinical Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, was on the Seattle Indian Health Board, and was head pharmacist at the Seattle-King County Health Department’s North District Clinic. She has served on various health-related boards and professional associations.

John Gienapp, Ph.D.

Rev. John Gienapp, retired clergyman, teacher, and university administrator, was most recently Director of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Nonprofit boards on which he has served include those of Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, Samaritan Center in Evanston, Illinois, and Foss Home and Village in Seattle.

Deborah Giles

Deborah Giles is a Pathology Assistant at Northwest Pathology Services in Seattle. She has taught anatomy, physiological chemistry, and pathophysiology at community colleges. Her B.S. in chemistry and M.S. in physiology are from the University of Florida; she also holds a B.S. in physical therapy from University of Maryland’s School of Medicine.

Darel Grothaus

Darel Grothaus has been Interim Executive Director of Washington Association of Churches, Director of Community Development for the City of Seattle, Vice President and Community Reinvestment Manager for Pacific First Savings, and a President of Bank of America. He holds an M.A. in Urban Finance and is a licensed CPA.

Karen Ko

Karen Ko is Neighborhood District Coordinator for the University Neighborhood Service Center, City of Seattle. She works with neighborhoods throughout the northeast district, but focuses on the U District and is especially intrigued by the challenges of its conflicting constituencies - homeless youth, homeowners, businesses, the University of Washington.

Judy Lightfoot, Ph.D.

After 35 years of teaching English at secondary and college levels, Judy Lightfoot became Founding Head of Eastside Preparatory School in Kirkland, Washington. Most recently she was Interim Director at the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Seattle. She is an active fundraiser and volunteer in community social service nonprofits.

Wayne McCleskey

Rev. Wayne H. McCleskey, M.Th., LMFT, is an ordained United Methodist Minister who has served as director of the Wesley Foundation since 1987. He is also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with a private practice in the Hawthorne Hills area of Seattle.

David Meekhof

David Meekhof has been President of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, and Executive of the Presbyterian Church Alaska-Northwest Synod. Now retired, he served as Board President for the Church Council of Greater Seattle and is on the advisory board of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry.

Jack Olive

Rev. Jack D. Olive is Interim Associate Dean for Ecumenical Relations at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry. His ecumenical involvement includes the Church Council of Greater Seattle, the American Jewish Committee, Children of Abraham Dialogue Group, and Seattle Jewish Christian Clergy Dialogue Group.

Jon Olson

Jon B. Olson, FAHP, is on the board of Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Washington. A strategic resource development consultant, he has served as an officer of Swedish Medical Center Foundation, Seattle, and a Lutheran World Federation team member advising the Palestine Authority on establishing a health system for their emerging nation.

Dan Peterson

Dan Peterson is sternwheeler Queen of the West’s Columbia River Historian on cruises between Portland, Astoria, and Lewiston, Idaho. He taught history at Olympic, Highline, and Seattle Community Colleges, is Past President of the Washington State Association of Historians, and has served with many professional associations and nonprofits.

Tom Quigley

Tom Quigley was most recently President-Director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. Now retired, he serves on several nonprofit boards and on committees of the United Way of King County. A graduate of the University of Chicago's Divinity School, he is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Michael Shaw

Michael Shaw, formerly Assistant Auditor with the State Auditor’s Office Higher Education Team in Seattle, is Business Manager at North Seattle Community College and is a CPA. He serves on the board of ROOTS Young Adult Shelter and has provided audit services and prepared financial statements for many nonprofit social agencies.

top photo: Members of the UDECC Board of Trustees