Leadership

Girls Inc. PNW highly benefits from the experience, insight, and dedication from our staff and volunteer board members.

Board and staff leadership are dedicated to assuring high-impact services for our program participants throughout Oregon and Washington. We set bold goals and clear strategic direction to help us achieve these goals.

Additionally, we are also governed under a commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and as such this is made clear in our DEI statement here.

Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest (PNW), is seeking applicants for our Board of Directors.

To learn more and apply, download the application. Competed applications may be emailed to info@girlsincpnw.org.

Mary Kay Petersen

President & Board Chair

Julie Kearney

VP & Secretary
Principal Consultant, Acuity HR Inc.

Mary Segesta

Treasurer
Director, Azure Marketing, Microsoft

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Gwen Turner

DEI & Board Development Officer

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Jessica Hewitt

Fund Development Chair
Market Manager for Portland and SW Washington, Bank of America

Brandi Frye

Marketing & Communications Chair
Corporate Vice President, Marketing, Qorvo

Sarala Paliwal

STEAM Chair
Sr. Engineering Director, Siemens EDA

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Jill Rankin

Vice President, Integrated Retail Marketing, Nike

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Marti Pozzi

Senior Partner, Altus Alliance

Melissa Anderson

Second Vice President, Shared Services, The Standard