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Elizabeth has worked at the Lakewood Senior Activity Center for a little over a year. The City of Lakewood recently assumed operation of the Senior Center as of July of last year. The Center is broadening its focus into wellness by adding a health & fitness component and an Outdoor Recreation program. Elizabeth feels it is imperative for Older Adults to be active, as it is the key to staying independent. Her Center has quite a variety of programs, "something for everyone." Elizabeth previously worked at the YMCA for almost 13 years with older adults in health and fitness. She has experience with YMCA of the USA doing trainings for instructors who work with Older Adults. She is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Health & Fitness Instructor. Elizabeth also has her BS in Physical Education-Exercise Science from the University of Oregon. Elizabeth has a wonderful husband and two beautiful children ages nine and 21 months. She enjoys running and scrapbooking… if she ever has any spare time. Elizabeth brings enthusiasm and energy to our Board. Elizabeth Scheid-- Membership Vincent (Vince) Guerrero
Vince has been on the WSASC Board for 3 years. His first board position was Fundraising and after two years moved into the Chair Position. He now holds the Past Chair position and provides support to the current chair. Vince has been very active with the WSASC and has worked to expand the WSASC’s vision and goals. He and a group of dedicated WSASC members hosted the 2009 Conference in Pasco, WA. The Conference was dynamic and well attended. The 2009 conference had a record number of sponsor dollars donated. It also had a record number of Scholarship recipients and had its first two College attendees, one from EWU and one from CWU. Vince keeps busy outside of the Senior Center. He enjoys outdoor recreation, hunting, and camping. He stays active with weight lifting, jogging, and soccer. And he loves motorcycle riding, too. Pasco Senior Center
Antonia and her husband have two sons and one irresistible granddaughter. She spends her free time reading, traveling with friends, hanging out at Pacific Raceway with her husband and spending quality grandma time Antonia Kerney—NISC Bo Du
Jacob McGee Jacob is excited to be a member of the WSASC Advisory Board. He brings to WSASC his varied experience working with many different senior populations. Previous to working at ECSC, Jacob was an Adult Day Health Center Activity Specialist with Senior Services in Seattle. He also was the Activity Director at Hearthstone Cottage Retirement and Assisted Living Community in Ellensburg for 3 years. Jacob graduated from Central Washington University in 2001 with a Bachelors of Science in Gerontology with minors in Sociology and Family Studies. Jacob lives in Woodinville with his wonderful wife of 7 years, a loud parrot, and their Westie and Scottie dogs, who are lucky enough to come to work with him everyday at the Senior Center. Jacob loves reading, mountain biking, and his new obsession, restoring his 1969 Ford Econoline Camper Van. Jacob McGee—Fundraising & Sponsorships Rocky Kirwin
Rocky attended the University of Washington for a couple of years before transferring to Eastern Washington University where he received a degree in Recreation Management in June of 1997. He was born and raised in Spokane WA and attended Shadle Park High School. Go Highlanders! Rocky Kirwin - Treasurer
Kathleen has a son, Jonathan, who is currently attending community college. In her spare time, Kathleen loves to read and garden and swim her morning laps. Kathleen is looking forward to working on the board. She hopes her experience in both the city funded and the non profit senior arenas coupled with her work with senior lunch programs, will assist in her role on the board. SeaTac Senior Program
Jennifer attended Arizona State University, graduating with a B.S. in Exercise Science and Wellness. Although she has many years experience in youth programming and aquatics, the Buckley Senior Center has been her first experience working with older adults. She is new to the WSASC Board and very excited to get involved and help grow our organization. Jennifer currently lives in Bonney Lake about 3 miles from where she grew up. In her spare time she enjoys boating, skiing, and travel with her husband and family. Sue Hilberg,
Sue has worked with seniors for more than 12 years, beginning her career at the Enumclaw Senior Activity Center as the Recreation Coordinator, and now as the Senior Services Manager for the City of Bonney Lake. “Working with seniors has made me realize what is truly important in my life. Life is short, eat dessert first! They have made such an impact on my professional and personal life; I feel as if I have a really big family. To have the honor to share in so many lives and to learn the lessons taught so freely by the seniors that surround me every day is a blessing.” Sue attended Oregon State University prior to starting a family, and having now raised her family-- Aimee-24, Emily-20, and Amanda-20-- plans to return to finish her degree this winter. In the spare time that Sue enjoys, she hikes, skis, camps and travels to Mexico as often as possible. Eileen McKenzie Sullivan David Schmidt Katrina Kell Katrina Kell Chris Quimby
Chris is looking forward to helping with fundraising for WSASC. He has some experience with sponsorship with various programs and events at the Senior Services, and asking for money isn’t as hard as it used to be, so he feels excited about expanding on that at both Senior Services and with the WSASC. Chris graduated from the University of Montana in 1996 with Bachelors of Arts degrees in Radio/Television Production and Sociology. He lives in Olympia, Washington, and enjoys spending time with his many friends and his sister’s family (Being an uncle was the reason Chris moved to the area back in 1997). Chris also enjoys yoga, reading, playing the guitar, singing, hiking and cooking, and thoroughly enjoys playing the saxophone with the Senior Rock and Roll Choir, which would make him a professional musician, now wouldn’t it?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How well do you know your board? Elizabeth Scheid Jennifer Bacon Emily Happy David Schmidt Sue Hilberg Bo Du Kathleen Cummings Antonia Kerney Rocky Kirwin Jacob McGee Vince Guerrero |
Elizabeth
is new to the Association and to the Board. Her role on the board
is to coordinate membership. She is very excited about her position,
as she enjoys networking with other Senior Center Professionals. “I wanted to learn creative programming
ideas and problem solving from others,” Elizabeth explains. “My
passion is working with older adults where I feel like I can make
a difference.” 
Antonia is the Corporate Program Director for Village Concepts, Inc., offering independent and assisted living, and affordable housing options throughout our state. In her current position, Antonia works with Program Managers to develop active lifestyle choices for residents working closely with community partners. Antonia accepted this position after being the Senior Program Director for the Maple Valley Community Center for 8 years so she could bring her knowledge of senior issues to senior housing and impact a greater number of people. She has been a member of WSASC for over eight years, 5 of those years as a board member. As our NISC representative she serves on the Public Policy committee, making sure our members are kept current on the latest issues coming from the other Washington.
Bo has been with the City of Burien Parks and Recreation Senior Program for over 2 years. She’s managed the Navy’s community center in Yokosuka, Japan for 3 years before returning to her hometown in the Burien area. Having worked with all ages, she admits that she enjoys seniors the most as “they are the easiest to work with and likes to sit and visit” which makes for a busier, but speedier work day for her. “Although we run the same programs almost daily, no one-day is the same as the next, which makes for a far more interesting adventure at work.” This is her first time on the board and hopes to continue the levels of greatness and success of her predecessors.
Jacob McGee is the Program Coordinator at the East County Senior Center in Monroe. His creative drive and energy fuel his passion for working with older adults. He has worked at ECSC for 5 years.
Rocky Kirwin has been working with Seniors for over ten years. He is a new member of the board and currently works for the City of Auburn Senior Program as a Recreation Coordinator. He began his tenure with Auburn in February of 07 after spending nine years working for the City of SeaTac Senior Program. He coordinates many different classes, trips, sports, and special events. Rocky feels lucky to have worked with so many great seniors in South King County. 
Kathleen has been the Senior Services Coordinator of the City of SeaTac Senior Program for 14 years. She finds her work fun and rewarding – with lots of challenges along the way. Kathleen was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time and started with the program at it’s very infancy. She has enjoyed watching the program expand and evolve into the vibrant one it is today. Prior to SeaTac, Kathleen was the director of a non profit Senior Center in Seattle. She is a northwest transplant, born and raised in Connecticut. Her work there including managing a Title 111 C nutrition project in south west Connecticut.
Jennifer is the Recreation Services Director for the City of Buckley. Along with running the daily operations at the Senior Center, she also supervises the Youth Activities Center, Parks, and Cemetery Departments. She has been with the City of Buckley for almost 4 years. Prior to working for the City of Buckley, Jennifer was a Recreation Coordinator for the city of Coolidge, Arizona and worked as a supervisor and trainer for Swimkids USA. 
Sue decided to jump into the fray with both feet this year, taking on the role of Membership and Conference Chair at the same time. Fortunately, she has several great volunteers already on board to help with what is shaping up to be a fantastic conference. 
David Schmidt is the Senior Program Coordinator for the City Of Federal Way. David has been with the City of Federal since May of 2004, when he started as an intern. It wasn’t until May of 2006 that David became the Senior Services Coordinator and found his true passion, working with seniors. He coordinates numerous trips, activities and events out of the new Federal Way Community Center.
My name is Katrina Kell, Coordinator at the Senior Adult Activity Center in Ellensburg, Washington. I graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in Recreation and Tourism. While attending school I did an internship at the Adult Activity Center. From that experience I realized I wanted to continue to work with seniors. After college I worked for three years at an assisted living facility in Yakima as the Life Engagement Coordinator. A temporary position as coordinator opened at the AAC, I applied for the job and was hired. Ten months later the position became permanent.
Chris Quimby comes to his work as Director of the Lacey and Olympia Senior Centers from a history of working in Human Services. Graduating from University of Montana with Bachelors in Sociology and Radio and Television Production, Chris brought his passion for working with people and communication skills to all his work positions. Beginning as a caregiver providing in-home care while he was in college, Chris learned the joys of working with older adults. He became the coordinator of a three county Volunteer Chore Services program, recruiting volunteers and matching them to seniors in need. In 2004, Chris became the manager of the new Lacey Senior Center. He brought creativity, positive energy and enjoyment of others to this small, relatively new (one year old) center. When the Director of the Olympia Senior Center retired, Chris became the program director overseeing both the Olympia and Lacey Senior Centers. Chris supervises a staff of 6 full and part-time people to provide a wide array of classes, programs and services to the older adults of Thurston County. His strengths of being an excellent listener and a hard worker combine with his sense of humor to help him excel at leading both senior centers with a combined membership of over 2,000. 
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