Our Team

Goers is a wife, mother of 4 daughters and grandmother for 4. She has been in the financial services industry for 25+ years and values the impact that non-profits and social service agency bring to the community. As a community volunteer, she has served in many areas to be an advocate for community members whose voices have not been heard. She enjoys family time and travel, when she’s not serving she’s planning family vacations.

Prior to her current position, Natasha was a community mentor with the YMCA’s Evening Center program where she worked with youthful offenders to help them get disconnected from the criminal justice system and briefly worked as a contract Public Defender in Bonney Lake Municipal Court. In 2014, Natasha completed her undergraduate program, earning a Bachelor of Science in Human Services with honors, and went on to attend Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she earned her Juris Doctor in 2017. During her time at Regent Law, she focused on community support work as the Law Student Section Chair with the Southampton Roads Bar Association; held the offices of the Chair and Attorney General of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA); and earned three awards for her community advocacy: 2016 Law Student of the Year, South Hampton Roads Bar Association; 2017 Regent University School of Law Community Changer Award; and 2017 Equal Justice Works Public Interest Law Student Award. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Communication & Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. In her down time, Natasha enjoys taking long drives, spending time with her family (especially her youngest nephew) and reading

As a pastor and director of Heart to Heart Connections, an outreach ministry that builds strong families, Michael is a proven leader with strong ties to the community and leads by example. He currently serves at-risk youth at an alternative school in Seattle, mentors the teens and had led the truancy program. In the past, Michael was a successful house parent for teenage girls in an emancipation program in Portland Oregon called Give Us This Day. He has a heart for youth and has maintained positive relationships with them well into adulthood. Michael has been happily married for 33 years and has two adult sons.

As a Sr. Consultant with over 15 years of experience in business and technology related projects Lynnette brings technology and analytical skills to the board. She is also the committee chair for Kent Covenant Church’s Love Mercy Do Justice committee which focuses on serving the local community. Outside of work she is a mother of one and loves music and literature. Growing up she was surrounded by family members who were adopted or fostered by her grandmother, and from an early age she has had a passion to be involved in the community in a similar way. God’s purpose for our lives is not fragile, and sometimes we just need someone to help guide us so we can take on the world. As a board member of Eileen and Callie’s Place she will apply her gifts to support young women bridge the gap and find their place in this world.