Kristi Slette
Executive Director
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The important work of WFCN includes convening and connecting diverse people and their perspectives around significant issues that impact the lives of children, families and communities. We hold space in community for change to spark and catalyze. I value discussion as action, use of strength-based perspective and creativity as a source of solutions and dreams for our children, families and communities.
I come to the staff with over 30 years of human services experience in public safety, civic engagement, adult education, and non-profit management. I have a heart for providing children love and safety in families and communities and a personal understanding of the impact adverse childhood experiences can have on individuals and families.
I enjoy time with family and friends. I love camping, kayaking, biking casually, walking and swimming for exercise. I attend church and community events that further develop my spiritual and social relationships. I enjoy listening to music and creating things.
Danielle Humphreys
MAD HOPE
Youth Suicide Prevention and Wellness Specialist
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Danielle is the Youth Suicide Prevention and Wellness Specialist for M.A.D. ~ H.O.P.E. and comes with a strong youth serving background focused on growth, leadership development, social justice, and spirituality. She has worked with youth and families for 20 years and is a passionate advocate for healthy, empowered and resilient youth and communities. Danielle enjoys growing and eating food, nurturing and beholding the beauty of the natural world, being part of a faith community, being creative and listening to music. She’s mom to 3 kids, 2 dogs, and lots of plant babies.
Jackie Posner
CONNECTED Youth Mental Well-Being Coordinator VISTA
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Jackie serves as the CONNECTED Youth Mental Well-Being Coordinator at the Whatcom Family and Community Network. She graduated from Western Washington University in Winter 2019 with an interdisciplinary degree involving somatic psychology and animal-assisted therapy. She works closely with M.A.D.-H.O.P.E. and is passionate about supporting youth. Jackie enjoys doing activities outdoors, reading, and spending time with animals, especially her cat Peaches.
Janae Hodge
Youth Outreach Coordinator
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Whatcom County is rich with natural beauty and community resources. It’s important to me that everyone who lives here enjoys this beautiful place and feels a sense of belonging to the community. My work with youth focuses on connecting them with each other, caring adults and the community. WFCN as an organization wraps its arms around our children and believes in their potential as future leaders.
I have over 25 years of work with youth in public schools from pre-K through high school age, 17 of those years in Bellingham. Additionally, I’m bilingual in English-Spanish and have a strong connection to the Hispanic community in Bellingham.
To build my own resilience, I work hard to remind myself to take time for me. When I do, my favorite ways to treat myself are hiking, yoga, Zumba and salsa dancing, cooking, reading, and gardening.
Kristin Danielson
Administrative and Program Coordinator
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At Whatcom Family and Community Network, we are really committed to people being at the center of our community and its solutions. I am impressed at WFCN’s impetus and success in having new conversations in a new way that create space for something new to grow. Connecting care for people with the clarity that we still have work to do, has us be able to move forward together.
Growing up in South Dakota, while also having lived in places across our country and world, I embrace the diversity of ways that life can be lived, and am clear that we can live it together. In the words of Storypeople, “I don’t think of it as working for world peace, he said. I think of it as just trying to get along in a really big strange family”. With over 10 years of experience in non-profit organizations, I have held roles including community organizer, administrator, and fundraiser. I am excited to have found a home here in Bellingham at Whatcom Family and Community Network.
I love spending time with my partner and little kiddos. As someone who loves music and dancing, I try to do that as much as possible – be it at my house, out on the town or during the Zumba classes I teach. Bellingham is really one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever lived (and I’ve moved a lot) – so I really enjoy gardening and going for walks around town.
Lisa Moulds
Whatcom Prevention Coalition Coordinator/
Prevention Manager
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Lisa Moulds
Whatcom Prevention Coalition Coordinator/
Prevention Manager
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My primary role as Whatcom Prevention Coordinator involves bringing together a wide range of professionals, parents, youth, family members, teachers, counselors and others committed to preventing youth substance abuse and youth suicide while promoting healthy development for youth in our community. My professional background includes peace education work, supporting youth, communities and schools, and serving the elderly, people with developmental disabilities, and survivors of domestic violence.
I build my resiliency by spending time with my family, singing, walking outdoors, reading and appreciating the beauty in our community. I also remind myself to breath deeply!
Wa’Lynn Sheridan
Mt. Baker Community Coalition Coordinator
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Whatcom Family & Community Network builds strong families and youth by tapping into the strengths of the leaders in the community. The empowering process of emerging these leaders and creating opportunity for individuals to overcome and build resilience together is a mighty force. Our work in the Mt. Baker/Columbia Valley area is especially dear to my heart. I am so blessed to witness the transformation of the community, in which I live and have grown to love, and equally blessed to work with so many individuals with hearts of gold, who pour themselves out in service to others.
My experience working with youth in a peer counseling setting, as well as many close relationships with individuals struggling with addiction and family struggles allows me to bring a unique perspective of the struggles families and youth face in this time. This has also equipped me with wisdom for offering appropriate resources that meet real needs.
Whatcom County is a great place to build resilience! Connecting with God in His creation, through running, hiking, and kayaking gives me stamina, peace and gratitude. Resilience is meant to be shared! I believe it is best built when we learn to be gentle with ourselves and others. I do this by spending time with my sisters and sharing the tough but rewarding journey of motherhood. Additionally, equipping youth with life skills, keeps resilience alive in me.
Hannah McDermott
Community Capacity Coordinator VISTA
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Bio update coming soon!
