Board of Directors

Nancy Aldrich

President

City Special Projects Coordinator, Public Works. Local government experience, contracts and construction.

Start Date 12/2013

Mike Saran

Vice President

Retired Business owner. Extensive experience with other non-profit human services. Drives for Meals on Wheels in Richland.

Start date 9/13.

Michelle Wright

Treasurer

Insurance Broker. Extensive involvement with other local nonprofits.

Start Date 10/2013.

Kevin Husted

Member

Insurance industry representative with expertise in community affairs and senior issues and services, S.E. Washington.

Start Date 3/2015

(Original Start date 10/2004).

Richard Burklin

Member

Retired Senior Health Physicist.  Held professional and managerial positions with several large corporations.

Start Date 11/2014

Marty Gardner

Member

Career operations executive in food industry; state and local board leadership covering economic development and nonprofits.

Start Date 12/2015.

Dave Sanford

Member

Retired Human Resources Executive with Lamb Weston. Active involvement with a number of local non-profits, as board member, volunteer, and fundraiser. Drives for Meals on Wheels in Benton City.

Start Date 10/2016

Nick Castorina

Member

Nick is a semi-retired business owner who has lived in the Tri-Cities for nearly 40 years. He has specialized in project management, project control systems, and contract resolution. Nick puts these skills to use as a volunteer for several local Boards of Directors, including Senior Life Resources NW for the Fowler Street Campus construction project. He’s on the Finley route as a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels.

Start 1/2017

Sharon Lute

Member

Sharon has been a licensed attorney for thirty years in CA, WA and D.C.; Government Contracting Officer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and vitrification technology; Deputy Program Manager for F-16 equipment and training program; Procurement Manager for Tomahawk and MD-11 engineering and manufacturing; government audit liaison for accounting systems and $2.1B program costs justification.

Start date 12/17

Wendy Krause

Member

Wendy grew up in Richland and after two decades of working in geriatric care in Western WA, is happy to be back to our great community.

She has practiced restorative and palliative care as a medical massage therapist and has worked with countless families to assess health and financial needs for long-term care placement, with a special emphasis on the frail and dementia population.

Wendy now serves as the community outreach manager at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, where she is our region’s interventionist for UW HealthLinks.

Start date 1/18

Gail Middleton

Member

Gail is a professional guardian for seniors providing a safe living placement, proper medical support and financial protection for vulnerable adults in our community. She has been a very active member of many local nonprofits that have supported people of all ages.

Start date 9/17