Meet the Team

The People Powered Workforce Initiate was a collaborative effort with shared leadership. The Design Team was responsible for the overall project design, facilitating focus groups, analyzing the data, and drafting the report. They did so with the help of other experts who contributed specific skills and expertise.

Design Team

  • Alison Ball, Ph.D.

    Tribal Government Chair and Health & Human Services Chair, Nespelem District Representative, Colville Confederated Tribes

  • Susan Barbeau, MPA (she/her)

    CEO & Founder, Follow the Knowing

  • Shivon Brite, MBA

    President & CEO, Namákota,

  • Nucha Isarowong, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E® (he/him)

    Director of the Advanced Clinical Training (ACT) Program at the Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health at the University of Washington

  • Brian Knowles, Psy.D (he/him)

    Brian Knowles, Psy.D

    MentalHealth Consultant at BrightSpark Early Learning Services

  • Domitila (Domy) Morales, LICSW

    Community-Minded Enterprises, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant with the Holding Hope program through Childcare Aware of Washington

  • Monica Oxford, MSW, Ph.D. (she/her)

    Research Professor and Executive Director of the Barnard Center at the University of Washington.

  • Sharon Shadwell, LMHC (she/her)

    Founder & CEO, The Practice Northwest

Other Contributors

  • Christine Cole, LICSW, IMH-E® (she/her)

    Infant Mental Health Mentor (Clinical) and Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Program Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority

  • Emily Davenport, MS (She/Her)

    Communications & Data Consultant

  • Jennifer Rees, MSW, IMH-E®

    Promoting First Relationships® (PFR), Barnard Center, University of Washington School of Nursing

  • Joyce Yang, MSW (she/her)

    Program Manager of the Advanced Clinical Training (ACT) Program at the Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health at the University of Washington

  • Kate Basart

    Owner, Director: Union Pageworks Design Studio