Church Council Staff
Kimberly Dominguez-Barranco | Immigrant Accompaniment Organizer
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Joey Lopez | Community Organizer; Lead, Faith Land Initiative
Joey lives into his purpose as a facilitator, trainer, and community organizer at The Church Council of Greater Seattle. As a trainer, facilitator, and organizer, Joey strives to embody the values he has learned throughout his life and the intersections of his experiences. Joey’s upbringing in a rural southern community, constantly hearing “sit down and stay awhile,” nurtured his value of deep, authentic relationships. His kinship with LGBTQ elders reminds him of the importance of persistence and bringing others along the journey toward liberation. And, the generations of resilience modeled by his Puerto Rican ancestors inspire him to sustain the work in new ways. In his moments of play and rest, you can find Joey spending time in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle with his partner, Dustin, and dog, Baldwin, reading queer fiction and/or science-fiction, and spending quality time with family and friends.
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Tara Miller | Operations Manager
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Michael Ramos | Executive Director
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Cinda Stenger | Development Lead
When not in service to her community, you could find Cinda in service to her garden attempting to grow her own vegetables, learning to cook various cuisines (South Asian is currently her favorite exploration for plant-based deliciousness), hiking up to a waterfall, or hanging out with friends and family over a delicious meal.
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E.N. West | Organizer & Co-Founder, Faith Land Initiative
E feels called to community organizing as both a vocation and way of life. They are also deeply committed to lifelong leadership formation. To those ends, they’re currently: Outside of vocational work, they enjoy staying embodied through boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, calisthenics, hiking, and biking. They love and live in South Seattle.
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Staff photos by Max Shaw Photos.
Church Council Board of Directors
Rev. Jenn Hagedorn Pastor Jenn (she, her) was born in the Pacific Northwest and grew up among the evergreen trees and mountains of the Northern Cascades. Her early experiences of church were in the justice-seeking, progressive church community of Northshore United Church of Christ. While she felt the call to ministry early in life, Jenn took a more circuitous route. She received her bachelor’s degree in Human Services and Rehabilitation from Western Washington University and her master’s degree in public health from the University of Washington before attending Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She currently serves as pastor at Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Issaquah, WA. Jenn has worked as an anti-racist trainer, community organizer, chaplain in hospital and skilled nursing setting, social justice liaison, and associate for stewardship and congregational life. She first got to know the Church Council of Greater Seattle as a Justice Leadership Program Intern working on economic justice and workers rights. Jenn is thrilled to return to CCGS to support their unfolding mission and is grateful to be a part of their faith-based, community-organizing approach to the important justice issues of our day. |
J. Vince Larkin | President
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Steve Pomeroy | Treasurer
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Deborah C. Towner
Deborah spent the bulk of her career as a Senior Vice President with General Electric managing one of their commercial real estate investment departments. There she managed a nationwide team involved in mortgage financing, equity acquisitions and securitization of investment grade properties in the $2 million to $50 million size range with annual volumes of $2 billion. This career blessed Deborah with deep management and leadership skills both strategic and operational. Deborah had a second creative degree and career in architectural interiors and worked for a commercial Architectural firm downtown Seattle for nearly a decade. She is now fully retired. Deborah has been a member of Community of Christ all her life. She is currently serving as administrative lead on the pastorate team at her congregation and also serves on the world church’s investment advisory board. Deborah has served in many capacities over the years such as worship director, finance officer, camp director and counselor and others. She is fully committed to Community of Christ’s enduring principles and mission initiatives and lovingly walks with her faith community every day.
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