Board of Directors
Cathy Carl, Vice President
Cathy Carl is VP and Associate Director of US Communications for global advertising agency DDB Worldwide. In that capacity, she is responsible for managing the agency's reputation with the media and other key stakeholders. Prior to DDB Worldwide, Cathy worked at myriad communications agencies including DDB Seattle, Play, and The Martin Agency.
Before joining the Board of Powerful Voices, Cathy was active in her community via her multi-year involvement in Passages Northwest. In her spare time, she's an avid cyclist with a tattered passport and a serious case of wanderlust for developing nations.
Cathy earned her BA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism. And while she's a fervent Tar Heel, Seattle is her home - although she miss lightening bugs, people who know BBQ is a noun involving pork and not a verb, and getting gussied up to attend football games.
Marti Richardson Casey
Marti Richardson Casey is a marketing and communications consultant to organizations in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which encompasses public policy issues in addition to community engagement and investment. Ms. Casey has spent the past 15 years working with Microsoft’s Legal and Corporate Affairs group focusing on public affairs and policy issues.
Marti was born and raised on the East Coast. She came west to attend the University of Southern California and has never looked back. She is passionate about young women living their lives with the confidence to make the decisions that will lead to a fulfilling journey. Marti lives with her extraordinary husband, Paul, and Puff the magic dog in West Seattle.
Cedric Davis, President
Cedric is a Partnership Manager at Casey Family Programs - the nation's largest operating foundation entirely focused on foster care. In this role, my aim is to develop the capacity of national non-profit organizations to better serve and advocate for youth and families impacted by the child welfare system.
Prior to Casey Family Programs, Cedric was Director of Sales and Marketing at Emphasis Products, a start-up focused on marketing and selling juvenile products. Cedric's professional experience and education are in business marketing, sales and customer service.
Cedric has been a board member of Powerful Voices since January of 2005.
The only thing that Cedric loves to do more than golf is spend quality time with family and friends. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Marketing in 1995 from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and his M.B.A. in 2008 from Seattle Pacific University.
Maureen Emerson Feit
Maureen is the Associate Director at Community Schools Collaboration, which works to ensure that all students- regardless of income- have the opportunity to graduate and pursue the college and career of their dreams. She also holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan, and serves as adjunct faculty at the Seattle University Nonprofit Leadership program. She has more than 15 years experience in nonprofit management and development. Her long-standing commitment to social justice has led her to work with many innovative nonprofits advocating for gender and racial equity.
Maureen's belief in the vision of Powerful Voices began in 2002 when she joined the staff for three years. She has witnessed how PV helps girls to become strong women, and is proud to come full circle to now serve PV as a board member.
Samantha Funk
Biography coming soon.
Linda Jenkins
Linda is a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Bain. She emigrated from the UK with her husband in 1979, traveling across the States (from NY to CA) on a 1954 antique motorbike and sidecar. She moved to WA in 1992 with her family. Believing and living the mantra "you can be whatever you want to be" she has had a variety of occupations: engineer, midwife, physical therapist, school bus driver and tax consultant.
Linda was introduced to Powerful Voices by her daughter who was an intern. The cause inspired her and she began volunteering, utilizing skills she has honed during her 10 years as a PTA executive. Having helped raise two amazing strong women and growing up in an East Indian family she understands the importance of having a voice and the confidence to change your surroundings. She believes that Powerful Voices is a catalyst for action in the lives of the girls it touches.
Jessica Jones, Secretary
Jessica Jones has been with CityClub - a nonprofit, non-partisan civic education organization - since 2005 and currently serves as Program and Operations Manager. Jessica aides in forming the strategic vision for CityClub; much of her work focuses on guiding CityClub's all-volunteer programming committees. Here she welcomes the opportunity to put her strong belief in the power of participatory democracy into action through CityClub's authentic and lively programming and program formation process. A proud "Washingtonian", Jessica was born in Spokane and lived throughout the state before settling in Seattle in 2004. She graduated from Oberlin College where, as a Cole Scholar in Electoral Politics, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Politics with a minor in Law & Society. Other work experience includes grassroots organizing for several women candidates and elected officials, from City Council to U.S. Senate. Jessica believes strongly that our future lies in promoting the empowerment of young girls and is excited about being a part of Powerful Voices and its bright future. In her spare time Jessica revels in the rich civic, arts and music scenes in Seattle. Her true joy is in cooking for friends and family and enjoying lively conversation while breaking bread with loved ones.
Brooke Pinkham
Brooke Pinkham is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce (Niimiipuu) and grew up in Wapato, Washington on the Yakama Indian reservation in south central Washington State. Brooke is a staff attorney for the Northwest Justice Project (NJP), a non-profit law firm serving low-income individuals with civil legal needs in Washington State. Brooke works specifically within NJP's Native American Unit, and specializes in tribal and federal Indian law. Brooke has served the Native American community the majority of the time that she has lived in Seattle (14 years). Brooke has served on various boards of non-profits organizations, and from 2002 - 2004 worked for the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) advocating the rights of Native American youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Brooke earned her BA from the University of Washington in 2001, and the her Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington in 2007. In her spare time, you will find Brooke outdoors either hiking, biking, or camping with her loved ones. Brooke is a Husky through and through, and it's not a coincidence that purple her favorite color. Go Huskies!
Melanie Roberson
Melanie Roberson comes to Powerful Voices with twenty years of education and community development experience. Originally from Denver, CO, Melanie graduated with honors from Wesleyan University, where she studied African American Studies and Government. After serving in various community development and educational leadership roles, she earned a Masters in Education Policy, Research and Administration from Harvard University. Currently she manages content development for corporate trainers. Melanie has lived in several large urban cities in the United States and has traveled extensively around the world to places like Africa, India and Brazil, and her work and travel to these places has made her deeply passionate about issues of social justice. As a former high school teacher, she is also dedicated to working to for high quality education for poverty-stricken children in her community and around the world. In addition to her role on the PV board, she is a committed mentor for high school youth, and volunteers her time with several local, national and international organizations that serve the educational and health needs of women and people of color.
Jane Shanklin
Jane Shanklin owns her own business, Contratto, Inc., a consulting resource helping companies find marketing, brand and advertising solutions. After 30+ years in marketing and communications, both agency and client-side, Jane now applies that experience working for companies in a variety of industries. Prior to this, Jane was with Starbucks as VP Creative & Brand Communications and in the wireless and advertising industries for many years.
Before joining the Board of Powerful Voices, Jane was on the Board of Trustees for the Seattle Repertory Theatre and an avid theatre-goer for over 20 years. A Northwest native, Jane enjoys people, animals, skiing, sailing and spending time with her best friend and husband, Jim.
Leslee Treleven
Biography coming soon.