Staff

Brock Howell
Executive Director
425-780-6052
brock@everettstationdistrict.com

Board of Directors

• Alvaro Guillen, Chair (Connect Casino Road), since Jan. 2026

• Mary Anne Dillon, Vice Chair (YWCA Snohomish County), since Jan. 2024

• Amber Harrington, Treasurer (Bauer Evans/Madrona Financial), since Sept. 2024

• Joe Sievers, Secretary (Everett Downtown Storage), since 2021

• Roland Behee (Community Transit), since Jan. 2019

• Victor Caesar (Housing Authority of Snohomish County), since Jan. 2026

• Julio Cortes (State Legislator), since Jan. 2026

• Tony Hernandez (Los Gavilanes), since Jan. 2026

• Bobby Thompson (Housing Consortium of Everett & Snohomish County) since Jan. 2026

Affiliations listed for identification purposes only — there are no board positions dedicated to any specific organization or business. ESDA started with community conversations in 2014, formalized in 2016, and incorporated in July 2017 — the listed dates of board membership use the 2016 formalization as the start point. Per the organizational bylaws, terms are three years and board members can serve up to nine consecutive years.

Past Board Members

• Sylvia Anderson (Everett Gospel Mission), 2022-2024

• Gretchen Benzin (Kaiser Permanente), 2020-2024

• Melissa Bostrom (Auto Truck Services Inc), 2020-2021

• Nick Bratton (Forterra), 2016-2021

• Peter Brodie (Glacier Properties LLC), 2016-2017

• Fred Brown (FF Brown Design), 2016-2017

• Cory Burke (Glacier Properties LLC), 2016-2021

• Danielle Cavoto (Delta Marriott Hotel), since Oct. 2021 - 2025

• Jennifer Cross, (The Dog Spot), since Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2025

• Patsy Cudaback (YMCA Snohomish County), 2024

• Molly Fay-Cruz (United Way), April 2021-2022

• Tye Ferrell (Resilience Collaborative NW), 2018-2025

• Lori Fox (M.L. Fox Architectural Woodwork), since Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2025

• James Middleton (Middleton Mixology), 2023-2024

• Jenny Tsinker (Kaiser Permanente), Jul. 2024 - Dec. 2025

• Craig Chambers (United Way), July 2022 - Sept. 2023

• Maya Hemachandra (United Way), Sept. 2023 - Dec. 2023

• Tom Hingson (Everett Transit), 2016-2021

• John Hull (Everett Gospel Mission), Sept. 2024 - Dec. 2025

• Sheldon Johnson (Delta Marriott Hotel), 2020-2021

• Kristin Kelly (Pilchuck Audubon & Futurewise), 2016-2018

• Alexander Lark (Snohomish County Treasurer), July - Nov. 2024

• Neil Maddy (JMC Cabinets), 2016 - Dec. 2025

• Zecharias Mesgane (United Way), 2021

• Todd Morrow (Community Transit), 2017-2018

• Ed Petersen (formerly Housing Hope), 2016- Dec. 2025

• Kari Quaas (Snohomish Conservation District), 2023

• Angie Sievers (Everett Downtown Storage), 2018

• Craig Skotdal (Skotdal Real Estate), 2016-2017

• Greg Tisdel (GKR LLC), 2016-2022

• Jenny Tsinker (Kaiser Permanente), Jul. 2024 - Dec. 2025

• Allison Warren-Barbour (United Way), 2018-2019

• Chuck Watts (Z Sport), Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2025

• Gary Watts (Z Sport), 2017-2019

• Brenda White (Snohomish PUD), 2018 - May 2025

ESDA BIA Ratepayer Advisory Board

List of ESDA BIA Ratepayer Advisory Board members

Former ESDA Staff

• Mara Wiltshire, Urban Planning Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA), 2019-2020

• Jennifer Cao, Urban Planning Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA), 2020-2022

• Ben Austin, Community Convergence Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA), 2022-2024

• Damari Peralez-Long, Neighborhood Services Program Manager, 2023-2024