Event Details
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Workshop: 12:00pm-4:00pm PT
Networking: 4:00pm-5:00pm PT
Pierce County, WA – specific location to be announced
- Board responsibilities
- Board operations
- Composition and development
- Fundraising
- Advocacy
A light lunch will be provided at the beginning of the workshop.
Cost
This workshop is free to attend thanks to support from our sponsor, the Ben B. Cheney Foundation.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for board members and the people who work with them, namely executive directors and program staff. It offers ideas for new board members and those who have served for a long time. It is appropriate for organizations of all sizes, whether they have staff or not.
Important Information about Safety and Health
To ensure the health and safety of attendees at our in-person events, NAWA will follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities regarding infectious diseases such as COVID-19. These regulations may change rapidly, so please check current government guidelines for the event location before attending. Please do not attend an in-person event if you feel sick or are showing symptoms known to be associated with COVID-19 or another infectious disease. NAWA will provide masks at all in-person events and anyone attending should feel comfortable requesting or wearing one.
Accessibility
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision or blind a sense of space and place.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.
About the Speaker
Katya Miltimore (she/her)
Katya serves as the Secretary on the Board of Nonprofit Association of Washington. She currently is the Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington State Association, where she coordinates state government affairs and advocacy on behalf of 14 Boys & Girls Clubs organizations in WA. Under Katya’s leadership over the past 6 years the Association has increased its advocacy, grew the pass-through resources to local Clubs tenfold, and launched several pioneering programs supporting staff development, mental health for kids and teens and Club member academic success statewide. Katya is a former CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County. She earned her Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Evergreen State College, and her Master of Management and Leadership from Western Governors University.
Julia Hunter (she/her)
Julia has been on the Nonprofit Association of Washington team since 2017, and currently serves as the Learning Manager. Over the years she has supported nonprofit workshops across the state, hosted webinars and virtual gatherings, and contributed to NAWA’s nonprofit learning curriculum. She has a Masters in Literature from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, focusing on teaching, grant writing, and postmodern theory. Before that she completed an Americorps year in Atlanta, GA, where she found her vocation in supporting nonprofits. Currently she serves as an advisory board member, grant writer, and regular volunteer in her community.
Thanks to Our Partners
Presented by Nonprofit Association of Washington in partnership with the Ben B. Cheney Foundation.
Questions? Contact Nonprofit Association of Washington
Phone: (855) 299-2922 x108
Email: [email protected]