Event Details
Thursday, November 13, 2025
10:30AM – 2:30PM PT
Shelton, WA
- Board responsibilities
- Board operations
- Composition and development
- Fundraising
- Advocacy
Lunch will be provided.
Cost
This workshop is free to attend.
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.
Speakers
Priya Jayadev
Priya holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from San José State University and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Duke University. She began her career in the pharmaceutical industry, advancing from bench scientist to executive leadership within Research & Development.
In July 2011, Priya and her family relocated to the Olympic Peninsula, where she shifted her focus to community-based nonprofit leadership. From 2013 to 2022, she served as Executive Director of Clallam Mosaic, a nonprofit supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In September 2022, she became the Executive Director of Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC), guiding the organization’s mission of providing compassionate, community-funded hospice and palliative care.
Priya is also deeply engaged in statewide and local leadership. She currently serves as President of the Board of the Nonprofit Association of Washington and as President of the Board of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Julia Hunter
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 Washington Office of the Secretary of State and Community Foundation of South Puget Sound.
Phone: (855) 299-2922 x108
Email: [email protected]