ALF Board of Directors 2025-2026
Officers
Matt Martinez (Class XXV)
ALF President
Senior Producer
The Assignment with Audie Cornish – CNN
Lauren Flemister (Class XXVII)
ALF Vice President
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, VP Finance
Pacific Lutheran University
Queena Tupou (Class XXV)
ALF Secretary
Associate Vice President, Division of Marketing and Communications
Pacific Lutheran University
Katie Johnston (Class XXVII)
ALF Treasure
Retired, Chief
Tacoma Fire Department
Nancy Sutton (Class XXI)
Immediate Past President
Retired, Deputy Director
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Directors
Rosie Ayala (Class XXVI)
Director of Operations | Parks Board Commissioner, Position 3
Graduate Tacoma | Metro Parks
Robert Modarelli (XXIX)
Consultant, RM Strategic Consulting LLC
Todd Silver (Class III)
Co-Owner
JL Darling Corporation
Steph Farber (Class XI) EMERITUS MEMBER
President
LeRoy Jewelers
Nalani Linder (XXIX)
Executive Director, TACID
Julie Anderson (Class X)
Julie Anderson Sr. Director of Advocacy (X) – Tacoma Pierce County Chamber of Commerce
Kurt Fremont (Class XXIV)
Division Manager of the Business Operations Division
City of Tacoma, City Environmental Services
Jessica Gehle (Class XXIX)
Division Director, Environmental Health
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Keith Hall (Class XXX)
General Counsel
Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region
Scott Hamel (Class XXVI)
Deputy Director of Support Services
South Sound 911
Leah Ford (XXIX)
Community Health Program Manager – Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Benjii Bittle (XIII)
Business Development Director – Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Mary Dunaway Cage (XXX)
Chief Philanthropy Officer – Cinereach
Tanisha Jumper (XXV)
Chief Communications Officer, Tacoma Public Schools
Lyle Quasim (Class II) EMERITUS MEMBER
Retired President/Advisor to the Chancellor
Bates Technical College/University of Washington Tacoma
Andrea Smith (Class XX)
Business Loan Underwriter
Umpqua Bank
Todd Blodgett (XXXI)
Attorney, Eisenhower Carlson