Staff & Board of Directors

Heidi Bode  – Executive Director
(she/her/hers)

Piper Tolbert – Programs Manager
(she/her/hers)

Isabelle Kane  – Programs and Office Assistant
(she/her/hers)

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Our Board of Directors is responsible for governance, policymaking, and the overall direction of LAW Advocates. Its members are from both the Whatcom County Bar Association and the local community. They put in many hours each year towards making LAW Advocates the premier access to justice program in the State of Washington.

David Henken (he/him)
Chair,  from Northwest Justice Project

Zachary Bryant (he/him)
Vice Chair, from Mainstay Law, LLC

Ziad Youssef (he/him)
Treasurer, from Law Offices of Ziad I Youssef, PLLC

Arundel Pritchett (she/her)
Secretary, from Pritchett & Jacobsen, PS

Gail Smith (he/him)
Attorney

Junga Cha (she/her/they/them)
from Cha & Alexander Law Firm

Alejandra Cabrales (she/her) 
from Whatcom Law Group

Adam Engst (he/him)
Whatcom County Bar Association representative, from Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner, PLLC

Advisory Board

Kirsten Barron (she/her), from Barron Quinn Blackwood, PLLC

If you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors, please contact David Henken here.