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Meet Our Individual Members

Westword relies on reader support to sustain our local, fact-based journalism. We thank the members, listed below, who make our work possible.

Thomas Abraham
Natalie Accardo
Kathleen Adamson
Steve Adkison
Kathy Aguirre
Jacqui Ainlay-Conley
Harlen Ainscough
Robert Akins
Leandro Albertoni
Nicole Allard
Leslie Allen
Rochelle Allen
Dean Allman
Donna Altieri
Julia Andersen
Traci Anderson
Dylan Anthony
Susan Anzalone
Christopher Archie
Elizabeth Arnold
Mary Athearn
Patricia Atkinson
Kevin Aumiller
Edwin Austin
Mary Awalt
B Public Relations
Carla Baglione
Fred Baldwin
Victoria Baldwin
Emilie Baratta
Miranda Bard
Lynn Bartels
Karen Bary
Aimee Basile
Sam Baskin
Alexis Bateman
Steven Baum
Chris Baumgartner
Lowell Baumunk
Jamie Beachy
Mary Beall
Charlie Beard
Scott Beilfuss
Frank Benedict
Christopher Bentzlin
Kj Bergfalk
Ann Bernstein
James Bertini
Mark Berzins
Christine Betts
Linda Biska Drake
Jordan Blakesley
Emily Blanford
Roland Blauer
Joel Bleser
Sterling Blood
George Blosser
Neva Blubaugh
Lilly Bock-Brownstein
Loay Boggess
Thomas Bonavia
Douglas Borg
Dennis Boyle
Lily Bradford
Mary Bradley
Seth Bradley
Todd Bradley
David Brasel
Judith Briles
Scott Bristol
Justin Brockman
Marcia Brown
Michelle Bryant
Kyler Burgi
Dianne Burner
Tim Burnham
Grace & Jordan Buttorff
Glenn Cackovic
Cynthia Cain
Caitlin Calvert
Kelly Campbell
Melinda Campbell
Judith Cardenas
Jason Carolan
Lindsay Carpenter
Gail Carpenter
Lee Carroll
Mary Carter
Mollie Carter
Deana Carter
Max Case
Russell Castagnaro
Cheradee Castillo
Jeaniel Castro Jimenez
Jane Cates
Roberta Cedillo
Michael Cerbo
Laura Chapin
Derek Chen-Becker
Leah Chenelle
Michelle Chiang
Hsin Chieh Huang
Douglas Christ
Alex St Clair
Jerry Clark
Gloria Clark
Abe Claude
Christina Clayton
Marcia Cohen
Mark Cohen
Kathleen Cole
Lisa Cone
Joseph Contardo
Jeffrey Cook
Julia Cooper
Julie Cooper
Thomas Cope
Monica Costello
Allen Cowgill
Sarah Cox
Caitlyn Cox
Dawn Cozart
David Crain
Ray Crawford
Patricia Crawford
Susan Crites
Jennifer Crowley
Lee Cryer
Laura Cuetara
Jeff Cuneo
Jacob Curtis
Kirsten Dahl Collins
Joseph Daniels
Christine Davidson
Scott Davis
Sami Gabriel DeBell
Adam Deconinck
William Degroot
Eugene Delay
Angelic Deleon
Stephen Delgrosso
Holly Deloach
Jennifer Detoy
Dennis Devore
James Dewhirst
Carolyn Diana
Julie Dionigi
James Dixon
Kat Dober
Paul Docktor
Conor Donnelly
Lucy Donovan
Marco Dorado
Chris Dorsey
William Douglass
Kirk Drabing
Linda Drake
Jason Drautz
Helen Du
Alain du Chélas
Ruth Duerr
Rick Dula
Diane Dunn
Karen Eberle-Smith
David Ebner
Kaye Edwards
David Ehrman
James Eiten
Christopher Eliot
Elizabeth Elliot
Hunter Elliott
Ryan Ennis
Jared Enos
Paul Erlendson
Darcy Ervick
Penny S. Evans
Yazid Fadl
Jason Fail
Thomas Farber
Deborah Farragher
Andrew Ferguson
Ann Fernandez
Michael Fernandez
David Ferrin
Fredrick Finch
Lisa Fiola
Tom Fisher
Ellen Fitzgerald
Matthew Flood
Nicholas Fountain
David Franco
Victoria Franklin
Holly Franson
Heather Frayer
Nicole Freburg
Allen Freed
John French
Donna Frickey
Russell Frum
Bill Fry
Thomasina Gabriele
Steve Gaddy
Quandashia Gadsden
Barry Gager
Linda Gallegos
Craig Gander
Jeremy Gardner
Woody Garnsey
Georgia Garnsey
Seth Gavin
Chris Geisler
Ginny Gelbach
William Gerdes IV
Cheryl German
Diane Giangrossi
James Gilbert
Alison Gitomer
Susan Glassmacher
Cody Goebel
Utsav Goel
Elisabeth Goldman
Maureen Gollob
Leslie Gonzalez
Gabriel Gopen
Thomas Gougeon
Lisa De Graaf
Hugh Graham
Zeb Grandpre
Kathleen Graves
Helen Graves
Christopher Gray
Mason Green
Tom Green
Andrew Greenstein
Matt Greer
Christina Greutink
Tina Griego
Jane Griffin
Paula & Stan Gudder
Mariellen Guerra
Nick Gully
Turi Gustafson
Lucia Guzman
Bonnie Haddan
Lisa Haddox
Bern Haggerty
Tom Hagglof
Andrew Hahm
Aaron Hall
Robert Hall
Emma Hamilton
James Hamilton
Forrest Hanson
Rainer Hantchel
Rainer Hantshcel
Laura Harper
David Harrell
Caitlin Harrill
Kevin Harrington
Jonathan Harris
Cheryl Harris
Clare Harris
David Harrison
Deborah Harvey
Tom Hatton
Shanon Hawthorne
Dani Hayes
James Heald
Chet Heaney
Jane Hebert
Robert Heberton
Barbara Heinen
Jason Heinhorst
Jamie Heinlein
Steve Heinz
Daniel Heller
Warren Hem
Ben Hernandez
Alec Herrera
Jaron Hightower-Mills
Fabby Hillyard
Barbara Holliday
Seth Hooper
Brandi Hosick
Daniel Houser
Richard Howell
Tristan Hudson
Franz Hueber
Gregory Hughes
Jessie Huisinga
Grant Hunter
Catherine Hupp
L. Roger Hutson
Roger Hutson
Rebecca Ihrie
John Imbergamo
Mark Inglis
Kimberly Jacques
Ellen James
Cristina Jay
Eric Jean
Christopher Jennings
Janet Jerde
Sharon Jewell
Adam Johnson
Kimberly Johnson
Melinda Johnson
Michael Johnson
Vicki Johnston
Ashton Jones
Brian Jones
Leigh Jones
R J Jones
Christopher Juestel
David Kahn
Karen Kaiser
Austin Kane
Paul Karolyi
Eli Katz
Matthew Katz
Richard Katz
Timothy Keenan
Dr. Tracie Keesee
Peter Kelly
Daniel Kimpton
Karen Kindblade
Daryl King
Michael Klahr
Chet Klecha
Marcia Knott
Jennifer Krabbenhoeft
Steven Krauss
Daniel Kreppein
Mary Krueger
Claudia Kuhns
Heather Kurland
Margaret Lalor
Christopher Lamorte
Eliot Landrum
Jules Langston
Linda Largent
Clayton Lebeau
Margaret Lecompte
Nathan Lee
Jane Leechild
Anthony Lehtola
Sarah Leineweber
Heather Leja
Brian Lemaire
Larry Leszczynski
Carol Levine
Marjorie Levine-Clark
Tom Liehe
Stu Linas
Roger Linkenhoker
Fernando Lins
Ariel Lipscomb
Whitney Littleton
Celine Liu
Rose Lockwood
Carey Lowe-Curry
Marty Luloff
Thomas Luten
Neil Macey
Mike Maclennan
Travis Madsen
Joe Malangoni
Deborah Malden
Jim Manire
Rose Mankowski
Pete Marczyk
Grace Markley
Heidi Markley
Colleen Marsh
Anthony Marshall
Adele Martin
Daniel Martinelli
Jeremy Martinez
Gerald Martínez
Tom Mascarenas
Bruce A. Mastriona
Sarah Mattingly
Nancy May
Phillip Mccart
Sarah O. McCarthy
Mark Mcclurg
Becky Mcconnell
Charles Mccormick
Kate Mccoy
John Mccullough
Ryk Mcdorman
Maura Mcgrath
Shawna & Patrick McGregor
Peggy Mckay
Clint Mclaughlin
Kendrick Mclish
Kayla Mcneil
John Mcsweeney
Nadine Medina
Maureen Meegan
Marilyn Megenity
Robert Mehl
Ann Meisel
Jon Meredith
Brianna Merritt
Judith Met
Norbert Meyer
Nisa Michener
Sean Mikles
John Milewski
Joelle Milholm
Brian Miller
Terry Miller
Landon Millsap
Claudia Milstead
Betty Mitchell
Megan Mitchell
Julian Mitchell
Erika Mobley
Jeff Montgomery
Jenny Moore
Derrol Moorhead
Evan Morgan
Jeffery Morgan
Sammie Moss
Kevin Mossey
Natalie Mozer-Renn
Travis Murtha
Jesse Myers
Charles Nadler
Molly Dynan Navetta
Helen Neal
Babs Nelson
Keely Nelson
Daniel Nesmith
William Neubauer
David Newman
Laura Newman
Elizabeth Nguyen
Leigh Nicholl
Jay Nielsen
Henry Norton
Glenn November
Brenton Nye
Patrick O’Brien
Carol O’Brien
Rhonda O’Brien
Catherine Obarski
Rosemari Ochoa
Tim OConnell
Karen OKeeffe
Marilyn Olsen
James Olson
Alexander Ooms
John Orr
Orlinda Ortega
Chris Pabst
David Pair
Susie Palmquist
Calvin Parker
Jonathan Parkinson
Arjune Patel
Scott Patrick
Joanne Payne
Rob Payne
Dena Penders
Esteban Peralta
Rita Pereira
Naomi Perera
Carrie & Terry Perez
Priya Persaud
Brennan Peterson
Davis Peterson
Justin Pettinato
Matt Pfister
Brian Phillips
Dennis Phillips
Mary Phillips
April Phinney
Jeff Piehl
Russ Pierce
Fallon Pierce
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Reyés
Roberta Ponis
Tony Poole
Leon Porter
David Potter
Wendy Potthoff
Jack Pottle
Ann Poucher
Kathryn Powell
Gerald Prchal
Daniel Price
Susan Priest
Melissa Pulsinelli
Jessica Purcell
Earl Purdy
Beth Rabin
Michael Scott Ramming
Stephen Ramsey
Ryan Randell
Rebecca Rapport
Joe Rassenfoss
Emily Raznick
Stephanie Razo-Saldivar
Carol Reble
Reddishrado
Heather Reddy
Amy Reichardt
Katie Reinisch
John Restaino
Paula Rhodes
Bradley Rhynard
Kami Richey
William Rigler
David Risher
Gene Roberts
Christopher Robinson
Ellen Robinson
Lashion Robinson
Leslie Robinson
Andrew Robinson
Tina Roca
Steve Rockwell
Carina Rodriguez
Kathleen Rogness
Jon Romanishin
Michelle Roof
Dana Rosebrook
Albert Ross
Ryan Ross
Katie Roush
Cheri Rubin
Elizabeth Rudolph
Emerald Sage
Zeik Saidman
Daniel Salazar
Richard Sall
Connell Saltzman
Jennifer Samora
Charles Sandford
Shawn Sapp
Elizabeth Satriano
James Sawyer
Andrew Scarponi
Jane Schachtel
Marshall Schecter
Julie Schilz
Dave Schultz
Amber Schumacher
Anne Schuster
Margaret Scott
Kevin Scott
Joan Seeman
Donna Seitz
John Sellars
Robin Sewell
John Shanahan
Barbara Shannon-Banister
Linda C. Shapley
Mical Sharp
Mark Sheldon
Jeri Shepherd
Susan Sherwood
Eric Shimizu
Roger Siemers
Eric Silva
Adam Simon
Leigh Sinclair
Craig Sirkin
Douglas Slansky
Alexis Smith
Craig Smith
Graeme Smith
Sarah Smith
Tina Smith
Ashlyn Smith
Tom Snoich
Jose Soiza
Delia Sosa
Pedro Soto
Elizabeth Sparkman
Brandon Spears
Lucinda Speer
Jeff Spence
Marquist Spencer
Lauren Spivey
Sheri Sprung
Colin St John
William St. John
Catherine Stadel
Brian Stafford
Stacey Steers
Andrew Steffl
Erica Stephan
Staci Stevens
Jeff Stone
Lee Stonehouse
John Strain
Dave Strand
Kashmir Suiter
Dennis Sullivan
Aaron Sullivan
Paul Suter
Dustin Sweden
Bonnie Taher
Deborah Tahlman
Terri Takahashi
Tanya Talapatra
Paul Tamburello
Shannon Tanner
Tara Taylor
Geoff Taylor
Jeff Tensly
Amy Thomas
Richard Thomas
Christian Thompson
Kellie Thompson
Kyle Thompson
J. Michael Thornton
Spencer Toney
Luis Toro
Alison Torvik
Samuel Trask
Marc Trimmer
Olivia Trinko
Eric Trujillo
Rachel Tumin
Mary Tuttle
Tracy Tweten
Kim Umbarger
Dana Underwood
Danielle Vacanti
Steve Vander Veer
Sarah VanDermyden
Tootie Varga
Teresa Vaughn
Kirsten Vermulen
Scott Vickers
Mary Jane Vinette
Bob Vorachek
Mundi Wahlberg
Janet Waidley
Tyler Walborn
Laura Waligorski
Jonathan Wallick
Marty Walsen
Landon Ward
Jim Warland
Jeff Warner
Gardner Waterman
Barbara Watson
Carleena Watson
Katie Waugaman
Casey Waugh
Blake Weber
Tiffany Weber
Sean Webster
Marty Wedel
Joe Weeg
Mark Weimer
Mark Weindling
Michelle Weinraub
Eric Westerman
Paul Wetzel
Lindsey Whipple
Salina Whitaker
George White
Colin Whitenack
Don Wicks
Peggy Wiese
Nan Wigington
Keith Wilhite
Elinor Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Hunter Williams
Alexander Wilson
Patrick Winfield
Thomas Winger
Charlie Winovich
Tim Wirtjes
Lisa Witlen
Howard Wolf-Rodda
Judith Word
Bill Wunsch
Jennifer Wyatt
Ross Wyeno
Jacqueline Yarbrough
Larry Yates
Jason Youngstrom
Noel Yuri-Bermudez
Mark Zambarda
Anna Zapata
Caryn Zembrosky
Edward Zeuner
Edward Zitt
David Zucker

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