Meet the EGH Staff
Ruth Herold
Executive Director
Ruth Herold has served as the Executive Director of Elizabeth Gregory Home since April 2012. She has an MA in Organizational Systems with an emphasis on Leadership & Organizational Development from Saybrook University and a BS from Penn. State University, Recreation & Parks.
Michele Martin
Operations Manager
Michele Martin has a B.S. from State University of New York at Albany. She has held positions in customer service, banking, bookkeeping, marketing, and data processing. Ms. Martin is uniquely qualified to understand the needs of our clients as she was homeless and a past client of EGH Day Center herself.
Michelle Wick
Program Manager
Helene McOwen
Volunteer Coordinator
Helene McOwen, our Volunteer Coordinator, graduated from Northern Arizona University with a B.S. in Public Health. Helene is responsible for keeping the Day Center running smoothly while recruiting and managing volunteers to help meet the needs of the EGH clients and staff.
Kearah Belyue
Food Services Coordinator
Kearah oversees the functions of the kitchen at the Day Center, where she started as an assistant. It is her personal goal to help young girls and women in need. “Giving back and cooking was a huge part of my upbringing,” she explains. “I trained and worked at an early age in my mother’s catering business. The love of cooking for others has followed me since.”
Susie Weckworth
Day Center Assistant
Susie joined the Elizabeth Gregory Home as a Day Center Assistant after working for two years through Millionair Club Charity. Having experienced homelessness herself, Susie has a deep understanding of the importance of support and encouragement that EGH provides to women every day.
Mary Petralia
Day Center Assistant
Mary enjoys always learning something new from the women she has the privilege of serving and working with at the Day Center. She completed an MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry at the University of Central Florida as a nontraditional student, and she is an ardent supporter of freedom of personal expression in all its forms.
Zenashe Ewnetu
Day Center Assistant
Zenashe is originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States five years ago. She started at EGH as a volunteer through our partnership with the YWCA Works program in May of 2017 and continues to provide a high level of personalized assisted for women utilizing our Hygiene Program.
Seana Schweitzer
Day Center Assistant
Seana recently moved to Seattle from Pennsylvania. Coming from a family who valued working with others and participated in volunteer opportunities in her community, she felt right at home at EGH. Seana previously worked with the elderly for ten years and has always felt passionate about working with individuals experiencing homelessness.
Marie Jefferson
Maintenance Manager
Marie oversees all aspects of facilities maintenance for our transitional housing program.
Amy Barrett
Contracted Bookkeeper
Ms. Barrett, with Rising Sun Accounting, provides bookkeeping services on a contractual basis.
Malka Main
Contracted Marketing Assistant
Malka is the Marketing Assistant for Elizabeth Gregory Home. She helps with communications through EGH website and social media outlets.
Mary Duncan
Development Officer
Mary Duncan is the Development Officer at EGH. She has a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Puget Sound and holds a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Washington. Mary brings more than 25 years’ non-profit experience working on behalf of vulnerable populations in Washington State and around the world. She is thrilled to work with the donors who support EGH’s mission.
Andy Gallegos
Day Center Assistant
Advisory Council
Nalani Askov
Jennifer Dolan-Waldman
Connie Huffine
Amy Helen Johnson
Megan McCormick
David Oliver
Debbie Page
Jeanne Reina
Teresa Rich-Mackenzie
Sue Tong