Meet the EGH Staff
Ally Baehr (she/her)
Executive Director
Ally Baehr is a nonprofit professional who recently relocated to Seattle from Tucson, Arizona. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1996 and began her career serving many wonderful nonprofits, including the Girl Scouts, 4-H, United Way, and Make Way for Books. She has worked in curriculum design, family support, early education, evaluation, fundraising, human resources, and operations. She is grateful to be at EGH to support the mission and team to grow into the future.
Michele Martin (she/her/hers)
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.
Andy Gallegos (he/they)
Day Center Manager
Andy grew up in a big family in California where they were taught kindness and were always eager to help out. Striving to care for others, Andy lives their values in mind, service and compassion. “Being of service to others has always brought me great joy and I’m grateful to be given the opportunity to work at a place that allows me to do exactly that.”
Michelle Wick (she/her)
Program Manager
Michelle is the Program Manager at EGH. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare from the University of Washington and is a licensed Substance Use Disorder Professional. Michelle is passionate about working with women in recovery and helping connect them with the community resources they need.
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.
Rainy Paikin (they/them)
Day Center Assistant
Rainy is excited to serve our community through their role as a cook at EGH. To them, food is an experience that they want to share with the world and an expression of care.
Julie Crowell
Day Center Assistant
Julie came to EGH as a client who participated in the EGH Transitional Housing Program. She’s had a wide range of work experiences but decided to work within homeless services after becoming homeless herself. Now she enjoys being an EGH staff member, giving back to the community and helping others.
Marcia Kutz
Day Center Assistant
Marcia has been engaged with EGH for the past five years as a former client, a volunteer, and a staff member. Being multi-lingual and describing herself as a “jack-of-all-trades,” Marcia enjoys being able to engage with clients in Spanish. Marcia states that she feels “Blessed to be hired at EGH. It is a dream come true.”
Kiwi Hojnar
Day Center Assistant
Bio coming soon!
Mary Duncan (she/her)
Development Officer
Mary Duncan is the Development Officer at EGH. She earned her bachelor’s degree 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.
Amy Barrett
Contracted Bookkeeper
Ms. Barrett, with Rising Sun Accounting, provides bookkeeping services on a contractual basis.
Marie Jefferson
Maintenance Manager
Marie oversees all aspects of facilities maintenance for our transitional housing program.
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