Meet the EGH Board

Jean advises a portfolio of entrepreneurs at SCORE and is an officer with the Act of Giving Foundation. She joined this board to support EGH’s work providing care to women in need and partnering with them to pursue individual goals. She’s inspired by EGH’s impact and by the respectful, inclusive community that EGH fosters

As Head of People, Culture & Engagement Excellence at Darigold Marie-Claude was recently the recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal‘s Women of Influence Awards, which honors the top female business and civic leaders. She joined EGH’s Board of Directors as she likes to contribute to causes that positively impact people in her community.

As a Realtor, Roger works with individuals who have a home and most likely a community. Roger joined the Board of Directors at EGH to work on the other side and help an organization that provides direct services to women who don’t have homes at the moment and need a supportive place to access services.

Patricia serves as Director, Worldwide Enterprise Skills Transformation at Amazon Web Services.  A long-time Seattle resident who has recently returned to the area, Patricia was first introduced to EGH at the annual gala. Inspired by EGH’s mission and impact, Patricia joined the board to offer her ongoing support of EGH’s work to provide dignity, hope and basic services to the most vulnerable members of our community.

Glen is a business attorney, advising corporations, financial institutions, and individuals who have generally been fortunate in life. Glen joined the Board of Directors at EGH because he wanted to have a positive impact on people’s lives. His concern and empathy for the broken dreams of women who are homeless has motivated him to encourage all of us to help in any way we can.  

Lonness Valenna is an advocate for our diverse clients as well as a breath of fresh air, a fairy godmother, a past client who has experienced homelessness, and EGH helped her overcome homelessness.  She has been a volunteer in the EGH kitchen, and she wants to give back the enormous kindness she was shown by staff while she was a guest of EGH.  Lonness has been a board member of the Gender Alliance of South Sound and was a founding board member of the Gender Justice League.

Adam has been the voice and face of the morning traffic anchor on KCPQ 13 and KNKX-FM for almost two decades and moonlights as a film critic. His background in radio engineering and IT lets him combine the artistic and scientific parts of his brain. He is looking to make a bigger positive impact in the community. 

Michelle Gregoire is a deputy prosecuting attorney with King County where she tries cases ranging from child abuse to murder. Michelle joined the Board of EGH to help the homeless population of greater Seattle, including homeless women who all to often are the victims of the crimes she prosecutes.

Jay is a trial attorney and attorney investigator for employees in whistleblower, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. Jay joined the EGH Board of Directors as his concern for his neighbors who are experiencing homeless has grown.

Margoan is a member of the Clinical Informatics team of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and a Certified Scrum Master.  Working with Application Engineers she applies Agile Methodology to electronic health record enhancement work.

As a 40 year member of University Lutheran Church, Margoan joined the EGH board to support the work of this vital ministry.

Erin is a Northwest native. She’s been an actress, restaurant owner and farmer. For the last 9 years she’s been a partner in The Actors Group, representing actors for film and television. Erin has been volunteering at the front desk for over 2 years and was drawn to board service by a desire to help support the continued growth and success of Elizabeth Gregory Home and the difference it makes in clients’ lives.