About
Staff Bios
Nathan Marion: Founding Executive Director
While picking up a BA in Management from Western WA U and running his own landscaping company, he found a love for music and the arts through helping local musicians in Bellingham to develop (and also to connect with humanitarian nonprofits in 3rd world countries).
Nathan managed bands like The Lonely Forest (now signed to Atlantic/Trans), The Pale Pacific, and Late Tuesday as well as supporting his younger brother Isaac in his literary career (now a published author in 12+ countries with a major film out August, 2012).
Other non-profit boards: Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Bands Without Borders
Enjoys: paddleboarding, surfing, indie films, designing dinners, slow food, organic farms, horses
Fav bands: Sigur Ros, Bon Iver, Emmylou Harris, Bryan John Appleby, The Gundersens, Campfire OK, Hey Marseilles, Damien Jurado, Feist, William Shatner....
Lives: just on the north edge of Fremont, in the "Greenlakeford" neighborhood
Other: loves design, consulting other nonprofits on reviving old "lonely buildings" - www.BlueTree.org is Nathan's online resources page dedicated to developing more nonprofit community arts spaces, venues, coffeehouses, and restaurants around the world.
Member of Fremont Neighborhood Council
Has done humanitarian development work in Haiti, Honduras, Mexico - 1997-2006
Favorite website: his brother's highly irreverent blog - www.burningbuilding.com
Secret wish: to go on more 'choose your own adventures' with his niece & nephews
Email: nathan(at)fremontabbey.org
Liz Leahy: Admin
June 2008 / BA from Washington State University, 2005
Enjoys: Community interaction, (i.e. making new friends and keeping the old - one is silver and the other is gold.)
Fav bands: The Lonely Forest, Feist, Jeffrey Foucault, Damien Jurado,
Lives: Ballard
Other: favorite website = http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Secret wish: to be an urban farmer
Email: liz(at)fremontabbey.org
Tori McConnell: Events Manager & Education Curator
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance 2008, Belhaven University.
Enjoys: the process of creating, being outside, coffee, diverse cultures,
a full moon and good local food
Fav Bands: Zoe Keating, Sigur Ros, The Lonely Forest,
Son Lux, Anathallo, Woven Hand
Lives: Wallingford
Other: Dance artist - Performer, teacher, choreographer
Secret wish: to have a few friendly chickens in her back yard
Email: tori(at)fremontabbey.org
Jason Frazier: Facilities & Production Manager Caitlin Sears Curry: Development Associate / AdminJustin Harvey: Interim Operations ManagerInterns: Dusty Henry - PR/Promotions, Wesley Anderson - Media, Rachel Smith - Education & Visual Arts
Our Beloved Board Members
Board of Directors
- Cindy Dailey - Teacher
- Sarah Murphy Jurado - Photographer, Artist Manager
- Janine Logsdon - Teacher, Formerly at EMP, SAM
- Michele Peterson - Children's Hospital, formely Pike Place Foundation
- Karina Sprinkle - Mother of two, Visual Artist
- Deborah Ferguson - Neighbor & Arts Advocate
- Victoria Ravenwood - formerly with Boys & Girls Clubs
- Nathan Marion - Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Fremont Neighborhood Council Member, Fremont Arts Council Member
Advisory Board
- Karen True (3rd Place Commons)
- Amy Lindsay Richards (KEXP, Pair Music, piano teacher)
- Julie Trout (BF Day School art teacher, Fremont)
- David Traylor - Visual Artist
- John Booker (Fremont Rotary, Founding Mgr of Intiman Theatre)
- Karen Finneyfrock (Published author & poet / literary arts teacher)
- Toby Thaler (Fremont Neighborhood Council board member, Resident)
- Jessica Vets (Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Director)
- Melissa Collett (KEXP, Seattle Education Access)
- Jen Wood (Fremont resident, musician)
- Mimi ("AKA") (poet, teacher, Fremont resident)
- Nat Ayewah (Microsoft, Apostles Church member)
- Rotating seat for Fremont Arts Council member
Thanks to our past Board Members!
- Karen Ward - Fremont Resident, Founder of Artwerks/Abbey nonprofit & Apostles Church, 2002-2011
- David Traylor - moved to Advisory
- Jon Myers - moved to Beacon Hill
- Ethan Anderson
- Craig VanDenBosch - Fremont Resident, Visual Artist & Teacher, SAM
- Jack Tomkinson - Urban Sparks, Peak Park
Event Staff:
Jonas G - Sound engineer / AV
Jesse French - AV / House Manager / Tech
Kaylee Cole - House Manager
Aubrey Zolo - House Manager
Justin Froese - Sound Tech / House Manager
Long Term Volunteers:
Joshua Sherman - Audio Engineer (recording) for The Round
Kristian Swearingen - COTA A-Team leader