Our Team

A Housing at the Crossroads board member from September 1989, Terry joined Attain Housing’s board when HAC merged with Attain Housing. He recently served as board president from 2017 through 2019. Terry’s been an aeronautical/astronautical engineer at The Boeing Company for 40 years. He did his MBA studies at Seattle University in the mid‑1980’s.

Toby Nixon is a senior program manager in the Windows group at Microsoft, and chair of the board of directors of Bluetooth Special Interest Group, and a member of the Kirkland city council. He serves as chair of the board of Nourishing Networks Central, and previously served as State Representative for the 45th district, as a fire commissioner, and on the boards of Youth Eastside Services, and other local non-profits. He’s active in interfaith activities including Kirkland Interfaith Network (KIN) and Fostering Interfaith Relationships on the Eastside (FIRE). An outspoken advocate for ethics and transparency in government, he’s been president of Washington Coalition for Open Government since 2007. He graduated from Leadership Eastside in 2013. He and his wife Irene live in Kingsgate and have five grown children.

A Midwest native, (Chicago and Madison, WI) Karen and her husband Troy moved to Kirkland in 2015. A Telephone Tech Retiree, Karen joined Troy to create the Thiel Team while in Madison. Today, the Thiel Team are Real Estate brokers with Keller Williams.

David joined Eastside Health Network (EHN) in May 2017. He is an experienced health care professional, with over 23 years of experience in managed care contracting, business development, finance, and clinical operations. He is responsible for leadership aspects of EHN, including strategy, contacting, network development, quality, and oversight of operations. EHN has approximately 1,450 network providers that provide care for 60,000 patients.

Currently serving as State Representative for the 48th Legislative District, Amy was the former Mayor of Kirkland has also served on the Kirkland City Council. She practiced law in Australia until she returned to Oregon in 1994. Amy is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Ford-Hyundai of Kirkland.

Managing Broker, member of the Builder Solutions Group and Premier Associate at Windermere Real Estate for over 20 years, Lynn serves as President Elect and State Representative for the Seattle King County Association of Realtors, where she received a Community Service Award in 2011 and 2018. Lynn has been recognized for 13 years as a 5 Star agent by Seattle Magazine and was voted the best of Kirkland by Kirkland Reporter Readers in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Lynn is also a member of the Butterfly Effect Group and has served multiple times on the Board of The Windermere Foundation, Attain Housing’s largest corporate foundation funder.

Christine Rose, Attain Housing’s former Development Director who supported the organization through its merger with Housing at the Crossroads and its rebranding, is a bestselling author, speaker, and an award-winning business coach and founder of Christine Rose Coaching & Consulting. She works with CEOs and leadership teams of small to medium-sized businesses to grow company value while improving leadership skills, positive company cultures, innovative and effective teams, revenues and profits (https://coachchristinerose.com.) In addition to being an advisor for Attain, Christine serves on the Board of Directors for ICF Washington State, Urban Business Support, and Educational Communities Worldwide.

Kathy joined Attain Housing in September 2017 as Executive Director, with 17 years of leadership experience in the financial services sector. After years of volunteering to support vulnerable women and children, Kathy decided to make the non-profit sector her second career. She jump-started that by achieving her Master’s degree in Non-Profit Leadership at Seattle University in 2010. Progressing through several development positions with human services organizations over 6 years has prepared Kathy for the challenges and excitement of helping Attain Housing meet its mission. She has welcomed that opportunity.

Carol joined the team in 2018. Her career has spanned daily newspaper reporting, magazine editing, corporate marketing, nonprofit fundraising, and storytelling. Carol delights in engaging donors, volunteers, and leaders to uncover their “whys” for giving back to the community and connecting them to others who share their passions. She also enjoys exploring and strengthening the interconnections between people and organizations working to create a supportive, thriving community. Carol is a native of the Seattle area, a graduate of Seattle University, and now lives in Bothell with her husband and their two teenagers.

Jesse Perrell is a Seattle native who has spent the last decade developing an arts nonprofit, producing music and arts festivals, working at community-engaging projects and development in the Pacific Northwest. He originally joined Attain Housing in 2015 as Ride Director for the 7 Hills of Kirkland cycling event. He is constantly tempted by the combination of panniers, Amtrak, and bicycle.

Nasim moved here from Phoenix, AZ, and joined Attain Housing in December 2020. Originally from Iran, she has experienced being a refugee and the difficult transition in living in a new country. She has a history of working with children with behavioral issues by providing animal therapy and other therapeutic interventions. She is enjoying her new home state and is hoping to continue growing her community.