Our Board of Directors

Eric Johnson, Colonel, USAF (ret)

Our Board President also sits on the Board of Directors of the Friendship House homeless shelters in Mount Vernon and the Anacortes Community Health Council. He is the facilitator for the Anacortes Human Services Coalition, and he sits on the board of trustees of the Anacortes Parks Foundation.  He served as a member of the Anacortes Affordable Housing Citizen Advisory Committee, and he is a member of the advisory group for the Gentry House, the adult day care facility scheduled to open in Anacortes in Summer 2009. He is the immediate past president of the the Anacortes Noon Kiwanis Club.

Terry Kyllo

He is currently the Co-Pastor for the Komo Kulshan Cluster (Celebration Lutheran, Christ Episcopal, St. Paul's Episcopal, and St. James Episcopal). Formerly, he was the Chair of the Elmore County Domestic Violence Council. He started a domestic violence shelter and hotline nonprofit organization, and managed a half-way house for the mentally disabled.

Dr. Robert Waligurski, PhD

He is the design/engineering department manager at International Aero Interiors and is on the faculty of Chapman University College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has years of experience working with the homeless at the Anacortes Salvation Army, and he is a member of the Skagit County Coalition to End Homelessness.

Betsy Rogers

She has significant experience working as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children of sexual assault and domestic violence. She sat on the Advisory Board of the Skagit County Mental Health Administration, and the DSHS Region 3 Child Policy Board.

Martha Clure, CRB

A broker with Orcas Island Realty, Martha has taken a number of leadership roles in the community, including her service as President of the Island Hospital Medical Auxiliary and President of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Skagit County.

Cheryl Lee, RN

She is the Director of Operations of the San Juan Rehabilitation and Care Center. In addition to her degree in nursing, Cheryl holds a degree in social work. She is the Immediate Past- President of the Soroptimists International of Anacortes.

Olivia Fisher

She is the Reception Supervisor at North Cascade Family Physicians and is a trained Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health Sexual Assault Domestic Violence past advocate. She currently the Vice President of the Fidalgo Island Rotary.

Brian Carroll, MSW

The President and CEO, since 1994, of Secret Harbor, an agency that provides foster care resources, staffed residential treatment homes, and in-home services for at-risk children. Previously he served for four years are the Director of Clinical Services for Secret Harbor's residential treatment program. Brian is also a contracted children's mental health specialist for the Children's Long Term Inpatient Program Committee in Washington, president-elect of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers (AACRC), a member of the Washington State Coalition of Children's Residential Services, and is an active member of the Anacortes-Fidalgo Island Rotary.

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The Anacortes Community Shelter Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) agency.