Leadership
Dedicated to making an impact
The Sustainable Path Foundation Board is made up of dedicated professionals interested in contributing our time and expertise to making a powerful impact to the Puget Sound region. We are a group of philanthropically inclined people who value and enjoy learning, working and making a difference together. We are involved in identifying and vetting opportunities, shaping programs, and advocating for sustainable solutions within the region.
Nan McKay, Co-Chair
Nan McKay has been a consultant to nonprofit organizations and foundations. She developed and led the Environmental Sustainability Program for The Russell Family Foundation. During her six years with TRFF, Nan managed the award of 350 grants to 157 nonprofit organizations in Washington state. From 1985 to 2002 Nan served three Washington Governors in leading work to clean up and protect Puget Sound. She chaired the Puget Sound Action Team and was deputy director and executive director of the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority. She also worked on energy policy with local governments in the Northwest and spent seven years at the League of Oregon Cities working on land use and growth management, community and economic development, election laws, juvenile justice, jail standards, municipal courts, emergency medical services, and energy policy. She has served on and chaired a variety of public and nonprofit boards, commissions and task forces working on issues including energy conservation, land use, mental health, international relations, libraries, jail standards, ethics, environmental education, sustainability, coastal indicators, and management of estuaries.
Jennifer Slack, Co-Chair
Jennifer Slack was born and educated in Northern California, earning a BSc in biology from California State University Chico. Having moved to the Puget Sound region over 35 years ago she considers herself a de facto Northwest native. In 1984, after 10 years of working in various labs at the Puget Sound Blood Center, she began working at Immunex where she did basic research in membrane biochemistry and protease inhibition. Always an avid world traveler she’s had more time to pursue this passion since retiring from Amgen in 2007.
Advisors
Satish Thatte, Vandana Datye, Carol Olson, Linda Park, June Eisenman, David Cosman
Foundation Manager
Tasha Florez, MS, MPH, has an extensive background as a philanthropic manager and is adept at assisting organizations navigate increasing complexity to review, design and implement flexible and effective grant making strategies and systems at the intersection of human well being and the environment. She has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, an MS in Natural Resources Planning from The University of Vermont, and an MPH from The University of Hawaii.
You can reach her at tasha@sustainablepath.org