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Northwest Neighbors Network Board

NNN has an energetic group of working Board members, an Advisory Council, a staff Director and Manager, and many volunteers working hard to enhance our model as we continue to grow and serve our community. Meet your Board Members below:
(Prior to hiring our Director in 2022, all of the work of running the nonprofit was run completely by volunteers, with five to seven Board Members and many volunteers behind the scenes. In 2023-2025, NNN had ten Board members.)

Board President: Mahyar Rahbarrad

Background: Mahyar has held a variety of senior level engineering and information technology leadership positions. He has extensive experience in strategic planning and execution, organization development, and a strong entrepreneurial spirit focused on team building and rapid problem solving.

Work with NNN: Started volunteering in early 2023 with primary focus on providing technical services to the community as well as picking up a few assembly and repair requests. Beginning his board position in November 2023 focusing on long-range strategic planning and operational standards, Mahyar served as BOD Vice President in 2024, and was elected Board President for 2025.

Board Vice President: Sandy Moy

Background: Sandy started her career at the University of Illinois as a systems software engineer in the 1960s. In 1989 she became the Director of University Computing Services at the University of Washington, bringing her and her husband to Lake Forest Park (and the mountains).

Work with NNN: A founding member. Board President from 2019-2021; handles tech for NNN; works with the Director and Board focusing on the needs of members and volunteers from initial inquiry to fully participating in NNN; Chairperson for the Member and Volunteer Committee. Served on Advisory Council in 2024 after serving six years on NNN Board. Returns as VP in 2025.

Board Treasurer: Rick Canning

Background: Rick has an extensive background as a collaborative leader, with an emphasis on a systematic team approach to financial planning, problem solving, planning, and process improvement. He is a senior level healthcare professional leader with 20+ years of extensive experience in financial and operational management areas and a former CPA.

Work with NNN: Rick has been a board member since November 2023 and was elected as the Board Treasurer in mid-2024. He maintains the financial records, is Chair of the Finance & Admin Board Committee, and volunteers providing individual services to members and also helping to staff the service coordination function.

Board Secretary: Rita Gunderson

Background: Rita manages projects in right of way, obtaining rights to use land for transportation, utility, or other infrastructure projects. Previously was designated by the FAA to inspect and certify twin-aisle airplanes, and also found time to become a paralegal. She has a passion for volunteering and has been a Snohomish County Ombudsman, Senior Peer Counselor with Homage, taking on tasks with Catholic Community Services and managed numerous youth sports teams over the years.

Work with NNN: Rita has a passion for seeing a need and helping to fill the gap. She has taken on several opportunities behind the scenes; birthday cards, research projects, phone outreach, and helps support the social committee planning and news you can use. She joined the Board to share ideas, become part of the solution, and to ensure sustainability of NNN. Rita was elected Board Secretary in 2025.

Director: C Call

Background: C spent the last of her career working in large corporations, leading process improvement, project management, business architecture and the integration of people and technology. Her earliest volunteer work was with the Campfire Girls, which later segued, as it does, into the telecommunications industry. Before getting involved with technology, C spent 10 years as the national/international sales manager for a toy company.

Work with NNN: Joined NNN Board in October 2022, works on projects behind the scenes, and is a member of the Social Committee efforts to define and support activities to help reduce social isolation.

Director: Eileen Carter

Background: Eileen started her career training techs in Clinical Chemistry, moved to New Zealand to sell and repair chemistry instrumentation, and finished her corporate career training folks on biotech instruments that decoded the human genome. To get off the road, she started and ran her own businesses in three states and finished up by coaching UW Medical and Allied Health students in communications. Somewhere in there, she went around the world on her own. That map reading experience has come in handy for driving NNN members.

Work with NNN: Eileen is one of NNN's very first volunteers - providing transportation, working at outreach events, hosting the Book Club, organizing holiday caroling, providing great company, and more! Eileen joined the NNN Board in December 2024.

Director: Jerry Carriveau

Background: Jerry has been an active member of many community organizations and an advocate for supporting people with disabilities throughout the region. Past Board member with the North Urban Human Services Alliance (NUHSA).

Work with NNN: Founding member (with NNN since 2015); previously Board President.

Director: Kristine McFadden

Background: Kristine is a graduate of Central Washington University and has over thirty-five years’ experience in executive management. She has spent the last seventeen years as a leader in the Senior Living industry and is passionate about serving seniors.

Work with NNN: Joined the NNN Board October 2022, and is looking forward to growing the village through her expertise as a senior advocate. She is also looking forward to volunteering.

Director: Lee Gresko

Background: Lee brings her Midwest roots, where she grew up on a small farm and decided to be a nurse someday. After high school, she headed off to Chicago with a hope to fulfill her plan. After graduating from a 3-year nursing program, the "Inner City" called to her, where she worked with Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago. Meeting the patients in their wide range of socio-economic circumstances always made her feel privileged to meet them in their own space. Eventually, she came to the PNW and had interesting work experiences in psychiatric nursing, the field of alcohol-drug treatment and counseling, Juvenile detention, and finally, a community Senior wellness program which helped her prepare for retirement -- learning from her peers!

Work with NNN: Once learning of the Board position, I believed I could contribute. It is a privilege to be a member of an organization that makes it possible for aging adults and others, to remain in their homes, for whatever reasons, as long as possible as we share concerns for the welfare of our community. Lee joined the Board at the December 2023 meeting, and served as the Board Secretary in 2024.

Director: Lyn Ching

Background: Lyn has over 20 years experience in sales and marketing, with clear results and achievements (awards, cruises, etc.) showing her success in meeting and exceeding sales goals.

Work with NNN: Joined NNN in August of 2022 as a volunteer as a service provider and service coordinator. With her insights and services work behind the scenes, she was elected to the Board in November of 2023, and is a key member of the Member and Volunteer Committee.