Angela Uhl, Co-Director Development & Operations
Angela joined Futurewise in June 2005 as Development Director with extensive fundraising and marketing experience. Previously she was the Executive Director at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation leading fundraising, marketing, and community outreach programs. She also worked for Nordstrom for 11 years as NW Event Director, Sales Promotion Director, and in events, advertising and marketing for the company.
Phone: (206) 343-0681 x117
E-mail: Angela

Tim Trohimovich, Co-Director Planning & Law
Tim joined the Futurewise staff in January 2001. He has more than 25 years of growth management experience, most recently as Comprehensive Planning Division Manager at the City of Redmond, where he participated in GMA appeals and worked extensively with citizens, elected officials, and planners. Tim has also worked on land use issues as hearing examiner in McCleary and Elma, as a Legal Planner for the Department of Ecology, and in Grays Harbor. He is AICP certified and is a member of the Washington and Oregon State Bar Associations.
Phone: (206) 343-0681 x118
E-mail: Tim

April Putney, Co-Directer, Statewide Policy & Advocacy
April coordinates Futurewise's statewide policy and field activities. Prior to joining Futurewise in 2006, April successfully worked to protect Washington's communities & citizens from the last takings initiative.  Before moving to the Pacific NW, April worked with NJPIRG & AmeriCorps on water quality, environmental advocacy, and citizen organizing efforts at both Rutgers and Princeton Universities. She has a B.A. from Syracuse University.
Phone: (206) 343-0681 x120
Email: April

Robert A. Beattey, Legal Director
Prior to joining Futurewise, Robert was Senior Attorney in the Zone, Environmental, & Nuisance Abatement unit of Columbus, Ohio, City Attorney's Office. In that position he litigated hundreds of land use cases and actively advised local and state policy-makers on vacant and abandoned housing, land use, homelessness, and public health issues.  Prior to that, he acted as elections counsel to a number of presidential, statewide, legislative, local, and ballot campaign committees as an Associate at McTigue Law Group.  He holds a BA from Columbia University and a JD from The Ohio State University College of Law.
Phone: (206)343-0681 x114
Email: Robert

Lori Eagle, Office Manager
Lori joined Futurewise in 2006 and serves as the Office Manager. She is responsible for day-to-day administrative operations, including bookkeeping, payroll, and communications infrastructure to keep Futurewise moving. Lori brings a lifetime of management experience: She raised her two adult sons, runs her own bookkeeping business, and is a lifelong community activist, dedicated to making a difference for future generations and the environment that they will inherit. Lori’s hallmarks at Futurewise, and elsewhere, are her unyielding enthusiasm, problem solving and organizational skills, and fostering a sense of community both inside and outside the office. Lori has a BA in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.
Phone: (206) 343-0681 x111
E-mail: Lori

Kristin Kelly, Snohomish County Program Director
Kristin leads grassroots organizing efforts in Snohomish County. As a small business owner, Kristin got her start on growth management issues as a volunteer activist in Snohomish County, organizing a citizens’ group in the Lake Stevens area. She also currently serves as Smartgrowth Director for Pilchuck Audubon Society. Kristin has a B.S. in Natural Resource Communications from Humboldt State University.
Phone: (425) 923-8625
E-mail: Kristin

Kitty Klitzke, Eastern WA Program Director
Kitty Klitzke is an environmental and social justice advocate from Spokane, WA. Her service in the US Army inspired her to seek out a better way to save her country and the planet. While majoring in Art in college, she got involved in the Fair Trade and Environmental movements working as a volunteer on several campaigns. She went on to work as the Program Outreach Director and campaign organizer for The Lands Council and went down to part time there in order to work for Futurewise as a Program Director. She now works full time for Futurewise.
Phone: (509) 838-1965
E-mail: Kitty

Cathy Lehman, Whatcom County Chapter Director
Cathy is the lead for Futurewise Whatcom and its dedicated local Steering Committee. Most recently she was Sustainable Business Development Manager at an economic development agency in Bellingham, organizing the efforts of over 600 locally owned businesses in campaigns to buy green power, reduce waste, and increase their overall sustainability. Cathy graduated with a BA in Communications from Western Washington University and earned a Certificate of Sustainable Business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute in 2007.  She serves on the executive committee for Bellingham's downtown business association.
Phone: (360) 224-8877
Email: Cathy

Dean Patterson, Shoreline Planner
Dean joined Futurewise as our first Shoreline Planner in August 2008.  Dean was most recently a Planning Manager for Yakima County, administering the county’s Shoreline Master Plan.  He recently completed Yakima County’s Shoreline Master Program and Critical Areas Ordinance updates.  Dean graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Architecture and a MS in Natural Resource Planning.  Dean is located in Yakima, WA. 
Phone:  (509) 823-5481
Email:  Dean

Sara Nikolic, Urban Strategies & Communications
Sara joins Futurewise after working with American Farmland Trust for four years, first as its Ohio State Director, and later as a consultant to its Ohio and Pacific Northwest Offices. While in Ohio, Sara worked on state legislation for transfer of development rights programs, subdivision review reform, and impact fee regulations, as well as a host of farmland protection and agricultural viability programs. As a native of the City of Chicago, Sara is now focusing her work on the urban side of the sustainable land use coin as she expands Futurewise’s Urban Development Program. Sara holds an M.S. in environmental policy from the Ohio State University and lives in Northwest Seattle with her husband and two young children.
Phone: (206)343-0681 x112
Email: Sara

Chieu Van, Membership & Outreach Coordinator
Originally from Saskatoon, Canada, Chieu studied Studio Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. Seattle’s distinctive neighborhoods drew her here and her interest in development work began as a result of getting involved in her community.
Phone: (206) 343-0681 x119
E-mail: Chieu