Shared Leadership Announcement

Our upcoming 50th anniversary has prompted our organization to engage in reflection on our past, and to think critically for our future. As an organization, we’ve seen incredible growth as we have risen to meet the challenges and needs of our community members. We’ve carried forward our mission of social justice and peace through interfaith understanding and cooperation. Even so, the organization of today and ten years ago are very different and the enriching expansion of services we’ve experienced in that time has been incredible. 

AWARDED LEAVE PROGRAM

Interfaith Works has a long and rich history of innovation and we’ve drawn on that history and the perspective it gives us to help inform our paths forward as an organization dedicated to social justice and peace. Looking forward to the next 50 years, Interfaith Works is taking bold steps to ensure our sustainability in this work. One major step toward this goal is a newly adopted awarded leave program. This benefit grants all staff in the organization sabbaticals to reground, renew, and reinvigorate at various benchmarks of continuous service. 

CO-DIRECTOR MODEL

Another innovation coming from the discernment of the staff, board of directors, and membership is a movement away from a single executive director model to a co-director model. This shared leadership model is structured to allow greater collaboration and improved sustainability of service in our many areas of community work. With a combined 26 years of service to this organization, please join us in welcoming our newly appointed staff directors!

Ivy Ayers (she/her), MPA

Director of Administration

Ivy will lead our Administrative Department. This department ensures the longevity of Interfaith Works through adherence to responsible operations of all systems. This department houses all non-program/service related personnel and operations, including fiscal, grant compliance, human resources, and asset management.

Ti’eri Lino (she/her), MPA

Director of Homeless Services

Ti’eri will lead our Homeless Services Department. This department includes the 24/7 supportive shelter at Unity Commons, day sheltering and service connection hub at Sergio’s, and all hazardous weather response. 

Meg Martin (she/her), LICSW

Director of Integrative Services

Meg will lead our Integrative Services Department, which includes our Navigation Team of certified peer counselors. This team provides expert care and support to shelter guests, residents of our associated housing, medical respite guests, and the community at large. Integrative Services also houses all MSW practicum students, and our newly expanded in-house mental health supports to best connect individuals to mental health and substance use treatment.

Rev. Corey Passons (he/him), M. Div

Director of Interfaith Relations

Corey will lead our Interfaith Relations Department which is the branch of Interfaith Works dedicated to fostering unity, offering expressions of sacred service to the community, and celebrating the rich tapestry of religious and spiritual diversity in Thurston County. 

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The implementation of a shared leadership model represents an ongoing commitment to collaborative outcomes and community-based coalition-building. We hope that this pivotal moment in our organizational history honors the legacy that is 50 years of Interfaith Works. Thank you for your support and care over the decades. We cannot do the work we do each day without our community. 

Here’s to the next 50! 

Want to contact the Directors' Team?

Please email us at directors@interfaith-works.org