Management Team

  • Mark Finney

    Executive Director mark@thriveinternational.org

  • Jim CastroLang

    Operations Administrator jim@thriveinternational.org

  • Saw Gary

    Programs Director saw@thriveinternational.org

  • Lidia Pauline

    Director of Housing
    lidia@thriveinternational.org

  • Anna Bondarenko

    King County Project Director anna@thriveinternational.org

  • Melinda Manning

    Director of Development melinda@thriveinternational.org

  • Jeffrey Samson

    Director of Finance jeffrey@thriveinternational.org

Development Team

  • Chelsea Segalla

    Volunteer and Event Coordinator chelsea@thriveinternational.org

  • Pamela Thuswaldner

    Community Engagement Coordinator 
    pamela@thriveinternational.org

  • Connie Stark

    Corporate Partnership Executive
    connie@thriveinternational.org

Empowerment Program Team

  • Jackson Lino

    Youth Empowerment Director jackson@thriveinternational.org

  • Sajda Nelson

    Womens' Empowerment Program Coordinator
    sajda@thriveinternational.org

  • Pingala Dhital

    Mahima Project Manager: Women’s Empowerment Program pingala@thriveinternational.org

  • Vladimir Kronin

    Cultural Integration Event Coordinator vladimir@thriveinternational.org

  • Michael Harris

    Youth Program Coordinator michael@thriveinternational.org

Welcoming and Empowering (WE) Team

  • Nafisa Zafari

    Resources Coordinator. nafisa@thriveinternational.org

  • Hanna Sylenko

    Resources Coordinator. hanna@thriveinternational.org

  • Mariia Mykhailenko

    Property Manager. mariia@thriveinternational.org

  • Asma Abdulmohsin

    Resources Coordinator. asma@thriveinternational.org

  • Yalda Mohmand

    Resources Coordinator. yalda@thriveinternational.org

Administration Team

  • Kelsey Kimball

    Administrative Assistant Specialist kelsey@thriveinternational.org

  • Jerry Isaac

  • Brimo Nyinkuany

    Administrative Assistant
    brimo@thriveinternational.org

Thrive Center Spokane Team

  • Aleksey Borisov

    Service Manager aleksey@thriveinternational.org

  • Yuliia Boicheva

    Assistant to the General Manager. yuliia@thriveinternational.org

  • Lah Kpaw

    Custodian
    lah@thriveinternational.org

Thrive Center Tacoma Team

  • Portrait of Moisire Peralta

    Moisire Peralta

    Housing Onsite Attendant moisire@thriveinternational.org

  • Portrait of Rahim Rashidi

    Rahim Rashidi

    Resource Coordinator abdul@thriveinternational.org

  • Karla Peroza

    Resource Coordinator
    karla@thriveinternational.org

  • Portrait of Myriam Bakonga

    Myriam Bakonga

    Resource Coordinator myriam@thriveinternational.org

  • Portrait of Sonia Rodriguez

    Sonia Rodriguez

    Immigration Staff Attorney sonia@thriveinternational.org

  • Portrait of Patrick Medina

    Patrick Medina

    Spanish/Portuguese Interpreter patrickmedina6@gmail.com