Established in 1971, the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program (FEOP) Board of Trustees promotes academic excellence for underrepresented, educationally and economically disadvantaged students.
The Friends serve as an advisory pipeline between the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D) and the community, and provide counsel to the vice president on resource development and diversity initiatives. FEOP joins OMA&D in selecting the University of Washington Charles E. Odegaard Award and student scholarship recipients, and serving as a host for Celebration.

2021-2022 Board of Trustees
Each Trustee is appointed, or elected for a three-year term. The Board meets monthly except July and August. Its signature event, Celebration, raises funds for the FEOP endowment. Celebration 2021 will be held Wednesday, May 12, at the Husky Union Building.

- Barbara Lord MacLean (Boeing Retiree)
President - Anthony Sanchez
Vice President - Emile Pitre
Parliamentarian/ Senior Advisor - Rickey Hall
Vice President for Minority Affairs & Diversity/University Diversity Officer
Board Members
- Alexander Ainsley (Merrill Lynch Wealth Management)
- Ashley Brown (Cooley LLP)
- Skyler B. Brown (Goldman Sachs)
- Jarrod Da (Snoqualmie Indian Tribe)
- Sean Daniels (Muckleshoot Indian Tribe)
- Carmen Decker (Kimco Realty)
- Moshe Hecht (City of Seattle)
- Tiffany Lally (R.W. Baird)
- Heather Lingbloom (Swedish Edmonds Retiree)
- Katarina Mello (Microsoft)
- R. Omar Riojas (Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas, PLLC)
- Jorge Roberts (AvPORTS)
- Stephen Robinson (Seattle Foundation)
- Millie Russell (Emerita)
- Shirin Soleman (Nordstrom)
- Mary Jane Topash (Tulalip Tribes)
- Kristine Weed (Boeing)
- In memoriam: Dr. Gabriel Gallardo
Staff
- Katherine Day Hase
- Joaquín Benjamín Chapar Ortíz
- Daya Terry
- Sara Werner
For any questions or comments, please contact:
Joaquín Benjamín Chapar Ortíz
206-685-2116
jbchapar@uw.edu
2020 FEOP Reunion Photo Gallery
Photos by Emile Pitre