DNDA Team
Board
BOARD PRESIDENT SHANNON WOODARD
Shannon Woodard (she/her) serves as Board President of DNDA and has been an active board member since 2015, bringing extensive expertise in finance, affordable housing, and community development.
Professionally, Shannon is the Vice President and Senior Asset Manager at R4 Capital, LLC, where she oversees financial and operational aspects of affordable housing investments, with a focus on Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). With over 20 years of experience in finance and more than a decade in multifamily housing, she has a deep understanding of asset management, property development, and regulatory compliance.
Shannon’s passion for affordable housing is both professional and personal. As a former single parent, she experienced firsthand the transformative impact of housing stability, which continues to drive her commitment to creating equitable opportunities for others. She is also a founding member of the West Seattle Public Schools Equity Fund, working to address disparities in public school funding.
At DNDA, Shannon plays a key role in strategic planning, financial oversight, and property development initiatives, leveraging her expertise to support the organization’s mission.
Board Member Since: 2015
Current Roles:
Board President
Executive Committee (Chair)
Finance Committee (Member)
Property Development Committee (Chair)
Vice President Evelyn Shapiro
Evelyn’s (she/her) record of service-based activism demonstrates a life dedicated to justice, equity, and community development. She was raised in a Jewish and Irish family from Chicago and Detroit with a deep heritage of civil rights and social justice organizing. A self-described "community service nerd," she fundraised and built houses with Habitat for Humanity throughout high school, inspiring her next career and eventual involvement with DNDA.
After working on key union organizing campaigns, Evelyn’s travel to Central America, as an international election observer, deepened her understanding of international inequities.
Evelyn's passion for building led to a near-decade career as a journey level carpenter, contributing to impactful projects such as hospitals, schools, art centers, and sports stadiums. Transitioning to union staff, she led a regional department combating wage theft in construction, producing substantial legal victories and policy reforms particularly benefiting immigrant workers and union members.
Evelyn’s leadership skills were recognized within the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Union, where she made history as the first female principal officer in the United States. Evelyn's tenure was proudly distinguished by her successes towards improving workers’ wages and benefits, addressing high industry suicide rates, and promoting racial equity.
Currently, Evelyn’s business focuses on strategy, development, and accountability in mission-driven organizations. She's an advocate for equity in workplace benefits and a proponent of healthy conflict as a means of organizational growth. Evelyn’s collaboration thrives with colleagues that are smart, kind, curious, and humble. DNDA has a knack for attracting exactly this kind of rich experience and humanity.
She admires DNDA’s unique commitment to the arts, environment, and low-income housing, through a lens of racial and social justice. Her connection to the Delridge community is enriched by over two decades of living along the Delridge corridor.
Evelyn's home life, shared with her partner, two teenagers, and a noisy hound dog, celebrates Pacific Northwest beauty. She frequently invites others to nature-infused "walking meetings" that spark creativity and effective solutions both personally and professionally.
Board member since 2023
Board Vice President; Chair of Board Development Committee
Curiosity Growth Labs
Treasurer MJ Sumida
MJ (he/him) is an Indigenous FN Accountant born and raised in the PNW. Coming from a father who served on SPD for 20 years and Filipino mother both retired in the military, Michael knows first-hand the difficulties of living in Seattle with a multicultural background. From a very early age, MJ was interested in Finance and how money works, when it occurred to MJ that he’s never seen Natives, Filipinos or Japanese represented in the finance industry as something that needed changing.
Michael spends his free time with his family, 3 yr. old daughter Catalina and co-parent Christina. When he’s not with his family he can often be seen doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at his local gym or working on language revitalization and cultural restoration within his community. Michael Is Huu-ay-aht FN from Vancouver Island BC.
Army Veteran served 2 tours in Iraq. (2006-2010)
Graduate of St. Martins University with bachelor’s in accounting.
5 years of experience in nonprofit accounting and affordable housing development in the Seattle area for indigenous houseless relatives.
Experience in Rapid Acquisition of Salmon Berry Lofts low-income building in DT Seattle.
Board member since 2024
Board Treasurer; Chair of Finance Committee; Development Committee Member; Executive Committee Member
Chief Seattle Club as Accountant III
SECRETARY SAM DRUCKER
Sam (he/him) grew up in a small Maine town, regularly exploring nearby woods and tidepools. This early connection to nature was fed by off-grid summers on a mountain in California, where he was also inspired by his grandparents’ love and generosity to always pursue ways to help others. An explorer by nature, Sam has traveled the world and lived in all corners of the US. He’s lived in West Seattle longer than any other place aside from his childhood home and has been inspired to develop the relationships here that are necessary to support everyone who calls this neighborhood home. While he doesn’t consider himself an artist, Sam does enjoy expressing his creativity through making ice cream and playing guitar with friends. Arts, and music in particular, have always provided a source of inspiration and emotional validation for Sam. He’s thrilled that his kids have more artistic ability and aspiration than he does!
Sam has a background in environmental sciences, science education, and non-profit management, as well as construction and property management.
For Sam, DNDA embodies the practice of acting locally while thinking globally. The issues that DNDA addresses through its numerous programs and affordable housing, combined with its emphasis on community building and empowerment is a model for creating more equity, sustainability, and justice.
Board member since April 2018
Board Secretary; Board Development Committee Member; Executive Committee Member
University of Washington, School of Oceanography
Amy Young
Amy (she/her) lives in West Seattle with her partner Lisa and two teenage kids. Amy and her family love living in West Seattle because of the easy access to Puget Sound and our amazing parks, bike paths, and of course, Alki Beach! Amy grew up in Minnesota and loves the outdoors and all forms of boating - kayaking, paddleboarding, sailing, and getting out and exploring the beautiful Puget Sound Islands and marinas.
In her work life, Amy is the lead communication and marketing professional at the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center at the University of Washington. The Center is the research hub for all the amazing work being done at the now 35 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers across the country.
Amy has been with DNDA for over 6 years now and loves being a part of the DNDA family and community. DNDA has the ability to pull you in and make you feel like you’re part of something great! Every year, DNDA has grown and expanded its impact on our community, and Amy is proud to be part of an organization that leans into challenges and brings the community together.
Board member since 2018
Board Member; Programs Committee Member
Zen Cloud Consulting
Kevin Duong
Kevin (he/him) grew up in the Rainier Valley, Rainier Beach neighborhood loves the diverse community and local business especially ethnic food! He enjoys walking and relaxing in the Kubota Garden seeing different plant shrub varieties change over the season with a beautiful koi fish pond. Kevin spends a lot of time giving back to community volunteering building relationships in the community.
Kevin is a community outreach & engagement specialist, he has a strong connection with the Vietnamese community bringing resources and support to his community. Such as in language helping with billing, paperwork, sharing information, community feedback on certain projects & looping back, nature walk, environmental education and taking sustainable actions.
Kevin loves the mission of creating and keeping the neighborhood as vibrant and resilient as possible through affordable housing, arts, and protecting/growing green space. He is passionate about making an area resilient and thriving and currently what he feels will do is first keep the community here and support the community healthy. Kevin can contribute ideas, stories, wants/needs that he hears from the community to help DNDA make decisions. Kevin would love to contribute his time to support community outreach & engagement work with DNDA.
Board member since May 2023
ECOSS - Senior Outreach Manager since 2015
Kim Schwarzkopf
Kim (she/they) is a Producer, Filmmaker, Mom, Co-Leader of River City SkatePark, Founder of a youth mentoring program called Across the Bridge, and a long-time neighbor of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center and Longfellow Creek. When Kim isn’t producing films or advocating for skate parks, you can probably find her at her favorite dance fitness class, taking scenic photos, spending time with her family, or walking her GranDog, Sammy, along Longfellow Creek!
After visiting Seattle in the early 90s to snowboard and be closer to her Grandma, Kim fell in love with the amazing parks, arts, and cultural diversity. It felt like home, so she planted roots and started to think of how to give back and contribute in a meaningful way.
Building a healthy community is critical to Kim. She loves connecting with others and thinking deeply about peace and what it takes to have sustainable peace. Her focus has been on creative ways to reduce violence and increase peace in ourselves, families, and schools through economic justice, conflict resolution, and fighting for free and public green spaces. A shared vision makes working with DNDA a natural alliance, and what really seals the deal is DNDA’s commitment to supporting the leadership of young people in all things art and nature!
Board member since May 2022
Board Member; Chair of the Program Committee; Board Development Committee Member
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