Sharonne Navas
Serving as Vice Chair for 2022/2023
Trustee Navas serves as Board Chair from 2018-2019, and as Board Vice Chair 2017-2018.
Co-Founder and current Executive Director of the Equity in Education Coalition.
Was a Commissioner for the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs from 2010 - 2012.
Former work experience: Community organizer with Stand for Children, Executive Director of Para Los Ninos, Assistant Director of Development for NARAL Pro-Choice America, Deputy Executive Director for Ayuda, Inc., and Development Coordinator for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Currently, she is on the steering committee of the Southeast Seattle Education Coalition and the board of Reading Partners Seattle. Ms. Navas sits on the Every Student Succeeds Act Accountability Workgroup as well as several workgroups for the Professional Educators Standards Board.
Ms. Navas was a volunteer for the South King Council on Human Services and was a Board member of the League for Education Voters. She was an advisory member for the Thrive by Five Advancing Racial Equity Theory of Change in Early Learning as well as a committee member of the WA State Education Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Sharonne holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology from St. John's University.
Trustee Navas has been reappointed effective 11/28/2022,