Christine Atkins

Christine Atkins is the Chair of the Committee Cabinet and in that role, is an ex-officio voting member of the Board. She joined the collective in 2013 and has served as the Pooled Fund Grants Committee Chair, as a member of the International Grant, and the Impact Assessment Committee. She has also participated in the PFGC Strategic Planning Grant Task Force and the WaWF DEI training. Christine has 25 years experience working for Wall St. firms most recently as a fixed income bond trader. She was Parent Association President and Board Member at Seattle Academy and co-auction chair at UCDS school and an active volunteer at many Seattle non-profits. She is a graduate from the State University College of NY at Oneonta. She joined the WaWF transformation to be active and educated in philanthropy in WA State with dynamic and informed women in a collective organization.

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