Staff & Volunteers
Our staff works hard to make things happen at the Filipino Community of Seattle. They are responsible for ensuring the facilities are well-maintained and welcoming, and program services are delivered to members of the Filipinx community and others
Our Staff
Agnes Navarro
Executive Director
Agnes Navarro oversees the day to day operations of FCS. She ensures the programs and activities are effectively delivered to the community members and programs are sufficiently funded. She is an experienced administrator for more than 20 years prior to assuming the position of Executive Director. She has an entrepreneurial spirit. She has started non-profit organizations here in Seattle from the ground up and successfully received sufficient funding for those organizations.
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Agnes has a degree in Medicine and has retired from the University of Washington after 31 years of service. She is currently the Medical Administrator for Seadrunar Withdrawal Management Services, a nonprofit organization offering medical detoxification for drugs and alcohol abusers. She is the President of Crossroad Medical Services, a medical consultancy business.
Prior to her appointment as Executive Director, Agnes was a Board Member of the Filipino Community of Seattle for more than 10 years and was once the Director of the organization’s Culture and Arts Program.
Senior Services
Nelia Diaz (She/Her)
Senior Program Coordinator
Genalyn Muñoz
Senior Outreach/Facilitator
Lolita Lawson (She/Her)
Food Pantry Coordinator
Merly Sipin
Kitchen Staff
Domingo Basanes
Kitchen Helper
Cecilia Cabral (She/Her)
Kitchen Helper
Merly Claveraz (She/Her)
Zumba Instructor
Helen Williams (She/Her)
Zumba Instructor
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Gender Based Violence
Eldred Laude
Lead Coordinator
Emma Catague
Consultant
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Small Business Resiliency Network
Velma Veloria
SBRN Coordinator
Gracie Santos Guce
SBRN-WSMA Project Manager
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Youth Development
Jane Randolph
YDP Coordinator
Thomas Abalahin (He/They)
YDP Outreach Coordinator
Patricia Valle
YDP Curriculum Assistant
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Culture & Arts
Bennyroyce Royon
Culture & Arts Program Coordinator
Juliet Cheatle
Consultant
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Administrative & Operations
Jennifer Cruz
Program Director
Germelyn Pasia
Office Manager
Susan Bagby
Volunteer Coordinator
Teresita Era
Bookkeeper
Randy Bareng
Finance / Business Administrator
Mary Beth Lochnicht
Development Director
Kin Man Chan
Custodian
Eva Yiu
Custodian
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Our Volunteers
We’d like to express our profound gratitude to the following volunteers whose selfish acts helped the Filipino Community of Seattle provide much needed services and programs to the members of the Filipinx and other communities.
Our Programs
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It's never too late to etch your legacy in stone!
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Memorialize loved ones, honor friends and family, or commemorate special occasions by purchasing a personalized, engraved brick. Your brick will be displayed in our new Plaza. These laser-engraved pavers are guaranteed for life, with permanent ink that never wears away. Best of all, your tax deductible contribution will help complete the tenant improvement of the Innovation Learning Center.