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Management  
  Dee Wilson, MSW: Executive Director 
     
Administrative Team
  Megan Smith, Computer Support Technician
  Jen Kitajo, Training Coordinator
  Larisa Baturevych, Financial Administrator
  Tamar Puckett, Fiscal Specialist
  Poonam Lata, CWTAP Student Services Coordinator


Dee Wilson, MSW: Executive Director

Mr. Wilson completed his MSW at Eastern Washington University in 1985 and his BA in Sociology in 1966 at Colorado College. Mr. Wilson worked as a Social Worker with the Colorado Department of Social Services before moving to Washington. Mr. Wilson began his career with Child Protective Services, Division of Children and Family Services, Department of Social and Health Services in 1978 as a Social Worker in Spokane. During his career with the Children’s Administration he has been a supervisor, an area administrator and, since 1997, has served as Regional Administrator of Region 6, Division of Child and Family Services, Department of Social & Health Services.

Contact Information:
E-mail: wilsod@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-221-4278

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Megan Smith, Computer Support Technician
Megan joined NICF in October 2007.

Contact Information:
E-mail: smithm@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7301

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Jen Kitajo, Training Coordinator
Jen joined the NICF admin team in the spring of 2002, as program coordinator for the Child Welfare Training team. She provides support for the Walk A Mile Program as well as numerous training initiatives for the State of Washington Children's Administration.

Contact Information:
E-mail: jkitajo@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-2448

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Larisa Baturevych, Financial Administrator
Larisa has been with NICF since February 2003. She assists Peter with CWTAP program administration, and Noel with general fiscal reporting and budget management.

Contact Information:
E-mail: larisab@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7508

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Tamar Puckett, Fiscal Specialist

Contact Information:
E-mail: tamarp@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-685-1675


Poonam Lata, CWTAP Student Services Coordinator

Poonam is the student services coordinator for the CWTAP program. She is responsible for managing four different CWTAP programmatic activities, including student database management, admissions, educational assistance disbursement, and fiscal reporting.

Contact Information:
E-mail: pchant@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-616-7422

 

Northwest Institute for Children and Families
University of Washington • School of Social Work
4101 - 15th Ave NE • Seattle, WA 98105-6299
206-543-1517 • fax: 206-685-1330