Staff
Rachel.Vaughn@wwu.edu
(360) 650-7275
Rachel Vaughn
Executive Director
Rachel (she/her) comes to the Coalition after serving as the Executive Director for the Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility (CLSR) in the Milgard School of Business at UW Tacoma. In her role as the Executive Director of the CLSR, she was privileged to direct the Milgard Women’s Initiative, focusing on women’s leadership development across the lifespan, in partnership with remarkably talented women in the South Sound community. In addition, she co-chaired the UW Tacoma Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee with Dr. Ivan Harrell (President, Tacoma Community College), setting the groundwork for UW Tacoma’s new priorities and initiatives. In her last two years at UW Tacoma she served on the UW’s Tri-Campus Community Engagement Working Group, building tri-campus capacity for community engagement. In her last quarter at UW Tacoma, she taught T SOCW 512: Practice III: Community and Organizational Practice, which allowed her to fulfill her dream of teaching MSW students about policy, practice, community, and grant writing. In previous years, she has served as a field instructor for MSW practicum students. Rachel continues to teach at the UW Tacoma School of Social Work and Criminal Justice as a part-time lecturer, when she is called upon to do so.
Her academic background includes an MSW from the UW Seattle School of Social Work, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Education from Western Washington University. While an undergraduate at WWU, she started the LEAD (Learning, Environment, Action, Discovery) Project, among other service-learning programs. She was also privileged to assist in starting Washington Campus Compact (now the Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good). Returning to WWU, and to the Coalition, is a very full circle moment in her career.
In all her professional roles, she has focused on building, maintaining and improving partnerships between higher education institutions and their surrounding communities. She seeks to infuse a strengths-based perspective in all of her work and is beyond excited to bring her knowledge and skills to the Coalition.
In her spare time, she loves to hang out with heryoung adult sons, bake sourdough bread, go on long walks with no destination, attend live music events, and travel.
Staff
Rachel Vaughn
Executive Director
Rachel (she/her) comes to the Coalition after serving as the Executive Director for the Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility (CLSR) in the Milgard School of Business at UW Tacoma. In her role as the Executive Director of the CLSR, she was privileged to direct the Milgard Women’s Initiative, focusing on women’s leadership development across the lifespan, in partnership with remarkably talented women in the South Sound community. In addition, she co-chaired the UW Tacoma Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee with Dr. Ivan Harrell (President, Tacoma Community College), setting the groundwork for UW Tacoma’s new priorities and initiatives. For the past two years she has served on the UW’s Tri-Campus Community Engagement Working Group, building tri-campus capacity for community engagement. In her last quarter at UW Tacoma, she taught T SOCW 512: Practice III: Community and Organizational Practice, which allowed her to fulfill her dream of teaching MSW students about policy, practice, community, and grant writing. In previous years, she has served as a field instructor for MSW practicum students.
Her academic background includes an MSW from the UW Seattle School of Social Work, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Education from Western Washington University. While an undergraduate at WWU, she started the LEAD (Learning, Environment, Action, Discovery) Project, among other service-learning programs. She was also privileged to assist in starting Washington Campus Compact (now the Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good). Returning to WWU, and to the Coalition, is a very full circle moment in her career.
In all her professional roles, she has focused on building, maintaining and improving partnerships between higher education institutions and their surrounding communities. She seeks to infuse a strengths-based perspective in all of her work and is beyond excited to bring her knowledge and skills to the Coalition.
In her spare time, she loves to hang out with her sons (aged 21 and 17), bake sourdough bread, go on long walks with no destination, attend live music events, and travel.
(360) 650-7275
Jenny Spurgin
Associate Director
Jenny (she/her) joined Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good in 2021 after 13 years at Western Washington University in a variety of roles. She is enthusiastic about connecting higher education with communities and engaging students in meaningful work. She received her BA and MBA at WWU. Outside of work, Jenny is often chasing her two boys around the yard with her husband Sean, as well as cooking, gardening, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Jenny.Spurgin@wwu.edu
(360) 650-6476
Lainie Juhl
AmeriCorps Program Manager
Lainie (she/her) is a Western Washington University alumna and joined Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good in 2021 With a background in project management and operations, Lainie loves creating spreadsheets and diving into data from the programs. Outside of work, Lainie can often be found out adventuring with her two dogs.
Lainie.Juhl@wwu.edu
(360) 650-7791
Lisa Hughes
AmeriCorps Program Specialist
Lisa (she/her) has been a part of the team at the WA Campus Coalition for the Public Good for two years and is currently the AmeriCorps Program Specialist. Previously, she had been at Montana State University-Bozeman, for 14 years, in a variety of roles.
When away from work, she is hiking and exploring WA, reading, and flower gardening.
Lisa.Hughes@wwu.edu
(360) 650-6492
Megan Williams
Design & Communications Specialist
Megan Williams (she/her) is an alumnus from WWU, where she received her BFA in Design.
In her free time, she loves traveling, watching movies, and playing trivia games with her family and friends.
Eliza Hyche
Program Assistant
Eliza is a Political Science undergraduate student with an interest in international law. While being involved in local communities and volunteering in her free time, she's also spent significant hours cafe-hopping, painting, and reading. When she isn't working, studying, or at some random extracurricular, she can be found hiking or at her local cafe-- her favorite reads so far are Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and Babel by RF Kuang.