Who We Are
The Financial Empowerment Network (formerly known as the Seattle-King County Asset Building Collaborative) is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 in Washington state dedicated to helping low and moderate-income people become financially stable.
Since FEN’s inception in 2006, spearheaded by the active leadership of the City of Seattle, Washington Appleseed, and The Seattle Foundation, we have become a prominent force in the region for financial empowerment
Our Vision
We envision communities where low- and moderate-income individuals and families are able to achieve financial well-being.
Our Mission
We advance financial empowerment through partnerships that support access to affordable, effective, and relevant services, products, and other resources.
Our Process
We serve as a liaison to create connections, disseminate evidence-based and promising practices, and bring resources to a network of providers in order to integrate financial empowerment into other services including anti-poverty strategies.
Our Values
Respect & Dignity, Collaboration, Continuous Learning, Integrity & Trust
Bank On
Bank On Washington
Ziquora Banks, Verity Credit Union
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Barbara Maxwell, Blue Mountain Action Council & Walla Walla ABC
Adam Stein, Columbia Bank
Bank On Washington Forum Planning Committee
Ryan Davis, Washington Asset-Building Coalition
Jenefeness Franke, Fiscal Finesse
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Jesse Johnson, Washington Treasurer’s Office
Abby Karpowitz, WorkForce Snohomish
Mandy Lee, Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Erin Lopez, WA Department of Financial Institutions
Alexandra Manuel, Community Member
Barbara Maxwell, Blue Mountain Action Council/Walla Walla ABC
Rachel McHugh, Sound Outreach/Pierce County ABC
John McKenney, Washington Treasurer’s Office
Jennifer Quiroz, Financial Empowerment Network
Erwin Reeves, FDIC
Jared Schapiro, WorkForce Snohomish/Snohomish ABC
Adam Stein, Columbia Bank
Linda Taylor, Urban League
Cathie Winegar, WA Trust Bank
Seattle-King County Youth-Led Bank On
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Dr. Eddie Moore, SteamVestments
Barbara Phillips, Community Network Council
Erwin Reeves, FDIC
Integration of Financial Empowerment into Service Systems
Financial Coaches Network Co-Chairs
Barbara Maxwell, BMAC, Walla Walla
Donna O’Conner, Hopelink
Financial Coaches Network Steering Committee
Phillip Godinez, Kitsap Community Resources
Thushari Gooneratne, JPMorgan Chase
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Elena Huizar, Attorney General's Office
Sam Johnson, Department of Financial Institutions
Lisa Jones, NW Access Fund
Tim Jumper, Sound Outreach
Abby Karpowitz, Workforce Snohomish
Keith Madsen, Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council
John McKenney, Office of the State Treasurer
Charnell Morud, Verity Credit Union
Liz Myntti, Lower Columbia Community Action Council
Kristen Navaluna, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish
Jennifer Quiroz, Financial Empowerment Network
Aaron Rodriguez, El Centro de la Raza
Lonnie Walls, Chelan Douglas Community Action Council
Lynn Willis, United Way Pierce County
Financial Empowerment Trainer’s Task Force
Lydia Assefa-Dawson, King County Housing Authority
Phillip Godinez, Reach your Goals Personal Finance Coaching
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Mandy Lee, Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Carmen Marttila, Junior Achievement
Charnell Morud, Verity Credit Union
Liz Myntti, Lower Columbia CAP
Donna O’Conner, Hopelink
Kaitlin Ortiz-Casper, Harborstone Credit Union
Jared Schapiro, Workforce Snohomish
Devin Stubblefield, ICF & Change Machine
Homeownership & Foreclosure Prevention
Tom McKay, Northwest Justice Project (NJP)
Linda Taylor, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
EITC and Free Tax Campaign
United Way of King County

Jennifer Quiroz
Executive Director

Ryan Davis
Director of Training & Coalition Building

Becky House
Board President
American Financial Solutions

Jamie Kaku
Board Treasurer
HomeStreet Bank

Linda Taylor
Board Secretary
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

John Kim
Past Board President
Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority

John Babauta
Board Member
First Tech Federal Credit Union

Marcy Bowers
Board Member
Statewide Poverty Action Network

Rishabh Jain
Board Member
Chief Financial Partners
Paul Knox
Board Member
Knoxworks Consulting

Molly Morris
Board Member
Rural Resources
Todd Pietzsch
Board Member
BECU
- American Financial Solutions
- Bank of America
- Banner Bank
- BECU
- Byrd Barr Place (formerly Centerstone)
- Cares of Washington
- Catholic Community Services
- Catholic Housing Services
- Cathay Bank
- Chelan-Douglas County ABC
- City of Kent
- City of Tukwila
- City of Sea Tac
- City of Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
- City of Seattle Office of Civil Rights
- Clark County ABC
- Columbia Bank
- Columbia Legal Services
- Connect for Success
- ConnectUp (Solid-Ground)
- Consumer Education and Training Services (CENTS)
- Cowlitz County ABC
- Department of Social and Public Health-Division of Child Support
- El Centro de la Raza
- Express Credit Union
- Financial Beginnings
- Financial Planning Association of Puget Sound
- First Financial Northwest Bank
- Global to Local
- Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region
- Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County
- Harborstone Credit Union
- HomeSight
- HomeStreet Bank
- Homestead Community Land Trust
- Hopelink
- Interim CDA
- Interconnection
- Kitsap County ABC
- Klickitat County ABC
- JP Morgan Chase
- KeyBank
- King County 2-1-1
- King County Housing Authority
- Mason County ABC
- Military Veterans Solutions
- Mt. Baker Housing
- Multi-Service Center
- Muslim Housing
- Neighborhood House
- Nexus Youth and Families
- Northwest Justice Project
- NW Native American ABC
- 21 Progress
- OneAmerica
- NW Consumer Law Center
- Parkview Services
- Pierce County ABC
- Pike Market Senior Center
- Port Jobs
- Rebuilding Seattle Together
- Refugee Resettlement Office
- Seattle City Light – Conservation Resources Division & Customer Care
- Seattle Clemency Project
- Seattle Goodwill
- Seattle Housing Authority
- Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI)
- Seattle Public Library
- Skagit County ABC
- Snohomish County ABC
- Solid Ground
- Sound Outreach
- Spokane CASH Coalition
- Startzone-an Initiative of Highline College
- St Vincent de Paul
- The Prosperity Agenda
- The Roadmap Project
- Thurston County ABC
- TRAC Associates
- Umpqua Bank
- US Bank
- Union Bank
- United Way of King County
- Snohomish County Asset Building Coalition
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
- UW School of Law Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
- Ventures
- Northwest Access Fund
- Walla Walla ABC
- Washington ABC
- Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
- Washington Homeownership Resource Center (WHRC)
- Wells Fargo
- Whatcom County ABC
- Within Reach
- Workforce Development Council Seattle-King County
- Yakima County ABC
- YMCA
- YWCA