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
Adam Stein, Columbia Bank
Barbara Maxwell, BMAC & Walla Walla ABC
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Ziquora Banks, Verity Credit Union
Bank On Washington Steering Committee
Abby McCutcheon, Workforce Snohomish
Andrea Alexander, Tribal Technology Training (T3)
Angela Williams, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Ashley Davis, 1st Security Bank
Barbara Maxwell, BMAC, Walla Walla
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Cristina Serra, WaFd Bank
Daniel Jean-Baptiste, Beneficial State Bank
Derek Lane, Lane Consulting
Elizabeth Escobar, Express Credit Union
Erin Lopez Nielsen, DFI
Erwin Reeves, FDIC
Esther Richmond, US Bank
Guillermo Sandoval, Umpqua Bank
Jared Schapiro, Workforce Snohomish
Jenefeness Franke, Fiscal Finesse
Jennifer Quiroz, Financial Empowerment Network
Jerrel Jones, Credit Revolution Education Directors
John McKenney, Office of the Treasurer
Josh Hoines, Umpqua Bank
Kayla Stufflebeam, Connections Credit Union
Linda Taylor, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Lynn Willis, United Way Pierce County
Mandy Lee, Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Maria Sennett, Beneficial State Foundation
Megan Managan, WA Bankers Association
Miladys Garcia, FEPPP
Minda Michelle Mattox, WSECU
Paulette Payne, Solid Ground
Richard Woodard, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Ryan Davis, Financial Empowerment Network
Scott Prior, Connections Credit Union
Suzanne Nester, First Financial Bank
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Tierra Bonds, Take Charge Credit Counseling
Tim Studlack, 1st Security Bank
Bank On Washington Forum Planning Committee
Abby McCutcheon, WorkForce Snohomish
Adam Stein, Columbia Bank
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Derek Lane, Lane Consulting
Erin Lopez, WA DFI
Edith Tate, Opportunity Council
Jennifer Quiroz, Financial Empowerment Network
Mandy Lee, Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Mymy Bhatia, Financial Empowerment Network
Ryan Davis, Financial Empowerment Network
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Tracy Godat, FEPPP
Seattle-King County Youth-Led Bank On
Barbara Phillips, Community Network Council
Dr. Eddie Moore, SteamVestments
Erwin Reeves, FDIC
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Integration of Financial Empowerment into Service Systems
Financial Coaching Network Co-Chairs
Thushari Gooneratne, JPMorgan Chase
Abby McCutcheon, Workforce Snohomish
Financial Coaching Network Steering Committee
Andrew Gutzmer, Attorney General's Office
Barbara Maxwell, BMAC, Walla Walla
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Charnell Morud, Verity Credit Union
Donna O’Conner, Hopelink
Elena Huizar, Attorney General's Office
Erin Lopez, DFI
Hilda McIntosh, South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
Jennifer Quiroz, Financial Empowerment Network
Jeremy Yonaka, Chelan Douglas Community Action Council
Jerell Jones, Credit Revolution Education Directors
Kristen Navaluna, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish
Linda Taylor, Urban League
Lisa Jones, NW Access Fund
Liz Myntti, Lower Columbia Community Action Program
Lynn Willis, United Way Pierce County
Mary Vargas, Tacoma Community House
Minda Michelle Mattox, WSECU
Phillip Godinez, Kitsap Community Resources
Ryan Davis, Financial Empowerment Network
Tierra Bonds, Take Charge Consulting
Financial Empowerment Trainer’s Task Force
Abby McCutcheon, Workforce Snohomish
Becky House, American Financial Solutions
Carmen Marttila, Junior Achievement
Charnell Morud, Verity Credit Union
Devin Stubblefield, ICF & Change Machine
Donna O’Conner, Hopelink
Elizabeth Perez, Washington Homeownership Resource Center
Jared Schapiro, Workforce Snohomish
Kaitlin Ortiz-Casper, Harborstone Credit Union
Liz Myntti, Lower Columbia CAP
Lydia Assefa-Dawson, King County Housing Authority
Lynn Willis, United Way Pierce County
Mandy Lee, Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Miladys Garcia, FEPPP
Minda Michelle Mattox, WSECU
Phillip Godinez, Kitsap Community Resources
Raquel Munguia, Washington Homeownership Resource Center
Thushari Gooneratne, JPM Chase
Tierra Bonds, Take Charge Credit Counseling
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
Mya Saez Flores
King County Engagement Manager
Mymy Bhatia
Program & Engagement Coordinator
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
Marcy Bowers
Board Member
Statewide Poverty Action Network
Paul Knox
Board Member
Knoxworks Consulting
Mandy Lee
Board Member
Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department
Molly Morris
Board Member
Rural Resources
Todd Pietzsch
Board Member
BECU
Cristina Serra
Board Member
WaFd Bank
- 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