Our mission is to strengthen community health and resilience by providing comprehensive support to children and their families.
Our vision is a thriving community where no child suffers.
Brigid Collins Family Support Center is a nonprofit organization operating in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Our MISSION is to strengthen community health and resilience by providing comprehensive support to children and their families. Our VISION is a thriving community where no child suffers. We are achieving this mission and vision by providing families with the support, education and resources needed to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. When one child is hurt, it means the child, their family, and our community need healing.
Originally founded in Bellingham, Washington in 1990, Brigid Collins Family Support Center is the legacy of a core group of volunteers who had a hope of better coordinating the community’s response to child sexual abuse.
Today, we have grown to serve more than 2,000 families each year throughout the Northwest corner of Washington. We continue to carry out our original mission by coordinating the Children’s Advocacy Centers in both Whatcom and Skagit Counties and working closely with all local law enforcement jurisdictions, prosecuting attorneys, medical providers, child protection workers and therapists from both counties.
Our dream has grown. Instead of responding to just child sexual abuse, we have a comprehensive vision of a world in which every child is nurtured and child abuse and neglect cease to exist.
Leadership
Jenn Lockwood
LMHC
Executive Director
Melissa Pickel
Associate Executive Director
Kaelen Grimes
Director of Development & Communications
Megan Brown Douglas
LICSW
Director of Clinical Services
Elizabeth Morgan
LMHCA
Director of Clinical Services
Administration & Development
Lisa Bradley
Accounting & HR Manager
Jodi Fraser
Administrative Coordinator
Coleen Aylen
Administrative Assistant
Abigail Bailey
Administrative Assistant
Ken Roman
IT Specialist
Annie Chin
Community Impact Coordinator
Barb Lupo
Philanthropy Officer
Kaitlyn Davis
Development Specialist
Larinda Tiokasin
Senior Program Assistant
Marsha Boling
PCAP Program Assistant
Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)
Karen Hulett
CAC Program Manager & Child Forensic Interviewer
Liliana Mendoza
CAC Coordinator & Forensic Interviewer
Adi Hernandez
CAC Coordinator
Therapy
Corinne Stevens
LMHC
Clinical Supervisor
Abigail Tankersley
LMHC
Therapist
Jason Davis
LICSW
Clinical Supervisor
Madelyn Aikenhead
LSWAIC
Therapist
The Parenting Academy (PA)
Andrea Cavendar
MA, LMHC
Parenting Therapist
Mary Adler
MSW, LICSW
Parenting Therapist
Tannre Kirmse
MS, LMFTA
Parenting Therapist
Kari Pendray
MA, NBC-HWC
Lead Parenting Coach
Tyler Thompson
Parenting Coach
Family Support Team (FST)
Susan Mahar
CA
Community Engagement & Outreach Officer
Stu Andrade
Kinship Navigator & FST Case Manager
Kate Rigberg
FST Case Manager
Tiffany Roberts
MA
FST Program Manager
Brittany High
FST Case Manager
Josiah Vander Griend
FST Case Manager
Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)
Charlene McPherson
PCAP Program Manager
Beverly Smissaert
PCAP Case Manager
Bonnie Breitman
MA
PCAP Case Manager
Ilaria Cobb
PCAP Case Manager
Leslie Mingo
PCAP Case Manager
Cristi Garner
PCAP Program Manager
Lexi Noel
PCAP Case Manager
Maria Wasley
PCAP Case Manager
Wahida Neero
PCAP Case Manager
Board of Directors
Carl Bruner
President
Consultant, CRB Consulting
Marin Siemanowski
Vice President
Retired Pediatrician
Tim Metz
Treasurer
Director of Student Services, Lynden School District
Rich Hart
Secretary
Police Officer, Ferndale Police Department
Board Members
Emily Boehm
Human Resources Consultant, Evergreen Workforce Consulting
Craig Dunn
Professor Emeritus, Western Washington University
Chuck Mather
Senior Sales Rep, Rain for Rent
David Ryberg
Retired Vice President, Baird Financial
Employment
Brigid Collins Family Support Center staff are a powerful team, committed to mentoring each other in the service of children and families.
Brigid Collins Family Support Center is an equal opportunity employer.
To view current job openings and submit an application, please visit our job board using the link below.
