Who we are
At Alongside, we pair social workers with technologists and communicators—people who understand the emotional realities of child welfare and people who can build tools to reshape the system. This diverse expertise is why partners bring us in for problems that don’t have easy answers.
Leadership
Board of directors
Alongside’s board of directors consists of child and youth advocates, caregivers, and technology professionals. Like our staff, many of them have been with us a long time, a testament to their dedication to this work and our organization.
Logan McInerney
Board President
Head of Household
Karen McInerney
Board Vice President
Manager, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
David Gestaut
Board Treasurer
Senior Director of Network Intelligence, Visa
Shannan Engel, LMFT, PhD
Board Secretary
Therapist, private practice
Megan Bloomingdale
EMT and Fire Science Faculty and Program Coordinator, North Seattle College
Kristy Carangi, LMHCA, NCC, PhD
Therapist, private practice
Samantha Corder
Lead Probation Officer, King County District Court
Mark Dorner
Regional Medical Manager, Vigor Industrial
Nadine Tabing
Senior Product Designer, T-Mobile
Partners
You can tell a lot about an organization by the company it keeps. Alongside is honored to work with partners and funders who share our commitment to reimagining what’s possible for children and families. Some of our key partners include:
- Ad Council
- Alaska Office of Children’s Services
- Black Hills Information Security
- C.A.S.E.
- Dearborn Strategies
- Flight Design
- Lucet Creative
- National Adoption Association (NAA)
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- OSLC Developments, Inc.
- Raise the Future
- Roundtable Technology
- Slalom
- State Library of Oregon
- Therapeutic Life Story Work International
- Twin Variety
- University of Texas School of Social Work
- US Children’s Bureau
- Voice for Adoption
- Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Family Services
Partner with us
Child welfare problems are complex but not intractable if we work together.
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