Passport Leadership Team

The Passport Leadership Team is an advisory committee, dedicated to enhancing the program design, implementation, and quality of the Passport to Careers program. The Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) partners with College Success Foundation (CSF) to convene and facilitate the PLT. The PLT is a cross-sector team of student-support practitioners and stakeholders representing the regional diversity of our state. 

The Passport Leadership Team convenes quarterly.

Passport Leadership Team has 30 members and includes representatives from:

  • Individuals with lived foster care and unaccompanied homeless experience 
  • Public and private agencies that assist current and former foster care recipients and unaccompanied youth or young adults experiencing homelessness in their transition to adulthood 
  • Student support specialists from public and private colleges and universities
  • State board for community and technical colleges
  • State workforce training and education coordinating board
  • Employment security department 
  • State apprenticeship council 

Priority areas:

Currently, the PLT operates through three focused workgroups, each dedicated to driving improvements in the following areas:

  • Passport Program Data
  • Passport Program Infrastructure
  • Passport Leadership Team Advising Structure

Previous projects:

PLT members have made significant contributions to past projects, some of which include: 

  • Development of the Passport Addendum to Participation Agreement form
  • Creation of Campus Champions Role Descriptions
  • Participation in planning the Passport to Careers Conference
  • Collaboration on the production of WPN webinar series
  • Establishment of the Regional Passport Networks

Current PLT Leadership

  • Vivian Rogers Decker

    (she/her)

    K-12, McKinney-Vento/Homeless Youth Liaison

    Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

  • Zack Reiber

    (he/him)

    Basic Needs Navigator and DSS

    Spokane Falls Community College

2024-25 PLT Members

  • Alyosha Van Dusen

    (he/him)

    Regional Manager – Launch Success

    Treehouse

  • Ariana Muro

    (she/her)

    Passport Designated Support Staff

    Lower Columbia College

  • Brendon Taga

    (he/him)

    Passport Campus Leader

    Olympic College

  • Colleen Montoya Barbano

    (she/her)

    Passport Designated Support Staff

    Seattle University

  • Jen Manley

    (she/her)

    Passport Campus Leader

    South Puget Sound Community College

  • Jessica Perez

    (she/her)

    Policy

    Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

  • Kathy Ramsay

    (she/her)

    ETV

    Department of Child, Youth, and Families (DCYF)

  • Laura Coghlan

    (she/her)

    Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness

    WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

  • Lora Jenkins

    (she/her)

    Passport Designated Support Staff

    Clark College

  • Melissa Raap

    (she/her)

    Passport Designated Support Staff

    University of Washington

  • Nicole Hanson

    (she/her)

    Workforce Initiatives Manager

    Washington State Employment Security Department

  • Peggy Carlson

    (she/her)

    Education Program Administrator

    Department of Child, Youth, and Families (DCYF)

  • Rosemary Peterson

    (she/her)

    Education & Employment Manager

    Office of Homeless Youth (OHY)

  • Sierra Arlidge

    (she/her)

    Independent Living Program Supervisor

    Lutheran Community Services – Refugees Northwest

  • Sojim Huckleberry

    (she/her)

    SETuP Program

    Pierce County Alliance

  • Stacey Klim

    (she/her)

    K-12, Foster Care Program Supervisor

    Office of Superintendent of Public Schools (OSPI)

  • Yokiko Hayashi-Sagull

    (she/her)

    Director, Government Relations

    College Success Foundation

Interested in Being Involved?

New PLT members are on-boarded every summer by CSF staff.  

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Members of the PLT are requested to make the following agreements: 
  • Commit to a minimum of a two-year term. Terms begin in July and end in June. 
  • Attend and participate in all meetings.  
  • Actively participate in a related regional group and serve as a liaison from the regional group to the PLT.  
  • Maintain involvement in workgroups and/or committees. 
  • Attend the annual Passport to Careers Conference 
  • Attend, support, and/or co-lead regional events organized by the Washington Passport Network as appropriate.