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Our Board

PIC’s Board of Directors represents a broad spectrum of Southwest Washington. The Board meets every other month to provide input and oversight to the short-term and long-range priorities of the non-profit. Board members also participate in several standing committees: Finance, Program and Development, Personnel and Executive. Current members serving on the board are:

Board Officers

Sharif Burdzik

Board Chair

Business Lending Officer Columbia Credit Union

Russ McGraw

Board Vice Chair

Director of Human Resources Humane Society for SW Washington

Board Members

Brett Blechschmidt

Associate Superintendent and COO Vancouver Public Schools

Dominique Merriweather​

Director of Finance and Business Affairs Innovative Housing

Nerek Daniyelyan​

Assistant Vic Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships Washington State University Vancouver

Mark Sohm

VIW Prevention Program Manager Legacy Health Systems

Lisa Stevenson

Human Resource Manager Impact/ES

Damien Wheeler

Program Director Boys and Girls Clubs of SW WA

Join Our Board

Are you interested in becoming a PIC board member or serving on one of our advisory committees? Contact PIC Executive Director Sharon Pesut at 360-597-2060 or by e-mail at sharon@swwpic.org.