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Our Board

Board of Directors

We have the pleasure of working with Board members representing

five local South Whidbey churches. 


Our Board members head the THINC support committees in their churches, as well as report back to the committees on the progress and needs of the project.


· Coyla Shepard: Resources (Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland) 

·  Karla Salgado : Treasurer (Calvary Chapel, Clinton)

· Maralie Johnson:  (St. Hubert Catholic Church, Langley)

  ·  Beth Derrig  : Secretary (St. Hubert Catholic Church, Langley)

· Adam Breedlove: Building Consultant (Assembly of God, Langley)

- Gena Styles (Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland) 

· Debra Hedllund: Legal Counsel (Calvary Chapel, Clinton)

-  Greg Gillis  (Langley United Methodist Church)

Coyla Shepard, Resources

Coyla Shepard volunteer, and member of Island Church. As a retired public school teacher, I volunteered at The Hub, the free after-school program in Langley. There I met a family of three teens and their widowed mother who needed housing. That meeting inspired me to join the Board of the newly formed South Whidbey Homeless Coalition. The need for more permanent housing led me to bring others together to form the nonprofit THINC Whidbey.

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Maralie Johnson, Treasurer

Maralie Johnson volunteer, living on Whidbey Island for 14 years and I attend St. Hubert’s Catholic Church in Langley. I’ve been concerned about housing homeless people for years. My mother and I bought an RV for a family of six several years ago. The family was going to split up the marriage in order to get housing in Everett. At the time, there were no services available to them on Whidbey. Since that time, I’ve remodeled my garage for a friend who was going to be homeless because her income was not enough to support local rental rates. I believe God cares about people in need and expects us to use the skills we have to help them.

Adam Breedlove, Building Consultant

Adam Breedlove volunteer and member of South Whidbey Assembly  of God Church. I own and operate Breedlove Construction and am a third generation resident of South Whidbey.  I'm fortunate to have been on  several short term mission trips, have been involved in other community  outreach organizations, and have a real desire to show the love of God with service to others. I'm pleased to do that with THINC by mentoring our construction crews during our building phase. 


Deborah Hedlund, Legal Counsel

Deborah Hedlund volunteer and attorney. My legal career includes being a criminal law professor, prosecutor, public defender, City Attorney of a small community, and corporate counsel. I then served for 33 years as a State Court Trial Judge in Minnesota. I continue to serve on the  Board of the University of Northwestern (MN). I retired to Whidbey Island in 2013.  There is a critical need to provide affordable housing on Whidbey Island, and l am dedicated to being a part of the solution as a member of the THINC Board.

Karla Salgado, Treasury

  Karla Salgado 


 volunteer, THINC Whidbey 

Gena Styles

Gena Stiles, volunteer and THINC board member.

 Member of Trinity Lutheran and HHE (His Hands Extended)     

 taking food and clothing to homeless in Seattle.

Retired from Time Together program at Senior Services.

Beth Derrig, Secretary

  Beth Derrig  THINC volunteer 

Greg Gillis

 Greg Gillis   THINC volunteer 

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