Our Board

We have the pleasure of working with Board members representing

four 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.

·  Karla Salgado : President (Calvary Chapel, Clinton)

· Elizabeth Derrig : Secretary (St Huberts) 

· Mary Beth  Schoeler   (St Huberts) 

· Janice Gibson  (Trinity Lutheran) 

· Johan Skuggeld :  Treasurer   (South Whidbey Assembly of God) 

· William Griswold (Trinity Lutheran) 

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  I am a recent graduate of Skagit Valley College in the area of Human Services. I have over 15 years experience in Apartment Management with both low income and affordable housing. I also have 5 years experience as a Director at Union Gospel Mission in Tarrant County. I look forward to using both my degree and experience to serve God by serving people.

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Johan has worn many hats through the years. He started out in Sweden, where he was born, as a teacher for 10 years. Following his move to the United States he took on  the role of a Transportation Coordinator for a utility pole company in Tacoma. He became an American Citizen and decided to try out Graphic Design for a while. During this time he became a founding board member of Sonoro, a local community choir. With the Lord's help, he overcame some severe health complications and ended up on Whidbey Island. He became the bookkeeper for Island Christian Academy housed in South Whidbey Assembly of God. He took on a second job as an Accounts Payable Clerk for Eagle Building Company. He was voted in as the Treasurer for THINC Board of directors. 

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My working career  covered teaching, school counseling,

bookkeeping, human resources and later general manager of a manufacturing company.   I have been on several other boards over the years so I am familiar with how they operate.  I am honored to serve for such a worthy cause.

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 · Coyla Shepard: Co-Founder of THINC

Volunteer

 (Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland)  

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.