Meet our Board
Terry Pottmeyer
Board President​
Terry is a nonprofit leader, currently providing consulting support to the sector, specializing in supporting and coaching Executives. She has led multiple human service agencies during her career, and holds a business degree and law degree from the University of Washington. She has served as an elected official, supporting her city and its schools, and was the founder of ‘Brave Commitments’, a collaboration of 40+ not for profit organizations that are working to stabilize the human service sector. She has called North Bend home since 2019.
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Why I’m serving on the Board: No one should be hungry. We have the capacity and the love to ensure that all of our neighbors have the food they need to thrive. I am honored to be a part of the team focused on ending hunger in Snoqualmie Valley.
Lisa Yamasaki
Board Vice President​
Lisa grew up in Fall City and has a great love for the Snoqualmie Valley and its residents. She’s worked in fundraising and community outreach in the nonprofit sector for 20 years, and is currently the Executive Director at the King County Library System Foundation. Lisa lives in North Bend with her two sons, husband and two dogs, where she loves being outdoors, cooking, gardening, podcast bingeing, and pretending to be crafty.
Why I am serving on the Board: This community means so much to me and I want everyone in it to have access to what they need. The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank plays such an essential role in providing for those experiencing food scarcity. They go beyond the essentials, though. With ever interaction, they treat their clients with the respect and dignity everyone deserves and I think it makes a big difference. I’m proud and humbled to be a part of an organization that operates with such care, passion, and integrity for its community.
Ken Heikkila
Board Treasurer​
Ken is an educator who served as an administrator of specialized programs for the last 20 years of his 40 year career. He retired from the Riverview School District after serving eleven years in the Snoqualmie Valley. His doctorate is in educational leadership, and these leadership skills have been utilized both in his educational career and in multiple non-profit boards in the Snoqualmie Valley. After retirement in 2018 he and his wife moved from Snoqualmie to North Bend. The Snoqualmie Valley has been our community since 2007.
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Why I’m serving on the Board: Involvement in community has been a theme starting with my first volunteer role in a community organization as a high school student. As a community member, I see the importance of sharing my talents and energy for the community. Having served as the interim executive director for the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank for six months in 2022 and getting immersed in its mission, I want to continue to focus my volunteer time and energy in this important community resource.
Erica Haycox
Board Secretary​
Erica and her family moved to North Bend in the spring of 2014. She grew up in rural eastern Washington where she worked on a family friend’s wheat farm for 8 summers. She went to Central Washington University and got her degree in elementary education. She taught in the Federal Way School District for 10 years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Erica has been a substitute teacher for the Snoqualmie Valley School district for the last 3 years. Their family are members of Mt Si Lutheran Church where she has served in multiple roles on the council and various committees.
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Why I’m serving on the Board: I want to help serve our community. I believe that sharing a meal with friends and family can bring us together and help to lift and support those who need it most. The Snoqualmie Valley Foodbank has done great work supporting and caring for the valley residents for the last 10 years. I want to collaborate and nurture our partnerships and relationships so that we can continue the mission we have been entrusted with. I believe that by caring for our neighbors and advocating for those who need it most we can continue to support all our community members with compassion and integrity.
Emilie Davidson
Board Member​
Emilie is an expert in strategic planning and development with a master’s degree in Public Health and over 12 years of professional experience working with human-centered services. She has worked in nonprofit, government, education and private sectors to support the needs of varying communities. She is passionate about changing systems to constantly serve the needs of the people they aim to support. Emilie feels lucky to live with her husband, daughter and two needy dogs in their forest dream-home in our valley’s beautiful Middle Fork.
Why I am serving on the Board: My personal and professional familiarity with the profound impact of nutrition and food access fuels my drive to challenge the traditional system of human services and behaviors around food insecurity. I insist on the social responsibility of a community to empower those in need through true empathy, dignity and inclusion. Plain and simple: I want to build a space where anyone feels comfortable and supported in their time of need.
Charlotte Rempfer
Board Member​
Over the years, Charlotte has been a high school and middle-school teacher, a newspaper advertising manager and a Human Resources specialist and trainer for a telecommunications company. After her children were born, she became a community volunteer, her interest focusing on providing early preschool education and therapeutic support for infants and children with developmental delays. Serving on the board of Children’s Services of Sno-Valley (Encompass) for twelve years, she helped guide the organization during the funding and construction of the agency’s first early learning center in North Bend. Recently, she co-chaired another capital campaign to build a second therapeutic and family support center in Snoqualmie, tripling outreach to Valley families. Having lived in the community with her family for over 45 years, Charlotte enjoys riding bikes, hiking, traveling, reading, and maintaining their property overlooking the Middlefork River. She looks forward to helping expand the Food Bank’s vital work of making food available to community neighbors.
Why I am serving on the Board: “Helping to provide food to those in need is critical to the health and wellbeing of our entire community. I want to be a part of that effort and serving on the board provides me an opportunity to participate in a meaningful way. I hope to be a resource to the SVFB in its future growth and development.”
Meet Our Staff
Alison Roberts
Executive Director​
Alison joined SVFB in March of 2024. She previously worked in leadership roles at the Kirkland Food Bank, as well as a national nonpartisan nonprofit focused on voter engagement. She began her career in the tech industry 15 years ago, but after volunteering at a food bank and loving it, she made a career transition into nonprofit work. She and her family live in North Bend.
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Why I’m serving: The mission of the food bank resonates deeply with my belief in the importance of creating dignified, positive, and equitable experiences for all. I’m passionate about social impact and giving back to my community, and I’m honored to be able to help in addressing the growing problem of food insecurity in our valley.
Dylan Johnson
Operations Manager​
Dylan went to Snohomish High School and got his bachelor's at The Evergreen State College with a focus on music performance and the practice of sustainable agriculture. He loves the Snoqualmie Valley and all of Western Washington and plans to live here all his life. He is proud to work at the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank.
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Why I am serving: I believe that access to healthy food is a human right. I plan to live here in the Valley the rest of my life and it is important for me to be an active member of the community.
Niha Viqar
Guest Support Specialist​
Niha has lived in Snoqualmie for almost 14 years, and is a mom of three kids and two cats. She has a passion for helping others, books and traveling. She started working in client care & customer service in 2009 and is excited to continue it while working with Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. ​
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Why I am serving: I believe in giving back to the community I live in. I love being part of Snoqualmie and its amazing community. Growing up, my family & I always did our best to contribute to our communities anyway we can, and I continue to instill that belief in my family now. Being a part of Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank is an honor, and I hope to contribute to it in the best way I can.
Brian Busby
Food Rescue Driver​
Brian grew up in the Snoqualmie Valley and retired from the Snoqualmie Fire Department in 2/2019. He had been a volunteer for many years with the SVFB before joining the staff at SVFB in February of 2024 as a Food Rescue Driver. Brian enjoys spending time with his wife, daughters and grandsons and family. He also enjoys hiking and fishing in the mountains.
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Why I am serving: Brian is honored to be on staff. He has been motivated through his faith in Jesus to serve his community through his church, SVA, and as a board member for Reclaim, formerly Snoqualmie Valley Shelter.
Andrew Cutler
Operations Assistant​
Andrew was born and raised in Ellensburg. He lived in Seattle for a number of years before settling here in North Bend 11 years ago.
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Why I am serving: I joined the SVFB team because I wanted to help the community and be able to help the services I utilized in the past myself.
Steven Garrison
Operations Assistant​
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Krista Oppie Johnson
Board Advisor​
A Seattle native and Pastor at Mt Si Lutheran Church in North Bend, Krista joins the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank as Director. Previously, she was the Pastor of Bethany Lutheran in Elmira, NY and a Synod Council Member focusing on mission and socially responsible investment teams. Krista has served to train congregations in Strategic Mission Planning and was on the Upstate NY Synod Council of the ELCA. She attended the University of San Diego for her undergraduate degree in Theology and Religious Studies and earned her Master's (MDiv) from Luther Seminary in St Paul, MN. Krista's previous volunteering experience includes serving as a youth for the Seattle Compass Center and with the NWWA Synod Hunger Team. She also served as a missionary doing human rights work in the Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico.
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Why I’m serving on the Board: I am committed to serving North Bend and feel a particular call to serve those who find themselves in need of the most basic of necessities; food. The congregation I serve is equally engaged and committed to seeing the hungry fed and the causes of hunger rooted out so that all living in the valley can live without the fear and worry of what to feed themselves and their families.