Board of Trustees

Freddie Barrett, Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant, served Corporate America in Sales and Management positions for over 25 years before launching Resilient Solutions, a leadership and organization development business. For the past 10 years, Freddie has worked with individuals and teams to identify personal and leadership strengths, develop interpersonal skills to expand healthy relationships, and take action towards sustainable results.

Freddie’s approach to developing people combines experiential learning, reflective assessments, and committed action one-step-at-a-time. Freddie is a Certified Facilitator of the EQ in-Action (emotional intelligence assessment), the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) used in helping teams work through conflict, and The Extraordinary Leader (360-degree feedback program). She loves working with individuals and teams to reach new levels of renewal and resilience. Freddie authored the article, Coaching for Resilience, guiding coaches to increase resilience in their clients.

Freddie holds a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science with an emphasis on Coaching and Consulting in Organizations, a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, and is a Master Certified Coach (accredited by the International Coach Federation) and Somatic Coach. She has served on the Board of the Women’s Business Exchange. Freddie is currently a Board Trustee for the Seattle Center for Spiritual Living where her love of education and working with youth contribute to this “teaching and practicing” order.
 

Diann’s involvement at Center for Spiritual Living has varied greatly since she began attending in 1993. A member since 1997 and Practitioner since 2000, she has assisted in teaching several classes and served as lead instructor for both Spiritual Practices and First Year Practitioner Training. She has facilitated small groups, mentored volunteers and staff, stuffed envelopes, designed and led retreats, visioned for the community at large and ran sound and lights for a few years! According to Diann, it has truly been a wonderful adventure.

“The Center for Spiritual Living has given me a teaching and practice that has been powerfully life-giving and life-affirming in addition to providing a community of people that I dearly love and appreciate. From this community I have made beloved friends and chosen family, including an amazing and empowering life with my loving life partner. I am so blessed!”

Professional Skills:

• 10 years experience in the study, consciousness and practices of a licensed Religious Science Practitioner
• A solid understanding of the Spiritual Principles taught at Center for Spiritual Living
• 17 years of experience serving and attending CSL which provides learning from and honoring the past as we vision and plan for the present and future.
• Leadership skills learned and honed through these experiences as well as various organizational support skills and natural empathy.

Keith Jefferson has been a part of Center for Spiritual Living for over 8 years. He has taught classes, participated in our Coming of Age program, served in the Youth and Family Ministry and for Habitat for Humanity. Keith is currently serving on the Membership and Stewardship Councils, the Men’s Group, and is our current Board President.

“I love the community that is the Center for Spiritual Living. I love the openness and acceptance of honoring all paths to God; the world class spiritual educational opportunities; how my sanghas feed my Spirit; and the various ways we serve our members and community. I love this place!”

Professional Skills:

• IT Management & Infrastructure
• Team Development
• International Business
• Virtual Management
• Billing & Budget Management
• Multi-cultural Management
• CRM
• Consolidations & New Ventures
   

Thomas is a grounding, loving presence to all those who walk in our doors. Thomas is part of the Sunday early crew, arriving most Sundays before 8am and serving the whole day. While his official title is "day lead" for the concierge team, you can find Thomas helping out in a variety of ways all the time.

“I appreciate the accepting nature of the Center for Spiritual Living and thrive on the support and connection of my Sangha and friends. I am grateful for the quality educational opportunities to grow us into our greater selves and empower our lives. I want to see these opportunities for growth and deepened connections continued, grown and available for each of you.”

Professional Skills: I have successful experience in business. I am a Licensed Architect. I currently act as “Director of Architecture” for Irwin Pancake Architects, Seattle, WA. I run the practice in Seattle serving our clients in the Northwest United States, on behalf of the firm’s ownership in Costa Mesa, CA. I moved to Seattle because I wanted to live in the Northwest and Puget Sound specifically. Prior to that I started and ran my own design firm (Mead Design Studio) in Ventura, CA and merged that with a partner in Santa Barbara, CA into M2 Architecture, Inc. Under my leadership as CEO of the M2 Architecture, the practice was successful and grew from 2 to 7 people within three years. Even during that growth and reinvestment time, we spent the third year paying down the start up debt and paying back investors.

Isolina is the lady behind the scenes and is probably best known for her development and implementation of our Volunteer Seva Station. Her contributions include being the project manager for our staff office move last summer, and the master mind behind events and projects that are still on their way.

“I’m honored to serve and support the work the Center for Spiritual Living is doing to create a better world. It’s beautiful to witness our congregation’s expanding connection to God’s Light and Love. I’m celebrating this One life and thrilled to call this thriving community my home.”

Professional Skills: I have a unique combination of vision and execution experience. I am known for being a change agent and enjoy moving organizations into new unchartered directions. I’m action oriented, creative and passionate. I believe in defining measurable goals and inspiring teams to meet those goals. I have a lot of international experience which has fueled my openness and awareness of God’s work in my life and the life of others.
 

Ray is celebrating 20 years in Religious Science, becoming a member of this church 8 years ago. He’s been active in many activities, including serving on the Building Committee for the Campus Expansion and having both of his teenagers complete the Coming of Age program. He and his wife, Margaret, are very excited about chairing the Stewardship campaign this year.

“Our Center for Spiritual Living is a very important part of my family’s life. My hope is that the message we teach and the community we share becomes available to many more people so that they can receive the same benefits that each one of us has received.”

Professional Skills:

• Management – Past VP of a $1 billion public company 
• Budgeting – Profit and Loss responsibilities for both small and large organizations
• Strategic Planning – facilitator as well as participant
• Software & Systems – development and deployment of business systems
• Marketing – 20 years in marketing