Advisory Board
Bookie Gates
Bookie, with over 30 years of community service in Seattle, is the founder of Baseball Beyond Borders and chair of the King County Play Equity Coalition. His efforts focus on promoting inclusivity and access in youth sports, drawing from his professional baseball background. Through his leadership, he has made significant strides in community development and sports equity.
Champions of Change
Benefitting Partners
Sara Osborne
Sara is the External Affairs Director for Safeway. She brings to the committee experience in strategic funding of over $70 million to Washington non-profits, learnings from advisory roles for a variety of Seattle organizations, and impactful collaborations with several Seahawks players.
Jamal Crawford
Jamal is a Seattle native, and has just retired from a nationally-acclaimed career in the NBA from 2000 to 2020. He also is a longstanding benefactor to Seattle, including providing a platform for local players aspiring to progress from amateur status to professional through “The Crawsover” league.
Draze
Draze is a Seattle-raised hip hop artist, songwriter, producer, emcee, musician, and community organizer. Not only is he renowned as one of the premier hip hop soundtrack creators for television and movies, but he also manages “Building Black Wealth”, an event-driven effort to encourage more investment in black-owned businesses.
Brigid Graham
Brigid was the President of the Lenny Wilkens Foundation for 14 years where she successfully raised over $14 million for Seattle’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic.
Lacie West
Lacie West is a Seattle native and currently serves as the Executive Director at Friends of the Children-Seattle. She has over 15 years of successful youth development nonprofit leadership experience. Prior to joining Friends-Seattle, Lacie served in leadership roles at the Service Board, College Possible (formerly College Access Now), and UNCF (United Negro College Fund).
Mario Bailey
Mario is the Director of Legends and Player Engagement for the Seattle Seahawks. He has an accomplished history in both football as a record-breaking wide receiver on the Huskies National Championship team as well as the CFL and NFL Europe, and community support as a social worker, youth counselor, and operator of his own foundation.
Nate Silverman
Nate has 19+ years of experience in the sports business. He has worked in many aspects of the business including youth, non-profit, collegiate, professional and founded an agency at one point in his career. Since a young age, he has had a passion for basketball and is currently a Senior Vice President with the 4x Champion Seattle Storm.
La Shanda Hurst