Team

Christine Stevens

Damian Pisanelli

Anne Davis

Heidi Cook

Rick Bendix

Jen Chermoshnyuk

Kathy Rees

Nancy Henderson

Area Team Chair

Area Team Co-Chair Elect

Area Sending Coordinator

Area Volunteer & Returnee Coordinator

YES/FLEX Coordinator

Support Coordinator

South Sound Chapter Chair

Can tell you way to much about chemicals and could beat Martha Stewart in speed cleaning! Christine oversees all aspects of AFS-GPS and is a returnee from Austria.

Is passionate about travel and learning about the world. Damian is a returnee from Sweden, and serves as a volunteer member of the AFS-USA Board of Directors.

Has been with AFS for more than 30 years and is our sending coordinator for over 80 students a year. Anne is also a returnee from Jordan.

Heidi has been our hosting coordinator for over 10 years. Thanks to her efforts in leading our hosting team, AFS-GPS places over 60 international students a year in our area..

Oversees our Area Team's volunteers, their training, involvement in activities, and recognition. Rick also is our point person to reconnect returnees to our organization as volunteers. He is a returnee from Paraguay.

Jen manages our sponsored student program participants who come from primarily Arab and former Soviet nations. Jen is a returnee from France.

Kathy oversees support for AFS-GPS, which includes overseeing school relationships, host family matters and is the point person between AFS staff and student/family liaisons.

Nancy heads up our efforts in areas in and around Tacoma/Olympia and the peninsula. Works as a physical therapist in Alaska and enjoys running, kayaking, and terrorizing captive audiences with a violin. :-)