About Washington Fair Trade Coalition

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Executive Director

Julie has been serving as the Washington Fair Trade Coalition Education Fund’s Director since February 2022. She has previous organizing experience in police accountability and alternative community safety programs, as well as professional experience in food justice. She holds a B.A. in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Washington.

Interim President

Jackie brings her perspective as a former Machinist Union labor leader and current WA State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Executive Board member to help guide and focus our work relating to the goals and concerns our union coalition partners have about trade issues such as outsourcing jobs and worker protection rules. 

As the President of the WA State chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, she brings the collective voice of seniors to our Board to ensure we fight for fair trade goals that won’t negatively impact prescription drug prices , hamper Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices, block patent reform laws or jeopardize the government’s ability to list and price prescription drugs in public programs, like Medicaid, which millions of seniors and people with disabilities rely on. 

Board Member

Don Lund of the I.L.W.U. represents the Longshore labor union in the Puget Sound Area ports. He has sixteen years in the Union and is currently the Chairman of the Puget Sound Area LRC (labor relations committee ) as well as serves on the Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Board for the state of Washington. 

Board Member

Jill Mangaliman is a queer Filipina born and raised in Seattle. They have over 10 years experience in mass campaign and community organizing with low income families and women locally and internationally. They are currently the chairperson of GABRIELA Seattle, and serve on the National Executive Committee of BAYAN USA, a national democratic alliance of Filipino youth, women, and migrants. They are a founding board member and former executive director of Got Green, and founding board member of Front and Centered with a focus on worker struggles and environmental justice.

Board Member

Sophia joins us representing SPEEA, and has a unique background at the intersection of trade, labor, and the environment, as she leads the international policy analysis program in Environmental, Health, and Safety at Boeing. She also serves as a Washington State Park Commissioner and volunteers with other organizations in the areas of environment, education, and the arts. She is also the first African American and the first black woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest!