Affordable Housing & Nonprofit Centers: Leveraging Community Development for Greater Impact

Kim Sarnecki – Chief Executive Officer
Together Center 

Kim Sarnecki is thrilled to be part of Together Center in Redmond, WA, an organization with a rich history of human service collaboration, community connection, and inclusion. She is knowledgeable and passionate about place-making,  community building, social purpose real estate, and thoroughly enjoys working with the amazing group of nonprofits co-located at Together Center to continue to empower people and our communities. Kim brings a wealth of experience, including as the Director of Administration and Real Estate for Tides Converge, the largest shared-space nonprofit center in the country. Kim has a passion for creating spaces for belonging. A book to which Kim is a contributor, Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace, was awarded the Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s 2019 Terry McAdam Book Award. Kim lives in Issaquah with her wife and their kitty companion, Charlie.

Jimiyu Evans – Co-CEO
Project Community Connections, Inc. 

Jimiyu teamed up with PCCI in 2008 and now the Co-CEO will continue to direct PCCI’s programs, oversee our culture, manage the facility, evaluate program performance and provide support with board development, business management and strategy, fundraising, and community relations.

He started his career working with juvenile delinquents as a therapeutic assistant, team leader and then unit coordinator at DISC Village “JUST Program” in Florida and Lima Juvenile Detention Center in Pennsylvania. Jimiyu then rose to Social Services Supervisor at the Douglas County and then Carroll County Departments of Family and Children Services. In those roles, he partnered with community agencies to develop and implement best case practices in homeless service delivery.

A sought after thought-leader, Jimiyu has presented at organizations like the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth and the Global Health and Humanitarian Summit.

Margaret Schuelke – Co-CEO
Project Community Connections, Inc.

Leading PCCI’s efforts since 2009, Margaret continues to manage all core PCCI agency activities including leadership and board development, business management and strategy, operational support, staff management and development, financial management and fundraising, community relations and human resources as the Co-CEO.

Margaret’s career path has been a steady, continuous progression of ever-increasing and broadening experience, expertise and responsibility-and includes research and analysis, fundraising, and operations and director level roles in organizations like the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, DeKalb County Police Department, YWCA of Greater Atlanta, Office of Homeland Security and PRISM, Progressive Redevelopment Inc.’s property management affiliate.

Each job in Margaret’s career trajectory prepared her, step by step, for her continued leadership as the Co-CEO by giving her a deep and comprehensive view of the many aspects of running a high-profile, mission-driven organization dedicated to ending homelessness. Margaret received her Master of Public Administration from University of Georgia. In 2012, the White House named Margaret a “Champion of Change.”

Saul Ettlin – Director of Consulting
Community Vision

Saul Ettlin has over 15 years of nonprofit management experience. Most recently, he was a senior member of Tides’ Administration and Real Estate team where he helped operate multi-tenant nonprofit centers. Saul also worked for the Nonprofit Centers Network promoting and supporting shared space and services. He has a strong interest in expanding the amount of nonprofit owned shared work space. Beyond space, Saul has significant grassroots political and organizing experience. He holds a MPA with a concentration in Nonprofit Management and a BS in Political Science and Community Development. Both are from Portland State University.