Jason is a Mississippi native who first discovered his passion for activism and community service while living in Memphis, Tennessee. He served as a board member for Mid-South Pride, the largest Pride festival in the Mid-South, and was an active volunteer for OUTMemphis and the Tennessee Equality Project. The drive and passion of his fellow queer Memphians as they continue to fight against harmful local and state government policies inspired Jason never to give up.

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He moved to Seattle in 2011 and found a large, vibrant LGBTQ+ community that welcomed him. Jason’s belief in the importance of service was only reinforced by his newfound love of Seattle; he recognized that there is much work to be done despite our increasing visibility and acceptance. Jason first volunteered for Peer Washington during the Seattle Area Support Groups days, and he firmly believes in the Peer mission and peer counseling as a vital tool. He is also a proud member of the Seattle leather community, serving as the Seattle Leather Service Corps president and vice president of the Washington State Leather Organization. He is a systems engineer for REI and lives in Columbia City with his fiancé.  

Carol Burton was a peer group facilitator at Peer Seattle for 5 years, running Daring Divorced Divas, a support group for women who had ended a same-sex relationship. The group ended its run in 2013. Her work facilitating that group led to her continued involvement and commitment to Peer Seattle, becoming a board member in May 2013. Carol graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 1993. She is employed by Premera Blue Cross doing insurance defense work. Carol is also active in the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA), Northwest Chapter. Her partner has HD. She is the proud parent of a daughter who attends college in Los Angeles. And she loves her dog, despite the fact that her dog sometimes eats the couch cushions. 

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Jon is a Pacific Northwest native. He grew up in Bellingham and moved to Seattle for his undergraduate degree at the University of Washington. After graduation, Jon moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and stayed there for 14 years. While there, he returned to school and graduated with his MBA from San Francisco State University. Work, family, friends, and love of the PNW brought him back to Seattle in 2014. 

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Volunteer time and community service have always been important to Jon. While attending UW, he volunteered with Lambert House, and in San Francisco, he volunteered with several nonprofit organizations. He's humbled to be on the Board of Directors at Peer Washington and a steward of our peer emotional support and development services. In his free time, he balances activity through sports and exercise with regular visits to eat out at all the fantastic restaurants in Seattle. 

Roberta was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She moved to Seattle in 1992 for a reporting job at KING 5 (NBC) news. She spent the next two decades covering major news events in Washington state. While working as a full-time reporter and raising three kids with her partner, her alcoholism was activated.  She was lucky enough to find treatment and is now in long-term recovery.

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Roberta is passionate about helping disenfranchised people and others to get help and is especially focused on meeting people where they are at. She believes deeply in the peer-to-peer model and has seen its benefits work on many levels. She has a unique skill set to help tell stories and get messages across to a wide audience. She enjoys spending time with her son, twin daughters, and husband. (but secretly, her favorite is her dog, Abby.)

Cory was raised in the Pacific Northwest and entered the recovery community at the early age of 21. Once in recovery, he has supported and received support from many individuals who share the same background in addiction, mental health, and recovery. Being a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a local DJ, he experienced the lack of fellowshipping opportunities in Spokane if you didn’t drink. It became obvious that there was a great need for a place and supportive services that just didn’t exist in Spokane in the 90’s.

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He first heard about Peer Support from a good friend and was asked to sit on the Advisory Board of Peer Spokane 2019. Since that time, he has supported the mission and vision of Peer Washington. He is a certified Recovery Coach and continues to be involved with Peer Spokane. He joined the Peer Washington board in 2023 to make sure the Pacific Northwest was represented and benefits from the good work done at Peer Washington remained available.

Dr. Greg B. Urquhart is a Tsalagi (Cherokee) descendant, military veteran, therapist, and water protector. He serves as the President of the WSU Chapter of the Society of Indian Psychologists and as a board member of Peer Washington. He has also served in leadership positions within the American Psychological Association’s Divisions 17 (Human-Animal Interaction) and 18 (Psychologists in Indian Country).

He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington in 2011. He holds a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology and an M.A. in Community Counseling from Washington State University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Washington and associate degrees in Arts and Sciences and General Studies from Tacoma Community College. His interests include earth justice, tribal sovereignty, veterans’ issues, Native American psychology, social justice through research, career counseling, human-animal interaction, and psychology across cultures.

Greg is the lead investigator on what is, to date, the largest pan-tribal veteran’s survey ever to be completed, with 175 distinct tribal affiliations represented. The study examines Native American Veterans’ preferences for healing and treatment of PTSD as well as what barriers exist to engaging in currently available healing and treatment options.

Greg currently is employed in a group private practice in Olympia, Washington, where he serves client’s mental health needs using his integrated approach, which draws heavily from a multicultural framework that combines person centered, cognitive behavioral techniques and other therapeutic modalities.