Amy Smith,
Vice President

"I became involved with the Boiler Room in the fall of 2000. I had been living in Seattle, and had become addicted to methamphetamines. I was directed to the Boiler Room as a safe haven, a place where I could have the space and support to clean up and sober up.  Since then I have been clean, and feel the Boiler Room was instrumental in saving my life. I started volunteering in December 2000, served as coffeehouse intern in the spring of 2004, joined the Board of Directors in June 2004, and became secretary in September 2005. Continuing to work with the Boiler Room has given me an opportunity to share my story with others, and to be an example to youth that it is possible to turn your life around."

Julia Cochrane,
Board Secretary

Para-educator at Blue Heron Middle school for the past 12 years. Her home is the Willow Tree House – transitional housing for youth 14 to 24. She is a Founding Member of the Healthy Youth Coalition, an original Steering Committee member of East Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity, member of the Social Justice Committee of Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and a Homeless Shelter volunteer. Also a member of Peninsula Pride Alliance, and a board member of Jefferson AIDS Services.

Bruce Marston

Charter member of the Board (1995 to the present); active member of Jefferson Community Network Board (1999 to the present); active in Healthy Youth Coalition (2000 to present); active member of Outreach for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and program coordinator for the Sunday Soup ecumenical outreach program; various salmon projects including past leadership roles in Wild Olympic Salmon (1987-1997); Vietnam Veteran (1970-71) in US Army, Bronze Star medal; B.A. English from Randolph Macon College; honored as one of 6 recipients for the first annual “Heart of Service Award” ( 2006) by the Peninsula Daily News and Jefferson Rotary Clubs; member of Admiralty Audubon since 1984.

Maitland Hardyman

Raised in Southern California. BA and MA from University of Chicago, BFA Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Artist and teacher for a number of years. Moved to Port Townsend in 1988. Member and holder of various offices in Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Long time member and Treasurer of QuimperArts, an arts cooperative offering life drawing sessions and workshops. Past president of local Amnesty International group. Trustee of Ormsby Hill Trust, actively working with underprivileged and underserved youth in Vermont, Connecticut, California, Mexico, and Washington State.

Annette Huenke

Policies Committee Chair

A Port Townsend resident since 1992, Annette is co-owner of Ancestral Spirits Gallery, the Boiler Room's neighbor on Water Street. The gallery is one of the premier indigenous art galleries in the United States, representing established and emerging artists from throughout North America (and even Siberia). Annette has also been involved in volunteer community affairs, on the board of directors of the Jefferson County Economic Development Council, as an active member of the Port Townsend Peace Movement, and most recently as a member of the hiring committee for the new general manager.

Becky Shipley
Becky has been volunteering at the Boiler Room since 1997.  She was a coffeehouse intern for the Boiler Room while the Boiler Room was still at the Uptown location.  Graduating in 1999 from Chimacum High school with a year of college under her belt, she took some super-fabulous working vacations to Alaska and California before deciding to come back to Port Townsend.  After that, Becky was the general manager of the Boiler Room during the transition to the downtown space and was nominated for Port Townsend Business Leader of the Year in 2006 for her involvement with the Boiler Room. She enjoys animals, being outside, swimming, camping, hanging out with her friends' kids, volunteering for the "Read to Rover" program at Grant street school and doing a weekly volunteer shift at the Boiler Room.  She is currently a full time student at Peninsula College and an employee of Dog Townsend and Waterfront Pizza, both located in Port Townsend.