Victoria Helm began her tenure as director of the NW Children’s Fund in September of 2003, succeeding Mary Ketcham Kerr, one of the organization’s founders and its first executive director.
Because her childhood years were spent in Japan, Victoria’s career began in the international arena. Her previous positions included working at an international bank as strategic planner and marketing officer both in Tokyo and in New York, running her own cross-cultural consulting company, and directing an international center at the University of Washington Business School.
Victoria then redirected her focus and brought her experience in management, development, and grantmaking to serving at-risk children. Before joining NW Children’s Fund, she was the Director of Development for a K-8 school for dyslexic learners. Herself a mother of two, Victoria has an intense concern for children’s welfare and believes that every child deserves the best possible start in life. In her role as Director of NW Children’s Fund, she is able to apply her personal passion to her professional work.
Kelly Reimer is originally from Chicago where she worked for a domestic violence shelter and the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health before moving to Seattle. Kelly holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University with a focus in nonprofit management. Her areas of interest are in grants administration, strategic giving, board governance and operations.
Darcey Taggart graduated from the University of Washington in 2009 with her degree in Biology. Previously she volunteered with AmeriCorps VISTA at the American Red Cross teaching disaster preparedness. Darcey’s prior experience working with youth as a substitute teacher and summer camp counselor has inspired her to work for the benefit of children’s welfare and has brought her to NW Children’s Fund.
