Who We Are
Cristina Roark
Director,
Community Innovation
Cristina Roark joins the Kitsap Strong team as the Innovation Network Manager. The Innovation Network is working with a diverse group of community agencies to promote and expand trauma-informed practices and services to individuals in our community. This network consists of agencies across the life span (birth to 5 service providers to hospice care) and across numerous sectors (health, housing, education, justice, human services, etc.), and all the agencies are exploring new strategies, policies, practices, and services to support employees and clients from a trauma-informed perspective.
She supports the collaborative learning efforts that bring diversity of thought and methods for data-informed reflections of what is working and for what areas could benefit from improvements. Her role is to serve as a resource to the Innovation Network and help facilitate strategic partnerships and connections.
Cristina is recognized by her peers as a someone who cares deeply about developing meaningful and supportive relationships. She believes that the ability to influence system change begins with looking inward.
Before joining Kitsap Strong, Cristina served as a Senior IT Business Analyst at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Alumni for ten years on IT-related change initiatives. She was a culture contributor, building employee communities for greater impact and personal fulfillment. She holds an MBA from the University of Kansas and a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
Alyson Rotter (pronounced r-oh-t-er) currently works as the Network Manager for Graduate Strong Network (formerly Kitsap & Mason) within Kitsap Strong. Her education background includes an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a graduate degree in Public Affairs from Washington State University. She has worked in the field of education for over 20 years in various capacities within higher education, college access, outreach and training, program management, expanded learning and behavioral health.
She strongly believes all students can and will be successful when they have the right opportunities, resources, and support systems. Ensuring equity in education is not only a professional passion, but a personal mission as well. Alyson currently serves a School Board Director in the community she resides and is involved in several other community volunteer efforts related to education. She enjoys spending time outdoors and attending sporting events with her husband Chris, and two children, Brennan and Macelyn.
Alyson Rotter
Director,
Education Innovation
Promise is excited and honored to recently join the Backbone Team as the Future Bound Facilitator to work with community partners and youth for equitable educational outcomes and post-secondary exploration and opportunity.
Promise has lived in Kitsap County since 2017 and been involved as a community organizer and facilitator with Kitsap SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice). She's worked with youth as a middle and high school teacher, advisor, and college counselor in Ohio, New Hampshire, and Oregon, and abroad in Palestine. Most recently, as the director of QuEST, a nonprofit service fellowship program in Seattle, she's supported young adults in their personal and professional growth. Promise has degrees from Bryn Mawr College (PA) and the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College (VT). A practicing Quaker, she finds delight in singing, collaging, dancing, prayer, poetry, and potlucks. Promise looks forward to connecting with you in the coming months and hearing more about the community's vision for future bound activities in Kitsap.
Promise Partner
Graduate Strong Future Bound Facilitator
Leadership Committee
Carl Borg
United Way of Kitsap County
Jill Brenner
Kitsap Community Resources
Laura Ryser
WSU Extension
Abigail Stevenson
Kitsap Mental Health Services
Siri Kushner
Karen Boysen-Knapp
Dana Bierman
Kitsap Public Health District
Stephanie (Cline) George
Kitsap Community Foundation
Cami Lewis
Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office
Kitsap SAIVS
Heather Denis
Harrison Family Residency
Kirsten Jewell
Kitsap County Dept. of Human Services
Jennifer Johnson-Joefield
Peninsula Community Health Services
Peter Vorhees
City Chapel
Dr. Kimberly Riley
You Are Beautiful, PLLC
Lucretia Robertson
Kitsap Regional Library
Rebecca McLenithan
Navy - Fleet and Family Support Program
Ciela Meyer
Olympic Educ. Service District 114
Robin Sigo
Angela Flemming
The Suquamish Tribe
Tiffany Sudela Junker
XParenting
Ashley Jensen
Catholic Community Services
Janel McFeat
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Welcome Home Project