Sage Staff

David West, Executive Director
dwest[at]pugetsoundsage.org
206.568.5000 x13

David has over 25 years experience in research, public policy, community organizing, and coalition-building experience. He previously led two local nonprofits, Washington Citizen Action, and the Center for a Changing Workforce. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration/Public Policy from the Daniel J. Evans School at the University of Washington, and a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Elana Dix, Lead Organizer
elana[at]pugetsoundsage.org
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Since 2005, Elana has helped lead several successful campaigns, including Downtown For All and the Dearborn Project Community Benefits Agreement, organized candidate forums on economic justice, and built community support for workers’ rights campaigns, such as Hotel Workers Rising. Prior to Sage, she organized for the Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition (WROC) in Seattle and was active in campus organizing with Minnesota PIRG. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.  

Howard Greenwich, Research Director
howard[at]pugetsoundsage.org
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Howard has over 15 years in local planning, government finance and public policy experience. Prior to joining Sage in 2007, he was research director for the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) in Oakland for eight years. From 1992 to 1997, Howard led the research efforts of the Neighborhood Capitol Budget Group in Chicago. Howard has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from University of California at Berkeley, and a BA in American Studies from Grinnell College in Iowa.

Genevieve Aguilar, Port Campaign Organizer
genevieve[at]pugetsoundsage.org
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Genevieve joined the Sage staff in 2010. Prior to coming to Sage she was the High Point Community Builder for the Seattle Housing Authority. She also served as the Statewide Field Director for the ACLU-WA. Originally from the borderlands of El Paso, Texas she completed her undergraduate education at Stanford with dual degrees in Chicana/o Studies and Urban Studies. She has a Masters in Public Policy and Urban Regional Planning from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She currently serves on the board of the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA).

David Mendoza, Policy Analyst
david[at]pugetsoundsage.org
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Prior to joining Sage in 2010, David had worked as a Research and Policy Analyst at the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), since his graduation from Seattle University School of Law in 2007.  While attending Seattle University, he interned in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on an cooperative agricultural development project.  Before starting law school, he worked a Volunteer Manager  for a homeless service agency in Pasadena, CA which served men, women, and families.   He received his B.A. in History from Pitzer College.

Paul Inho Lee, Transit Justice Organizer
paul[at]pugetsoundsage.org
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Paul joined Puget Sound Sage in 2010. For the past ten years, Paul has been a passionate advocate for  building truly affordable housing and a champion for worker organizing, both professionally and as a volunteer. Most recently Paul has been the Shop Steward for OPEIU Local 8 at the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), the Seattle region’s largest affordable housing developer. Paul is an Executive Board member of Washington State Jobs with Justice as well as an active member of Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Seattle, Asian Community Leadership Foundation, and Washington State's Labor Center Advisory Committee. Paul is also active in both his church and community, advancing the well-being of working people across race and class lines. As Transit Justice Organizer, Paul works for both Puget Sound Sage and Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition. Paul received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Seattle Pacific University. 

Lucas joined the Sage staff in 2010. He is volunteering at Sage through Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Lucas has interned in government positions and at various non-governmental development and social advocacy organizations. In 2007 he worked as a veterans affairs case manager in Senator Patty Murray’s office in Seattle, WA. Later in 2007 he interned with Entre Mundos in Guatemala where he was a communications coordinator. In 2008 he conducted research into remittance patterns in Central America for CARE International in El Salvador. Over the last couple years he has worked at the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights researching democratization and religious freedom in Central Asia. He earned his BA from Seattle University in 2008 in political science. He has spent the last couple years in Oslo, Norway, completing his masters in peace and conflict studies.