Ms. Bartee is the Executive Director of JST Capital, a Native CDFI headquartered in Sequim, WA. JST Capital is a nonprofit revolving loan fund, serving the North Olympic Peninsula. 

Active in the community, Ms. Bartee is involved in numerous economic development initiatives.  Community volunteering includes serving as a Board Director for the Opportunity Fund, reviewing applications and advising Clallam County Commissioners on strategies and use of funds.   She also serves on the Port Angeles Waterfront District Board, supporting the beautification, elevation, and economic prosperity of the rural town.  She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Political Science from the University of Washington and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in New York.  Her professional experience includes banking, finance, real estate, and sales.  Prior to her founding the Native CDFI, she worked as an Investment Banker in New York, and a Commercial Banker in Southern California.  Johanna loves to practice yoga, read, hike, bike, travel, cook, and garden.

As Craft3’s Public Affairs Manager, Seth manages Craft3 work with state elected officials and agency staff with the goal of creating new and deepening existing public-private relationships and programs. He leads Craft3’s efforts to create meaningful connections between community lenders in Oregon and Washington, including supporting the WA CIC on its Board and, in 2026, leading efforts to create an Oregon community lender coalition.

Joe Sky-Tucker has over twenty five years’ experience working in the nonprofit world in a variety of positions and organizations including direct experience working with at risk youth and families in crisis, fund development, and strategic planning. He has worked with “at-risk” youth in mental health settings including working with foster care youth, children in locked psychiatric settings, and group homes.  Further he has worked to ensure hardworking families have access to safe, fair, and affordable financial services.

Currently he works as the President and CEO of Business Impact NW, an asset building/community lender that specializes in supporting small and micro-businesses; helping them to achieve financial stability through technical assistance and lending services.  Joe Sky-Tucker has a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Washington.  He lives in Seattle with his family.

Patti Kibbe is a former bank executive, who started at Evergreen Business Capital, a certified development company (CDC) who is US Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 Loan Program lender, as the Chief Operations Officer in 2002. Patti advanced to the President & CEO position at Evergreen Business Capital in 2013 and helped to establish Evergreen Business Capital Community Finance, a small business mission lending institution in 2017. Patti leads both companies to provide superior economic development solutions that support small business stability, growth, and job creation. Patti's core belief is we need to create generational wealth through building ownership. With a small business owner having a tangible asset to pass down to the next generation. It is the goal of Evergreen to help small businesses to realize their dream, big or small, one small business at a time.

As the Director of Capital and Incubation at Ventures Nonprofit, Erin Williamson leads the organization’s capital deployment strategy and oversees small business incubators. CDFIs provide Erin the opportunity to pair her experience as an entrepreneur with her passion for micro-finance. As a mission-based lender, Erin has supported the deployment of over $250M in microcapital and has seen, firsthand, that even the smallest loan can change the trajectory of a business.

Prior to joining the CDFI space, Erin founded a community-based coffee shop, a nationally distributed cold brew company, and a supply chain management tool to match women-owned farms with packaged food producers.