Claire B. Cole
Responsibilities: Research Assistant coordinating the NWCPHP Leadership Institute and Summer Institute.
Background: Ms. Cole is a first year Master of Public Health candidate in the Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Program at the University of Washington's School of Public Health and Community Medicine. She comes to NWCPHP and UW from New York City, and is an experienced organizer for grassroots community activism campaigns for reproductive justice, women's leadership, and civic engagement. She received her BA from New York University, and is originally from Houston, Texas.

Amy Knopf
Responsibilities: Research Assistant supporting Public Health - Seattle & King County in the evaluation of preparedness activities funded by a grant from Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response.
Background: Ms. Knopf completed her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Washington in June 2008. She will begin doctoral studies in the School of Nursing summer 2008. Ms. Knopf earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Kentucky University in 2000 and then worked in Washington, D.C. as a registered nurse at the National Institutes of Health and at a primary care clinic for the homeless.