Pat Teal, DASH President, has been an active member since its inception in 1999 and has taken part in numerous ADA training sessions. Her background includes degrees in Psychology and Sociology and work in social services. Pat currently serves on the Non-Motorized Transportation Board, as Peninsula Housing Authority Board Vice President, on the County Voting Accessibility Advisory Board and Emergency Management Committee promoting preparedness and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Nancy Johnson, DASH Vice President, became a board member in 2018. Before retiring, she lived in Seattle and served on the board of ARC of King County. When she moved to Port Townsend, she accompanied her sister to Gathering Place activities and became interested in DASH. She has also volunteered for the Port Townsend Film Festival and Centrum and was a member of American Association of University Women.
Marion Huxtable has been a member of the DASH Board since 2008. She retired to Port Townsend in 2003 after working for 30 years as a school social worker. Locally she worked with the Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Board, the Climate Action Committee, The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, salmon restoration and the Transportation Lab of Local 20/20. She is committed to a sustainable and inclusive lifestyle.
Sara Peck has been a member of the DASH Board since 2023. She is the Mobility Operations Manager for Jefferson Transit and began her career with JTA in February 2020.
Miranda Nash, became a board member in 2016. Miranda is the Finance Manager for Jefferson Transit and has been employed in the public transportation sector since 2015.
Jack McCreary joined the Board in 2017. A retired diplomat, following service in the Middle East and Pakistan, he moved to Port Townsend in 2013. Jack’s perspective on disability issues is informed in part from a spinal chord injury sustained in 1994. He advocates for walkable communities reliant on non-motorized transportation.
John Frasca became a board member in 2018. John is the treasurer for DASH. He earned a BBA in accounting at the University of Cincinnati. His life with disability began in 1971 with a TBI he sustained in a head on car crash caused by a drunk driver. The TBI impaired his left leg. He moved to Olympia, WA in 1975 where he worked in the finance department of Providence St. Peter hospital for 35 years. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2017. The TBI in 1971 is the most likely cause of the ALS. The ALS has impaired his right leg and right arm. He now needs to use a power wheelchair and can no longer drive a car.
Nancy Villagran, President of Jefferson County Council of the Blind, joined the DASH Board in 2019 to represent issues faced by blind and low vision folks. She bought her home in PT in 2000 and moved here permanently in ’05 after 25 years as a Landscape Designer. Once here she joined Master Gardeners and was involved in various community projects thru them. She volunteered landscape design and installation for Habitat for Humanity homes in Jefferson County for seven years. She has also worked locally with Dove House and some ad hoc mask production early in the Pandemic. She has previous advertising design experience sometimes employed for community organizations as needed.