The photo below shows members of the
first EMPIRE Leadership Team in 1994.
These pioneering educators helped to create
the EMPIRE Program, which serves as the inspiration for the UnityWorks Program today.
Front row, L>R: Marsha Ann Pastrana, Bertha Ortega, Randie Gottlieb. Back row: assistant,
Patsy Whitefoot, Pat Whitfield, Anita Swan.
Our Administrative Team
Kelly McNeely-Nutting, Outreach Coordinator
Heather Hudson, Executive Assistant
Jordan Gottlieb, Marketing and Design specialist
- Maria Cuevas, Instructor, Yakima Valley College
- Lorenzo Alvarado, Assistant Principal, Davis High
- Dr. Nancy McHenry, Director of Student Services, Yakima School District
- Alan Matsumoto, Principal, Garfield Elementary
- Dr. Tricia Valdez-Zontek, National ELL Consultant
- Steve Mitchell, Executive Director, OIC of Washington
- Verylynn Best, CEO, Yakima Chamber of Commerce
- Larry Peterson, Retired Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
- Mary Looney, Teacher, Yakama Nation Tribal School
Advisory Board
Meet the Board
Randie Gottlieb, Ed.D.
UnityWorks founder/CEO, educator, diversity trainer, author, poet.
Steven Gottlieb, M.D., MSPH Pediatrician, former Medical Officer
for the National Health Service Corps, photographer.
Beth Shevin, MIB
Real estate business manager and accountant, community volunteer, marathon runner.
Jonathan Gottlieb, M.D.
Emergency room physician, musician, singer/songwriter.
The UnityWorks Foundation was established in 2013 by members of the Gottlieb family who saw a critical need for training and easy-to-use educational materials designed to teach people about the oneness of humanity, the value of diversity and the need for unity.
We are committed to building an inclusive organization that will serve as a model of unity in diversity. We plan to add additional board members and staff from diverse backgrounds in the future, in order to strengthen the Foundation’s ability to achieve its mission.
Promoting the Oneness of Humanity
Our Roots
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