Kitsap County Staff – Trillium Employment Services

Our Staff

We have developed a culture of collaboration and learning at Trillium. You may have a primary point of contact, but behind the scenes, our teams work together to combine strengths and provide quality services. Each member of the team brings a diverse personal and professional background that we hope meets the needs of the businesses and clients we serve.

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Lindsey Woodruff

Program Manager

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Lindsey was born and raised in New Mexico. She moved to Kitsap County in May 2017 after graduating from New Mexico State University with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. Before joining Trillium, she worked in the field of applied behavior analysis as a registered behavior technician where she worked one-on-one with children with disabilities. She has always had a passion for helping others, volunteering her time at various therapy clinics, and with the Muscular Dystrophy Association summer camp throughout college. During her free time, Lindsey enjoys exploring Washington State Parks, reading, crafting, and playing with her cat. She looks forward to growing as a person and helping others become an integrated part of Kitsap County through Trillium Employment Services.

Call:360-698-6659Write:Lindsey@trillium.org

Kaitlynn Lawrence

Employment Consultant

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Born in Seattle and raised in Port Orchard, Kaitlynn Lawrence has spent most of her life involved in the disability community, having been raised by a mother who is blind. She was heavily involved with the National Federation of the Blind and has always been passionate about helping people achieve their goals in life. Before she started work at Trillium in October of 2020, Kaitlynn had attended more than a dozen conventions hosted by the NFB, assisted with a special education daycare while attending high school, and volunteered at a blind-run business for several years. She is highly motivated by the thought that her work does real, tangible good in the world, and affects people's lives in a positive way.

In her free time, Kaitlynn enjoys reading, playing video games, writing and playing D&D with her friends.

Call:360-698-6659Write:Kaitlynn.Lawrence@Trillium.org

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Tony Dear

Employment Consultant

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Tony was born and raised in Burlington, Iowa, where he finished his high school education before entering the field of sales. His first job was in a competitive environment where he realized his potential for the field. With his natural passion for technology and people he did very well until a family friend introduced him to the role of Direct Support Professional, knowing his natural inclination to help people. This role proved to be very rewarding for Tony, and the relationships he built last till this day. While seeking new opportunities out of his home state, he landed a job in the technology installation field in 2018, and more importantly a way out of Iowa and a way to expand his horizon. The pandemic forced Tony to consider his skillset and values, matching him inevitably with Trillium.

In his free time, Tony enjoys writing short stories with his friends, hiking and kayaking, watching The Office with his girlfriend, and occasionally finding a new recipe to try.

Call:360-698-6659Write:Tony.Dear@trillium.org

Shannon Hunt

Senior Employment Consultant

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Shannon Hunt was born and raised in Marysville, California. She went to Butte Community College where she earned her general education degree and started to pursue her bachelor’s degree in Child Development. Shannon began teaching in 2017, and has worked with many different children with varying abilities. Having lived in Northern California her whole life, Shannon decided to move to Santa Barbara where she lived for three years. During the beginning of the pandemic, Shannon chose to move to Washington for a new adventure and to be closer to her two sisters and family that live in the area.

Since moving to Silverdale, Washington, Shannon has earned her Certified Behavioral Technician license from the Washington State Department of Health. Shannon is interested in being a part of an organization that helps individuals in the community where she lives. She found Trillium and was instantly drawn to how much they positively impact, not only the clients they serve, but by helping the small businesses of our community as well. As an employment consultant, Shannon hopes to further support and add to the growing locally, inclusive work environments.

In her free time, you can find Shannon playing with her two cats, walking on any of the trails around town, trying out a new (to her) local restaurants, or at one of the five beautiful volcanos in Washington!

Call:360-698-6659Write:Shannon.Hunt@trillium.orgLanguage(s):Spanish (Intermediate)

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Mary Drelling

Employment Consultant

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Prior to Trillium, Mary worked in Field Marketing as a Brand Representative for a fitness company and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at California State University - Fullerton. When she moved to Washington, she had an opportunity to take time and start fresh in her career. She is excited to start in this new season of life where she can give back to the community by helping others find their dream careers. She also has family whose late daughter had a muscular degenerative disease, and she was employed by a supported employment organization. Her job brought her independence, passion, confidence, joy, and fostered connection with her community. Mary was inspired by how much employment changed her life and connected with Trillium even more after hearing her story. She is incredibly excited and proud to devote her career to empowering people through employment and strives to foster inclusive environments for her clients. Her personal interests include weightlifting, hiking, distance running, and she is also an adrenaline junkie. Her not-so-secret passion is Aviation! She loves skydiving and is working on achieving her personal goal of getting her private helicopter pilot’s license. Most importantly, she loves spending time with her husband and connecting with her church community!

Call:360-698-6659Write:mary.drelling@Trillium.org

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Annastasia Myers

Employment Consultant

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Annastasia Myers grew up in the suburbs surrounding New York City. She gained her passion for learning and appreciation of diversity there, frequently exploring the museums and other attractions the city had to offer. She received her bachelor’s degree in fine art and art Education in 2012 from The Maryland Institute of Art and later worked towards an additional associate degree in early childhood education from Bates Technical College.

Art is and always has been a very important part of her life, but her career has focused on Education. It was after moving to Washington state in 2017 that she found her passion for teaching tiny humans and began teaching Pre-K. She stayed in the field of ECE for five years before looking for a new challenge. This is what brought Annastasia to Trillium, she loved the opportunities she had to work with special needs children and felt there were many parallels between the work she did helping children and the work she would do helping adults with disabilities in the workforce.

In her spare time Annastasia hides in the woods snuggling her giant husky and dabbles in all things shiny, mythical or mystical. She enjoys crafting, collecting, and eating lots of snacks.

Call:360-698-6659Write:annastasia.myers@Trillium.org

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Heather Harris

Employment Consultant

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Heather was born in Virginia, started preschool in Brackley, England and finished second grade in Hawaii. Her family planted roots in Kent, Washington when she was 8. She started acting in plays and getting lead roles in High School and went on to Western Washington University where she got her degree in Performing Arts with an emphasis in acting. Post college she worked in wedding event sales, as development associate for a non-profit, administrator for architectural projects, and as an insurance account manager for an Architect/Engineer. During this time, she also acted in theatrical productions, voice-over, and on-camera.

Heather had firsthand experience helping a close family member who was diagnosed with ADD and slow processing speed. She worked hard to get them an IEP and volunteered regularly at his school to observe his level of participation and happiness when there. Watching his excitement to attend school wane and not receiving the accommodations and services in his IEP, prompted our family move to Kitsap. Here she learned the value of what a positive environment, skilled paraeducators, teachers and administrators, kind support and measurable benchmarks are to helping people make positive changes in her family's life. “I started work at Trillium wanting to help people with different challenges to find purpose and meaning in workplace environments and I love Trillium's value on inclusion”.

In her off time, she enjoys gardening, walking/jogging, sleeping, watching murder mysteries with buttery popcorn, and a Diet Coke.

Call:360-698-6659Write:heather.harris@Trillium.org

Kenya Hunter

Employment Consultant

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Kenya was born in Texas, but she is currently a Washington state resident. She is currently in college to earn her degree in sociology, and she is a proud member of the honors society. She has supported the special education field for over seven years. Her love for supporting people with disabilities goes beyond a simple paycheck; it is about seeing the progress and knowing that every effort she puts in betters someone's life in some way. She is huge on building rapport, so in 2023 Kenya joined Trillium because she loved the purpose the company served. She has always been in education, and she wanted to explore a job that is similar to her future career which is case management or social work. In Kenya's off work time she loves to learn cool facts, write poetry, hang out with her family, and do yoga! Most likely if you see her she will have on thrifted clothes, she is a cheap gal and she loves it!

Call:360-698-6659Write:kenya.hunter@Trillium.org

Brionny Koehler

Employment Consultant

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Brionny was born and raised in Washington State. She studied Developmental Psychology at the University of Washington and graduated with High Honors in 2012. She immediately began working as an ABA therapist with both children and adults. Following that she began working as a Pre-K Teacher, specializing in working with students with special needs. However, she missed her first love in Social Work, and in 2014 became a Case Manager for First Choice In-Home Care. After her daughter was born in 2019, she went back to Teaching in order to spend more time with her daughter. Recently, with her daughter established in school, she sought to return to Social Work and was inspired by the person focused work Trillium does in order to give their clients independence and belonging within the community. Brionny is very passionate about making sure people with different abilities have access to equitable services and treatment in their journey to reach their goals. In her free time, Brionny enjoys studying linguistics and is currently working on becoming more fluent in the fifth language she has learned. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends, camping, beach combing, and going on 'adventures' with her four-year-old daughter.

Call:360-698-6659Write:brionny.koehler@Trillium.org

Chrissy Dommermuth

Office Assistant

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Chrissy was born and raised in Kitsap County, Washington. She Graduated from Central Kitsap High School transition program in 2014. Chrissy has spent time volunteering at the Kitsap Humane Society and the New Life special needs Sunday school in Silverdale. Chrissy previously worked at Pain Consultants in Silverdale where she scanned and copied patient files and assisted with other general office tasks. Chrissy was drawn to work at Trillium by her desire to help others and contribute to people with barriers getting jobs. Chrissy has worked for Trillium since 2017. Chrissy contributes to the organization of the Kitsap office. Chrissy also has taken on the important role of being a member of the Random Acts of Kindness team. Chrissy loves to help celebrate her team members’ birthdays and accomplishments.

In her spare time Chrissy works on screenwriting and is writing her own script. Chrissy has a passion for writing and has goals of becoming a professional screen writer and actress. Chrissy enjoys participating in Special Olympics Bowling and is working on getting a score over 200.

Call:360-698-6659Write:Chrissy@Trillium.org