STEPHANIE WATSON

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Stephanie Watson is the Development Director at Spark Central in Spokane, Washington, where she leads fundraising partnerships to expand access to creative learning. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Political Science and the Comparative History of Ideas and has more than 15 years of nonprofit experience in Washington and California, supporting legal aid, public policy, youth programming, and food security initiatives.

In Spokane, she helped River City Youth (Project Hope Spokane) expand to year-round staffing and programming and worked with The ZONE at the Northeast Community Center to advance community-led strategies for housing stability, youth engagement, and economic mobility. She currently serves as President of the Spokane Food Policy Council and Chair of the Latah-Hangman Neighborhood Council.

Stephanie lives in Spokane’s Vinegar Flats neighborhood and enjoys gardening, cooking, and exploring natural food as medicine.