Deputy director named to fill top spot at Clallam homeless center
Published 12:01 am Monday, December 22, 2014
PORT ANGELES — Kim Leach, deputy director of Serenity House of Clallam County, has been selected as the agency’s new executive director, succeeding Kathy Wahto.
“I believe in the mission, I understand the mission, and I feel I’m in a good position to carry out the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness,” Leach said.
She is expected to take over Monday. Wahto’s last day was Friday.
A “very low-key” send-off party for Wahto will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Serenity House’s Tempest Building at the Housing Resource Center, 535 E. First St.
All are welcome, said Serenity House employees.
As Wahto’s deputy, Leach has worked with program development, children in families, corrections, drug treatment and research.
She worked for the Port Angeles School District prior to becoming Serenity House’s child advocate in 2003.
She advanced from lead case manager for family service programs to deputy director in 2013.
She graduated cum laude from Ottawa University in Kansas.
Serenity House board President Brando Blore said Serenity House board members were pleased to hire a local person with “substantive experience with the agency and the community.”
For details on the send-off party, contact Leach at 360-477-6704 or kiml128@yahoo.com, or Executive Coordinator Martha Ireland at 360-452-4737 or serenitymartha@gmail.com.
