Leadership

Julie Honekamp

CEO

Julie Honekamp brings to the agency more than 20 years of hands-on nonprofit management experience. Julie is responsible for guiding SNAP’s Human Resource, Communication, Development, Strategic Thinking and Board Development efforts as well as assisting with the overall guidance of agency operations. Passionate about creating opportunities for people striving to reach their full potential, she is committed to SNAP’s core values of Community, Respect and Justice.

Julie’s involvement in community activities on both local and state levels include:

Julie holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from Washington State University.

Justin Baldwin-Bonney

Chief Financial Officer

Justin Baldwin-Bonney, a Gonzaga University accounting graduate with CPA and CMA credentials, is known for his volunteer work and community service. He has served as treasurer and president the Spokane South Rotary Club, where his leadership drives initiatives supporting local and global initiatives.

Additionally, he serves on the Spokane Falls Community College Business Management Advisory Committee and the board of directors for Joshua 1:Nine, an organization dedicated to ensuring a bright future for youth in Fondo Negro, Dominican Republic through the shared love of baseball. While his commitment to service began in high school with volunteering in a youth AIDS awareness group in Spokane, it has bred a lifelong dedication to helping others reach their full potential.

Justin is also a proud father of three children: one serving as an Air Force airman, one attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and one attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His dedication to both his family and community underscores his commitment to nurturing and supporting all communities to utilize the opportunities available.

Amber Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

Amber Johnson is SNAP’s Chief Operating Officer.  She has been with the agency since 2005.  Amber oversees day-to-day operations for SNAP’s programs and services. She serves as an Executive Team champion to SNAP’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council and is the staff lead for the agency’s Planning Advisory Committee. Amber currently serves as the Treasurer for the Board of Directors for the Non-Profit Insurance Program. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctorate in Law from Gonzaga University School of Law.

Karen Campbell

Director of Financial Stability

A former entrepreneur, Karen Campbell is the Director of Financial Stability at SNAP Financial Access (SFA). She possesses a BS from Pennsylvania State University, twenty years of business ownership and consulting and is highly experienced in managing grant compliance and program outcomes, including SFA’s business lending department. Ms. Campbell advises numerous local projects including social enterprises, coordinates all client finance, homeownership and business development educational opportunities along with managing donor and partner funding and engagement. She specializes in providing technical assistance to increase clients’ business sustainability while accessing hard to find capital for first time borrowers.

Aaron Riley

Director of Essential Connections

Currently, Aaron Riley is the Director Essential Connections with SNAP, and is pursuing an MBA at Whitworth University. In this role, Riley oversees the following four program areas: Emergency Rental Assistance Program; Ride to Health Program; Homeless Services Program and the Eastern Washington Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. Previously Riley served as the Regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the Eastern Washington Region for six years.

Prior to moving to Spokane, Washington, Riley served as the Planning and Evaluation Specialist with the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, Riley has served as the Director of Planning & Research with IMPACT Community Action. During his tenure with IMPACT, Riley became an Internal Consultant with the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA), which recognized him as an expert to assist Community Action Agencies in building their capacity. Riley’s career spans more than 30 years within the not-for-profit sector and includes serving as the CEO and Executive Director of Rickenbacker-Woods, Inc. and as the Executive Director of the Columbus AIDS Task Force (CATF), which was a historic first as he became the first African-American male to lead a major AIDS service organization within the state of Ohio. Under Riley’s leadership, CATF was named one of the 2005 Business First Best Places to Work and in that same year CATF was awarded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Award of Excellence for leadership in the development of the “Central Ohio HIV/AIDS Housing Plan” in collaboration with the Columbus Health Department.

Garrett Havens

Chief Administrative Officer

Garrett Havens is the Chief Administrative Officer for SNAP and is responsible for overseeing our Communications and Fundraising Team, Human Resources, administrative staff, and our advocacy efforts. Born and raised in Spokane, Garrett graduated from Eastern Washington University with a master’s degree in public administration. Shortly after graduating, Garrett moved to Olympia where he was hired as the Executive Director of the Washington Student Association. Here he worked to advocate for students helping usher in the first statewide tuition cuts at our public institutions of higher education and expanded access to financial aid for undocumented students and veterans. After his time at the Student Association, he moved on to consulting work where he focused on helping individuals from underrepresented groups run successful campaigns for elected office. His consulting work eventually brought him back to Spokane, where he worked on transportation and voter registration projects with local and statewide organizations. In 2020, Garrett was hired by SNAP to launch Neighbors on the Go, a volunteer driver program that provides free rides for community members to medical appointments and grocery stores. Garrett’s career has been driven by an insatiable desire to help provide community members with the information and tools they need to thrive, and he couldn’t imagine a better place to continue that work then at SNAP.

Carol Weltz

Director of Community Action

Carol Weltz is the Director of Community Action for SNAP and works to provide programs for energy and utility assistance services to Spokane County. Carol received her Master’s in Social Work at Eastern Washington University in 2008 and has a certificate in Business Administration and Accounting from Skagit Business College. Carol came to SNAP in 2012 after experience in various human services positions and community advocacy for over twenty years. She has also been a small business owner. Carol has a passion for connecting people to resources and helping others reach their full potential.

John Hoover

Director of Housing Services

John Hoover is the Director of Housing Services. Hoover leads Housing Services in three program areas:  Weatherization, Minor Home Repair, and Single-Family Rehab.  Before starting his encore career at SNAP Hoover served as the Executive Director of Neighborhood Properties in Toledo Ohio for 26 years developing and operating a large portfolio of permanent supportive housing and recovery-based support services.Hoover is passionate about developing and sustaining safe, decent, and affordable housing. He was a systems planner and developer as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program on Chronic Mental Illness, which provided grants and assistance to nine cities across the country to improve services, including housing, to persons with chronic mental illness. In this role he created one of the first permanent supportive housing corporations in the country – Neighborhood Properties and developed a large portfolio of housing units with wrap around peer support services. Hoover is a volunteer with the New Hope Resource Center in Colbert and North County Food Pantry in Elk. He is a graduate of the University of Toledo.