The Lake Washington Schools Foundation named Kristina Williams as its new executive director and added five new board trustees.

Williams, who lives in Sammamish, will oversee all foundation activities and work with the board, staff and community to further the foundation’s mission of “raising funds to support academic excellence and success for all students in the Lake Washington School District.”

Williams has more than 22 years of experience in nonprofit, educational and community leadership roles. Prior to joining the foundation, she served as the executive director of the SAMMI Awards Foundation and has held management roles in a number of nonprofit organizations including the Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center, Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation, Blind Children’s Center of Los Angeles and Glendale Family Service Association.

She has a master of public administration degree from the University of Washington and a bachelor of arts degree in early childhood education from California State University, Northridge.

She and her husband, Larry, have lived in Sammamish for the past eight years.

The new board trustees are Minerva Butler, Glen Campbell, Dan Davidson, Valerie Horvath, and Matt Isenhower.

For more information about volunteering with the foundation, contact Williams at Kristina.Williams@lwsf.org or 425-936-1317.

The Lake Washington Schools Foundation was founded in 2005 to support academic excellence and success for all students, and it has granted approximately $1.6 million for programs that have reached all of our district’s 51 schools. The school district serves students in Sammamish.