BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Mille Sondles
Aerospace Engineer, The Boeing Company
Mille is an aerospace engineer who joined Boeing in 1996. Mille currently is the Engineering Unit Member Technical Authority Advisor for Regulatory Administration & Airworthiness. Prior to joining Regulatory Administration & Airworthiness, Mille held various positions in product development, research, and airplane certification. Since 2000, she has been an active volunteer serving the unhomed at various nonprofits including Seattle Union Gospel Mission and Vision House. Mille lives in Edmonds, WA with her husband, Jeff, where they are members of the church Calvary: The Hill.
Vice President Allen Dauterman
Senior Development Director, TWG
Allen is a Senior Development Director for a national affordable housing developer focused on regional development efforts in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. He brings over 30 years of planning and development experience with a focus on mixed-use and large-format retail projects across North America, with the recent six years focused on affordable housing projects in King County and the Pacific Northwest. As a Newcastle resident, Allen has been very active in his community, having served as a Planning Commissioner, City Council Member and Mayor of Newcastle. He also advocated for affordable housing policies at municipal, county, and state levels. Allen is a Washington State University graduate with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.
Secretary Katie Jo Giesbers
Executive Director of Forecasting and Analytics, The Walt Disney Company
Katie Jo is the Executive Director of Forecasting & Analytics at The Walt Disney Company across Disney Entertainment and ESPN. She and her team are responsible for strategic planning, forecasting and viewership insights across the expansive portfolio of Disney content on digital platforms. She has 15+ years of experience across media and entertainment, streaming and tech and has a deep passion for leading teams and developing talent. Katie Jo attended the University of Washington and double majored in Communications and International Studies. Katie Jo and her husband, Nolan, are involved in their kids’ sports teams, community and church, Bethany Community Church, where they faithfully led a marriage ministry for 10 years. They live in Lake Forest Park with their three kids, Henry, Charlotte and Bellamy.
Treasurer John Flemming
Technology Banker, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
John returns to the Vision House board having served from 2014-2016 as board treasurer. Leaving the board to become the Renton Little League president, he has returned after hearing God's call to continue the pursuit to end homelessness. John’s day job is as a technology banker with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. John has been in the technology banking industry since 2000, providing growth debt capital in the greater Seattle tech sector, ranging from early-stage, venture debt financing to companies that have received their first institutional capital to later-stage buyout financing for M&A transactions, and all stages in between. John has been married for 20 years to his wife Delrene. John and Delrene have 2 children, Liam and Emma. Emma is 19 and is a sophomore at Chapman University in Orange, California. Liam is a 17-year-old senior at O’Dea High School in Seattle.
Members
Lisa Billing
Brand Ambassador, Transform Weight Loss
Lisa has lived in WA state for the past 20 years. She has been married to her husband Peter for almost 4 decades and they have 9 children (2 adopted teens from Ukraine in 2014), 4 bonus kids through marriage and 6 and counting grandchildren. This legacy is what inspires her.
Lisa grew up in Minnesota, attended Westmont and graduated from UCLA. Throughout the years, she has taught in many capacities, participated and led mission trips and had many leadership roles in church ministries.
Currently, as a recent empty nester, she is blessed to have the flexibility to pursue her passions of health and wellness. Lisa is grateful to support her husband’s business as Transform’s brand ambassador. Being on the board of Vision House is an extension of her passion to serve others and it is an honor to partner with a local organization.
Mike Eslinger
Consultant
Mike currently helps with leadership consulting at different NW companies. Mike's most recent corporate role was at Providence as a vice president of Providence IT, helping lead teams through the transformation and modernization of their IT services. Prior to that, Mike was a Microsoft veteran of 24 years. Mike led teams in a variety of roles across Microsoft, most recently as the Principal Director of Service Engineering for the Enterprise Commerce team. Prior to Microsoft, Mike worked in technology startups and was a Director at United Parcel Service. Mike is a returning board member to Vision House, is currently on the board of Hand in Hand for Kids, and prior to that was the Board President for Connect Ministry. Mike enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 daughters, running, all water sports, and coffee.
Jeff Gephart
Lead Pastor, Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church
Jeff is the Lead Pastor at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church, a congregation with deep ties and commitment to Vision House as a partner for service in the community. Jeff has 25 years of leadership experience across congregations and schools including managing multiple service-learning projects and mission partnerships. He holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Educational Leadership from Seattle University, where his dissertation focused on renewal and coaching. Jeff is also a coach and consultant working with individuals and teams to understand how their unique personality and strengths can be utilized effectively. He and his wife Kristen can often be found discussing the latest leadership book while sipping coffee and listening to Bossa nova. They live in Kirkland right where they grew up, and have two young adult children, Alex and TJ.
Madison Jantz
Human Resources and Hospitality, The Center: A Place of HOPE
Madison works on a team of people who provide whole-person care through professional excellence and sound psychological principles to those who need compassion, healing, and hope. In addition to her work at The Center, Madison is also a Board-Certified Mental Health Coach with the International Board of Christian Care. Madison attended Liberty University, where she received her Bachelor’s in Christian Leadership and Management. In her free time, Madison volunteers for her church, Mountlake Church, and for a mission organization located in a third-world country. For fun, Madison enjoys spending time with her husband, drinking tea with her friends, playing cello, and reading as many books as possible in a year.
Ninevah Lowery
President of the Board of Trustees, University Prep High School, Seattle, and Consultant, UNCF Pacific Northwest
Ninevah Rudolph Lowery brings 15 years of experience in the computer software industry as a technology consultant, sales engineer, and marketing communications leader. After a career pause to raise her children, she became an active school volunteer and held leadership roles in local, regional, and national community organizations. Known for her commitment to excellence, she brings passion to both professional and volunteer work.
Ninevah currently serves as Board President at University Prep High School in Seattle and consults with UNCF Pacific Northwest to support underserved students. She holds a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Alabama and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy. She and her husband, Bryant, are proud parents of two children, Bryant II ’24 and Neva-Nataia ’26.
