Since 1991, Don has served as president of the Seattle Pacific Foundation. He is responsible for the Foundation’s investment management and oversight of the Seattle Pacific University Endowment and Charitable Trust Portfolio with over $95 million in assets. Don earned both a B.S. in math and economics (1971) and an M.B.A. (1988) from Seattle Pacific. He also completed The Endowment Institute training at Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Don also serves as SPU’s vice president for business and planning. In this role, he assumes executive leadership of the University’s business, finance, and planning units that employ over 120 staff. He also oversees the University’s budget, and he is the primary liaison to the finance and facilities committee of the Board of Trustees. Prior to joining SPU in 1980, he served as a certified public accountant with a Seattle CPA firm and was comptroller of an international mission agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois.

Assistant Vice President for University Advancement

Seattle Pacific University 

Vice President and Treasurer

Seattle Pacific Foundation 
206-281-2308
gnygard@spu.edu

Gordon serves as vice president, treasurer, and chief investment officer of the Seattle Pacific Foundation, which he joined in 1988 after a successful administrative career in banking. He has earned a B.A. in business administration and economics (1973) and an M.B.A. (2005) from Seattle Pacific. In addition, Gordon serves as president of the Seattle Pacific Gift Fund, assistant vice president for endowment and gift planning for SPU, and sits on the Executive Advisory Committee of SPU’s School of Business and Economics, where he is an adjunct instructor in finance.        

Gabrielle earned her B.A. from Seattle Pacific in 1982. She joined the Seattle Pacific Foundation as assistant director in November 2006. She brings over 20 years experience in gift planning from prior positions at the University of Washington, Washington State University, Seattle Children’s Hospital in Seattle, and as a private fundraising consultant serving nonprofit clients in Washington and Oregon. 

Michael W. Potratz
Foundation Accountant
206-281-2390
mpotratz@spu.edu
Mike graduated from Oregon's Judson Baptist College in 1984 with a B.S. He started work in Seattle Pacific University’s finance area in February 1985. He has served as the Foundation’s accountant since October 1988.

Kay-Lynn Wild
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for the Seattle Pacific Foundation
206-281-2810
wildk@spu.edu
Kay-Lynn joined the Seattle Pacific Foundation team in May of 2008 as an administrative assistant. She brings with her an extensive background in education from South Whidbey School District and experience in non-profit fundraising and grant writing from the YMCA. She is currently completing a B.S. in business/psychology from Eastern Oregon University and is excited about participating in SPF’s mission of endowing the future of Seattle Pacific University.