Seattle Neighborhood Group

Kay Godefroy, Executive Director

Kay Godefroy is the founder and Executive Director of the Seattle Neighborhood Group. For more than twenty years, Kay has been an active leader in community policing and neighborhood efforts to combat crime.

Sita DeGiulio Das, Program Coordinator

Sita Das is Program Coordinator for Central Seattle. She staffs the East Precinct Crime Prevention Council and helps neighbors in Seattle’s Central Area communities identify problems, work together and partner with various nonprofits and government agencies. Sita considers crime prevention and community safety to be fundamental elements of both healthy communities and healthy individuals.

Allan H. Davis, Crime Prevention Organizer and Community Education Coordinator

Allan Davis is the SHA Hi-Rise Crime Prevention Organizer, working with residents in Jefferson Terrace and Denny Terrace. He also provides 911, Personal Safety, ID Theft & Fraud presentations to immigrant, senior and low-income residents throughout Seattle. Allan is a certified CPTED practitioner and experienced facilitator.

Jennifer Duong, Southeast/Southwest Program Coordinator

Jennifer Duong staffs the South Rainier Valley Community Safety Group and West Seattle Community Safety Partnership. Prior to her joining SNG, she worked for the International District Housing Alliance as a community building intern at High Point and Rainier Vista, as a Youth Program coordinator and Vietnamese counselor at SafeFutures Youth Center in West Seattle, and as a program coordinator and Asian Pacific American commissioner at South Seattle Community College.

Lois Grammon-Simpson, Community Education Manager

Community Education Manager Lois Grammon-Simpson has worked for SNG since 1998, participating in many community coalitions and projects. In 1999, she began working with the Seattle-King County Landlord Training Program. In 2002, 2006 and 2008, she updated and edited the current Seattle-King County Landlord Training Manual. She organizes Seattle¹s landlord/property manager workshops, coordinates Seattle¹s nuisance property "Take Action" presentations and workshops, coordinates King County Meth Watch presentations and is a certified CPTED practitioner.

Karen Greene, Program Coordinator

Karen Greene is Program Coordinator for the Drug Free Communities project in South Delridge/White Center. DFC strategies are to lower substance abuse among youth by promoting community factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and reduce harmful neighborhood risk factors. Project goals include changing community norms that tolerate substance abuse, decreasing the availability of drugs and increasing community involvement and cohesion.

Kathy Kaminski, W&S Program Coordinator

Kathy Kaminski is the Seattle Weed & Seed Program Coordinator and is responsible for coalition building and coordination of community, law enforcement and social services to meet the goals of the Weed & Seed strategy in both Southeast and Southwest Seattle sites. Kathy came to SNG in the summer of 2004 after serving as an Americorps volunteer with Seattle Police Department working with youth.

Kelly McKinney, Community Education Coordinator

Kelly McKinney has more than twenty years of experience as a community organizer, much of it working on crime prevention in Seattle Housing Authority communities. She provides crime prevention education to immigrant, senior and low-income residents throughout Seatle. Kelly is CPTED staff lead and performs CPTED reviews of sites such as parks, apartment buildings, houses, and businesses throughout Seattle. Kelly is also a presenter for SNG’s landlord training.

Michael Neguse, Crime Prevention Coordinator

Michael Neguse provides crime prevention and outreach services to Seattle’s East African communities. He works in partnership with SPD to reach out to East African immigrants to provide information about crime prevention to parents and youth. He also recruits residents to participate in SPD's East African Advisory Council and with the African/African American Unity Group. Michael speaks five languages.

Sarah Smith, Office Manager

Sarah Smith is SNG’s office manager and keeps all things SNG in order. She has background in conflict resolution and is very organized. Sarah maintains SNG’s databases, sends much of the communication out to SNG’s community groups through email and US Mail, and manages SNG’s bi-weekly bulletin focusing on community safety and criminal justice-related legislation during Washington State’s Legislative session.

Mary Williams, Program Coordinator

Mary Williams is Program Coordinator for the Get Off the Streets (GOTS) project. This innovative project is a partnership with Seattle Police Department and People of Color Against Aids Network (POCAAN). The project reaches out to people loitering in Central Area “hotspot” locations and offers services and support to help them get off the street and into treatment andhousing. Mary is also a certified CPTED practitioner and a presenter for SNG’s landlord training.