Our Team
Olympic Housing Trust is currently made possible by the dedication of our small staff and a working Board of Trustees.
Staff
Kathy Morgan
Executive Director
Kathy is a licensed real estate agent and experienced housing developer having worked along the entire housing continuum. Her passion for generating affordable housing was evident in her projects during her 16 years at OlyCAP as the director of Housing and Community Development.
As the Executive Director of Olympic Housing Trust, Kathy will guide the organization into its next phase of growth as a leader in building and stewarding permanently affordable housing.
Kathy has lived in Washington State for 30 years and currently owns and operates a small farm in Quilcene, WA. She is married and has four grown children and nine grandchildren.
Kellen Lynch
Outreach and Development Manager
Growing up in Port Townsend, Kellen has seen his hometown shift and become more exclusive. With a background as a small business owner and community organizer, Kellen channels his passion and connection to his home into the Olympic Housing Trust.
As the Outreach and Development Manager, Kellen works every day to advocate for compassionate and bold housing efforts with a commitment to point the community in a positive and inclusive direction.
You can also check out his company, New Story Studio, which supports other housing and energy projects across Washington.
Trustees
Bob Alei
Board Treasurer
Bob joined the Olympic Housing Trust after spending time as a software engineer, a social activist, and most recently as a high school math teacher. He and his family moved to Port Townsend in 2004 where they ran Corona Farm and Bob served on the Jefferson County Farmer’s Market board.
Moving back to PT as a retiree while also spending time with his daughter’s young family has highlighted both the challenge and incredible value of creating a community where people of all ages can synergistically thrive.
Serving on the OHT board is one way that he plans to help move that vision forward.
Jesse Thomas
Board Vice-President
Jesse was raised in Jefferson County, left to the city, but then came back home to raise his son. He graduated from the Evergreen State College and settled into the building design industry where he’s be working locally for more than 20 years. Jesse’s day job is as an independent building designer.
He joined the Olympic Housing Trust board because he cares about his local community, and he believe that permanently affordable housing programs are essential for preserving and promoting healthy, vibrant communities.
Kristina Hestenes-Stimson
Board Trustee
Kristina is a licensed architect, and a certified sustainable building adviser. Her project experience ranges from residential, commercial, and historic renovation to community planning.
As a volunteer she promoted green building techniques for The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild. She also served on the Planning Academy and The Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee for the City of Shoreline. Kristina is LEED accredited, and committed to creating environmentally responsible projects that emphasize sensitive integration of nature and the built environment.
Autumn Elizabeth Nolan
Board Trustee
Autumn is a systems thinker, advocate, and public sector strategist with a deep commitment to equity, community empowerment, and long-term impact. Drawing from both professional and personal experience, Autumn has worked across sectors to strengthen programs, inform policy, and improve outcomes in housing, behavioral health, and youth services.
Her approach blends lived experience with data-driven insight, focusing on dismantling structural barriers and building pathways toward access, stability, and opportunity. She brings a strong background in qualitative research, cross-sector collaboration, and equity-centered leadership development, and is passionate about creating systems that truly work for the people they’re meant to serve
Ted Howard
Board President
Ted grew up on the other side of the strait, in Coupeville. He left the state to obtain a B.A. in Global and International Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MPhil. in Culture, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of Oslo; and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.
After joining the Washington State Bar, he was a Legal Fellow at the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and is currently the Staff Attorney for the Clallam—Jefferson County Housing Justice Project. He joined the Olympic Housing Trust board as a way to contribute to building more equitable and sustainable forms of community.
Audrey Morford
Board Secretary
Audrey Morford lives in Port Townsend with her husband Brian, and son Silas. She worked with the local community action agency as Executive Coordinator and Housing Operations Manager for five years where she developed a deep care for service to community and belief that secure housing of one’s choice is the foundation for all health and realization of human potential.
Audrey now works for the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services as a Supportive Housing Program Manager. Audrey also serves as a member of the Jefferson County Housing Fund Board.
Sam Schroeder
Board Trustee
Sam grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison before moving around the country working various environmental education jobs. After moving to Port Townsend in 2020, Sam got involved in local housing work managing the youth and young adult housing programs at OlyCAP. He is currently a program manager for the Washington State Department of Commerce and helps counties around the state connect to federal housing funds.
He has seen the ways housing has become increasingly inaccessible to many around the state and country, and joined the Olympic Housing Trust board to help his local community work towards a solution.