Development Director Kirk LaughlinThe Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.’s Communications Department welcomes Development Director Kirk W. Laughlin.  Kirk has worked in public affairs, communications, and fundraising for nonprofits in the Northwest since 1994.  He holds an Executive Master of Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University (where he attended with our President and CEO Kirk Adams!) and is on the board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Washington.

Kirk previously led fund development efforts for Pacific Science Center, Northwest Children’s Home (in Lewiston, ID), Youth Eastside Services (in Bellevue), and The Children’s Museum in Seattle.

He’s a native of Spokane, WA and lives in North Seattle with his wife and three sons.