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Dat Tran

admin — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:00:12 +0000

Dat is a member of S360’s Finance team. He supports the firm with processes, contracts, accounts payable and receivable, and ensuring timely and accurate accounting documentation.

A recent graduate, Dat majored in accounting and business administration at the University of Washington – Tacoma. His studies included in-depth exploration of workflow productivity and operational improvements to support management teams. He was previously an office assistant for an optometry clinic, trusted to manage and organize private patient information and records, reconciling point of sales receipts, and managing office paperwork.

Along with his bachelor’s degree, Dat also holds an Associates of Arts Degree from Highline Community College. In his free time, he enjoys mystery novels and spending time with friends playing ping-pong, pool and tennis.

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Janice Leevin

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As a Staff Accountant, Janice brings her expertise in financial services and accounting to support S360’s clients and team. She manages invoices, billing, and monthly reporting all to help ensure the firm’s finical services are in order.

Janice comes to S360 from DocuSign as a Revenue Accounting Specialist and Costco Wholesale Corporate as an Assistant Payroll specialist, both where she honed her expertise working with financial information services such as NetSuite and Salesforce.

Holding a Finance and Information Systems degree from the University of Washington, Janice has experience in business valuation, entrepreneurial finance, database management and, application development.

Beyond her experience in finance, Janice is fluent in English, Indonesian, and is an intermediate level Chinese speaker. During her time at the University of Washington, Janice facilitated cultural events to unite various cultures and educate one another. Janice is a very dedicated cat mom and intends to continue growing her animal family in the future!

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Mike Snodgrass

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:33:30 +0000

Mike brings experience in relationship building, creative problem solving, and strategic planning to the Strategies 360 Olympia office. Born, raised, and settled in Olympia, Mike leverages his relationships to advocate year-round with legislators and executive agencies. Mike is passionate about educating decision makers on real-world impacts of policy in communities.

Previously, Mike served as the South Sound and Olympic Peninsula Outreach Director for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. Based in Tacoma, he covered Thurston, Pierce, Kitsap, Mason, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Clallam counties for the office. Mike was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with constituents, elected officials, municipalities, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. He worked closely with policy staff to provide assessments, recommendations, and solutions to local entities facing federal challenges.

Mike graduated and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from Gonzaga University. He served as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army where he deployed twice in Patriot Missile units as a tactician and operations officer.

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Grifynn Clay

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 20:56:48 +0000

As the Vice President of Government Relations in S360’s Olympia office, Grifynn leads advocacy and strategic engagement efforts for clients with a focus on advancing public policies across state, local and tribal government landscapes. Grifynn brings expertise in political strategy, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, government relations, and campaign execution developed through years of work across the public, private, and political sectors. He is particularly passionate about advancing policy that supports Washington’s innovation in the tech, aerospace, and energy industries as well as increasing the state’s supply of affordable housing.

Prior to joining S360, Grifynn served as the Campaign Manager for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s re-election campaign, where he oversaw the campaign strategy, designed the campaign’s media plan, and owned the campaign’s relationships with labor and local political organizations. Grifynn started his career at the local government level, serving as a legislative aide to Spokane City Councilmember Lori Kinnear, and on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, where he organized volunteer and union support in Northeastern Ohio.

In his career Grifynn, has also held roles in tech and philanthropy, including local startup Auth0, and Treehouse, where he advanced social impact initiatives and raised funds to support for youth in foster care. His experiences in the private sector provide Grifynn with unique insights into business and non-profit operations, including strategic partnerships, sales, and leadership management.

Grifynn holds both a Master’s in Organizational Leadership and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Gonzaga University. A native Washingtonian, he loves to take advantage of the state’s natural beauty and is an avid hiker and stand-up paddleboarder.

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David Kornahrens

admin — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:22:17 +0000

David serves as the Senior Vice President of Research, leading the S360’s award-winning research practice. With more than a decade of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, David guides clients toward the most effective solutions to achieve their goals.

David joined S360 after working as the Campaign Manager for Paula Villescaz, California’s former Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services, in her run for California Assembly. Previously he was the Director of Research at HIT Strategies, where he managed a portfolio of clients from candidate campaigns and trade associations to advocacy groups and non-profits. At HIT Strategies, he streamlined and built up team capacity while supporting the company mission of high-quality research and cultural competency.

In 2020, as Director of Polling and Modeling for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), David managed a multi-channel flow of quantitative and qualitative research across 80 battleground districts. During his tenure, his team provided the analytics and strategic guidance to maintain the U.S. House majority by successfully defending 28 of 42 caucus members who flipped party control of districts during the prior cycle.

David was trained in statistical research methodology and strategic consulting by pollsters Diane Feldman and later Ben Tulchin as he worked at their namesake firms, working his way from a data programmer to analyst. He has worked for a variety of political, non-profit, public, and private sector clients, including groups such as the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, and state Democratic legislative caucus polling in Montana, Michigan, Illinois, and California.

David was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Tori Tavolazzi

Alyson Marchi-Young — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:45:01 +0000

Tori is a Digital Account Associate on Strategies 360 Digital Marketing team. She serves S360 clients with digital advertising campaign management across a multitude of platforms. This includes achieving and exceeding client’s goals in a transparent and efficient manner with regular metrics tracking and reporting. Using Google Analytics and customized internal tools, Tori leverages information to ensure every digital marketing campaign delivers an impact. Tori stays on top of developments in major digital advertising channels to provide relevant and real-time knowledge of the ever-changing digital marketing landscape.

Prior to S360, Tori refined her skills at Logical Position, a digital marketing firm serving businesses growth goals. Here she managed Google and Microsoft Pay-per-click ad campaigns with a diverse roster of business types. Her data driven approach to digital marketing ensures that each campaign is connecting with the right audience with the right message in the right places to optimize a client’s ROI.

Tori received her bachelor’s of science in business marketing from Linfield College. Born and raised on the west coast, Tori appreciates the luxury of living less than two hours from the mountains, coast, lakes, and the city. She spends her free time exploring the outdoors with her golden retriever Charlie or the local thrift shops to score a deal.

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Rachel Nakanishi

Alyson Marchi-Young — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 20:06:12 +0000

Rachel approaches her work as S360’s Vice President of Education Communications with a deep passion for ensuring every young person has access to the education that can enable them to have the future they dream of. In her role, Rachel supports education clients with comprehensive communications services, especially for school districts working on bond and levy campaigns. Clients can rely on Rachel to effectively solve problems through relationship building and to navigate communications solutions for any type of audience. She also delivers communications services including stakeholder engagement, crisis management, talking points and messaging, and professional development.

While Rachel has worked in communications for health care, financial services, and the food and beverage industry, her heart is in education. She is proud to have led the Seattle Public Schools communications team and supported the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with professional development and event coordination for their K-12 education team.

With a love of storytelling, Rachel wields her breadth of experience to develop communications through the power of compelling words and images. Using research-backed messaging, she develops content based on the needs of the community and those impacted by change.

Rachel holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from the George Washington University.

She grew up exploring the lakes and mountains of northwest Montana, where she returns to visit her parents and go hiking, skiing, and swimming. When she’s home in Seattle, she cooks for loved ones and attempts to make her cat Instagram famous. She is also a DECA mentor for young people interested in marketing.

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Sarina Montenegro

Alyson Marchi-Young — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:19:09 +0000

As a Director on our Creative team, Sarina draws on her experience as a designer, photo art director and brand builder. Her approach stems from her innately refined aesthetic, natural sense of curiosity, and penchant for problem solving. Her love of typography, color and photography serves as the foundation to building memorable visual narratives. With each project, she aims to create an intrinsic synthesis between design, content and functionality.

Sarina’s experience spans a variety of industries including local, national and global companies in the education, healthcare & wellness, financial, retail and non-profit sectors. Prior to S360, she ran her own consulting studio as well as worked for notable companies such as Nordstrom, Methodologie, Marios, Tether and Phinney Bischoff.

Her passion for building smart brands, has fueled collaborations with her clients and inspired creative teams. Sarina’s expertise has not only provided clients better recognition, reach and understanding across multiple media platforms, but also financial wins with increased revenue and company growth.

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Stephanie Bragdon

Alyson Marchi-Young — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:09:35 +0000

Stephanie brings S360 education clients a savvy understanding of political communications with the sense of urgency required for a rapidly changing campaign atmosphere. As Education Communications Director, Stephanie helps school districts pass bonds and levies through communications collateral including print copy, press support, and social media management.

Before joining S360, Stephanie was a Legislative Correspondent with Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03). There, she managed the Congressman’ constituent response program, identified and drafted proactive emails to engage constituents, drafted social media posts, created graphics for the Congressman’s social media pages,and helped frame messages for the Congressman’s priorities. She also oversaw the offices’ internship program and introduced a mentorship program to provide a more fulfilling intern experience.

Stephanie got her start in politics as a Field Organizer for the Hillary Clinton campaign in North Carolina. There she participated in voter outreach and education. She also engaged volunteers by leading a Twitter campaign to encourage the cast of The West Wing to visit Concord, North Carolina – and they did. This creative campaign is an extension of Stephanie’s early experience in the entertainment industry, first working for the reality show, Big Brother, and then as an Associate Casting Producer.

Stephanie grew up in California and graduated with a BA in sociology and minor in theater arts and design from UC Santa Barbara. She still enjoys creative pursuits, participating in improv programs. While she calls the West Coast home, Stephanie is also an avid traveler.

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Nathan Wilson

Alyson Marchi-Young — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:17:16 +0000

As the Vice President of Communications for California and Washington, Nathan helps lead S360’s Crisis Communication practice, both in long term planning and training as well as immediate, strategic support during a sudden crisis. In addition to his crisis work, Nathan also assists clients with general communications support, messaging as well as earned & owned media strategies.

A 4-time Emmy Award winner, Nathan has over 15 years of experience in television news, during which he led major market newsrooms and coordinated investigative and political coverage. Nathan’s clients benefit from this experience with his inside knowledge on how to connect with reporters and assignment managers, achieve media mentions, and garner growth in reach, impressions and engagement through earned media.

During his time at S360, Nathan has also become the go-to person for media & messaging training for clients across the firms footprint. Conducted both virtually and in-person, these trainings help clients learn about how to engage with the media, identify key talking points and stay on message when interacting with key stakeholders or reporters.

Originally from the Midwest, Nathan currently lives on the West Coast assisting clients in both California & Washington. He is dedicated to community engagement, volunteering and supporting arts organizations. He holds a BPA from Oklahoma City University.

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