The facilitator of this discussion group is Luanne Marshall - lmarsh3@uw.edu.

Luanne Marshall has been a caregiver trainer since 1993 and joined the Alliance as a contracted trainer in 2012. She has been involved in many programs and services aimed at impacting change within the caregiving community.

She began her journey in services to children by becoming a relative care provider. She operated a day care that catered primarily to children in the foster care system, and was a licensed foster parent for 25 years, caring for over 100 children. She is also an adoptive parent. Her heart’s desire has always been to support and be a resource to children in need as well as those who make up the child’s team.