Meet the Team
Bob Delf
Executive Director
With more than 42 years of experience working as a CEO, Bob serves as the Executive Director of Old Friends Club, where he has been sharing his business knowledge, expertise, and experience since 2015. From 2000–2015, he worked with MusicWorks Northwest, one of the largest nonprofit community music schools in the Pacific Northwest.
He is an alum of University of British Columbia with an undergraduate degree in Math and Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration.
Bob enjoys playing the piano, wine, and travel.
Cecily Kaplan
Affiliate Development
Cecily's work involves outreach with community-based organizations and faith communities. She focuses on engaging them in the work of social respite, shepherding them as they open their Old Friends Club, and providing ongoing support.
She holds a certificate in Gerontology and has worked in the field of aging for over 40 years, most recently as the Director of Senior Programs and Services for the Phinney Neighborhood Association. Having just retired, Cecily wanted to continue working with and on behalf of seniors and in particular helping communities support those with dementia and their family caregivers.
Cecily notes she has the best volunteer job as a Pen Pal writer for Pasado's Safe Haven: she writes to school children in the "voice" of one of the many saved and sheltered animals.
Shaylyn Connelly
Affiliate Development
Bio coming soon!
Allison Nitch
Marketing & Communications
Allison strives to contribute to the greater good by helping nonprofit organizations provide clear, concise and informative content.
As a content creator, her background includes more than 15 years of combined experience working with design, marketing and communications, and philanthropy/fundraising teams.
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She earned a BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration from Temple University, Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. Allison holds a Certificate of Editing from the University of Washington; a Graduate Certificate in Public Administration from Seattle University; and a Certificate in Grant Writing from Seattle Central College.​
Charmaine Vazquez
Board Chair
Charmaine is a passionate leader with over two decades of experience building and executing strategic growth plans to support both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. ​
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Her commitment to supporting communities affected by dementia is deeply personal—her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2021 at the age of 67. In the years that followed, Charmaine and her family dedicated their lives to learning about dementia and caring for her mom, which eventually led them to the Old Friends Club in Carnation. The support they found there provided much needed family respite, as well as an engaging community for her mom. Charmaine is now eager to help the OFC Network grow and thrive.
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She holds a B.A. degree in Communication and Media Studies from University of Washington. For the past 11 years, she has been stewarding partnerships and leading fundraising initiatives for health-focused organizations, impacting the lives of people around the globe.
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Jane Dickson
Board Treasurer
Jane brings a background in a variety of experiences with 32 years in sales and business development leadership roles at IBM and Microsoft—in addition to an earlier stage start-up company focused on AI technologies. Jane is excited to join the board of the Old Friends Club and help expand avenues to support families who are affected by Alzheimer's.
Jane holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. She resides in Kirkland, Washington, and in her free time enjoys reading, gardening and spending time outdoors with her husband, Ron, and 14-year-old twin sons, Kevin and Eric. They enjoy exploring the outdoors through a variety of pursuits including hiking, Nordic skiing, cycling and traveling.
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James Osborne
Board Secretary
Moved by the tragic loss of his dear friend to Alzheimer’s in 2023 at the age of 65, James joined the Old Friends Club Board to help the organization grow and advance Affiliates and services within Old Friends Club Network. He is happy to help in this manner for a very worthy cause.
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James knew his friend would have appreciated and benefitted from the services of an organization like Old Friends Club in the preceding five years as the disease progressed—rather than spending his days by himself in his condo with a caregiver keeping watch as he sat at a table, playing with pine cones and staring out the window at Puget Sound.
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James graduated from Ithaca College in Healthcare Administration. He worked at Virginia Mason Medical Center for 10 years in IT Management before spending the balance of his career at REI. He is now retired.
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Karen Koenig
Old Friends Club Founder
Karen has supported people living with dementia and their caregivers for 15 years and is proud of the difference Old Friends Club has made in many lives.
The Toolkit she developed is used by a growing number of organizations to start and operate a social respite program for their communities. She is an advocate by nature, with a desire to promote connected, supportive communities.
Karen holds a bachelors in Community Psychology from the University of Washington, and Certificates in both Gerontology and Nonprofit Management.
She gardens, writes a bit of poetry, and makes things with sticks, rocks, lichen and other gifts from nature.
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