Leadership | SNAP

Larry Stuckart

Executive Director

As Executive Director, Larry Stuckart is responsible for all facets of SNAP. He has served in the position the past 14 years and has more than three decades of social service experience. Stuckart’s career with SNAP grew from the ground up. He started with the East Neighborhood Center of Spokane Community Action Council in 1972 as editor of the organizations newsletter, food-stamp clerk and janitor. After leaving for a year to work at a small group home, he returned to the East Neighborhood Center as the Center Coordinator.

Over the years Stuckart's position and the organization both evolved. He advanced to Assistant Director, Chief Operating Officer and now Executive Director of the organization now known as SNAP.

Stuckart’s service to the Spokane community includes:

Member, Board of Directors United Way of Spokane County
Member, Executive Committee, Washington State Association of Community Action Agencies
Member, Advisory Committee to Public Council of the Washington State Attorney General's Office
Member, East Central Neighborhood Steering Committee
Formerly represented Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska as a member of the National Community Action Foundation board
Past president, Washington State Association of Community Action Agencies
Past president, St. Ann's Parish Council

Stuckart graduated from Gonzaga University with a Bachelor's degree in 1972 and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership in 1993.

Julie Honekamp

Deputy Director

Julie Honekamp brings to the agency more than 20 years hands-on nonprofit management experience. Honekamp is responsible for guiding SNAP’s Human Resource, Communication, Development, Strategic Thinking and Board Development efforts as well as assisting with the overall guidance of agency operations.

Passionate about creating opportunities for people striving to reach their full potential, Honekamp is committed to SNAP’s core values of Community, Respect and Justice.

Honekamp is involved in a number of community activities on the local and state levels including the:

Providence Health Care Board – Strategic and Financial Planning Committee
Common Ground Board of Directors
Former Board Member of Catholic Housing Services of Eastern Washington, Transitions, Washington State Foster Parent Association and Spokane City Plan Commissioner.

Honekamp holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from Washington State University.

Kathy Allen

Fiscal Director

Kathy Allen is the Fiscal Director for SNAP and is responsible for the financial management of SNAP and three subsidiaries. She oversees assets of $14 million as well as revenues in excess of $18 million from 160 funding sources for 35 program areas.

A native of Spokane, Allen began her accounting career in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Storekeeper and is retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve. She received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University in 1990 and completed three years of accounting experience in property management, manufacturing and non-profit before joining SNAP in 1993.

Allen holds a Masters in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University and is currently the President of the Washington State Community Action Partnerships Finance Directors.

Chris Davis

Director of Housing Improvements Division

Chris Davis is the Director of Housing Improvements for SNAP and is responsible for administering energy efficiency, housing and education services to low-income households. Davis manages a budget of $3 million and directs a staff of more than 25, to provide Weatherization, Emergency Housing Repair, Housing Rehabilitation, Conservation Education and Living Green programs to area households.

A Spokane native, Davis joined SNAP in 2004, bringing experience in architecture, social services, program management, contracts, grants management and volunteer coordination. Davis was previously employed with The Community Colleges of Spokane, Post Falls School District and Wells and Company Architecture.

Davis received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from Washington State University.

Margaret Belote

Energy Program Coordinator

Margaret Belote has 33 years of experience in the field of social service. She began her career as a Parent Involvement Specialist for the Head Start Program, followed by managing the Senior Nutrition program in Deer Park and Elk. She has worked with the SNAP energy program for the past 25 years. Belote is responsible for the management and operation of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Limited Rate Assistance Program(LIRAP), Project Share and FEMA. This includes hiring and training staff for these programs, assuring contract compliance, working with county heating vendors and other social service agencies as well as grant applications, budgets and reports.

Belote’s service to the community includes:

Member, Spokane County Housing and Community Development Advisory Council
Spokane City FEMA Board
Past member, Advisory Council for Spokane County Head Start
Past chair, State Energy Work Group
Member, State Energy Work Group
Former director, Spokane Food Bank
Past member, Washington CSBG Advisory Council

Belote worked on initial development of Project Share and Limited Rate Assistance Program and has continued involvement with both groups.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from Eastern Washington University.

Daniel O. Jordan, ACSW

Director of Community Services

Dan Jordan is the Director of Community Services for SNAP. With more than 34 years of experience in the field of social service, Jordan is responsible for the oversight of Customer Service and Emergency Services at neighborhood-based offices of SNAP, SpokaneWorks, Long Term Care Ombudsman and The Clemente Course in the Humanities.

Jordan also is responsible for coordinating the development of AmeriCorps VISTA projects (9) for SNAP. In addition he coordinates the Planning Committee of the Board of Directors in overseeing and evaluating the implementation of Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) principles in SNAP programs and services.

Jordan’s credentials include:

Certified ROMA Trainer
Certified Family Development Trainer
Member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW)
Member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Diplomate in Clinical Social Work

Jordan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oregon State University, and a Master of Social Work from California State University, Sacramento.

Ray Rieckers

Director of Housing Opportunities

Ray Rieckers is the Director of Housing Opportunities for SNAP. With 28 years experience in the delivery of Social Services and the development of housing, Rieckers is responsible for budgeting, program management, policy development, program implementation and evaluation for the programs within the Housing Opportunities Division.

Rieckers has worked for SNAP since 1978. He has worked in all three major divisions.

With the help of a dedicated and effective staff, he has worked to create and sustain all of the programs in the Housing Opportunities Division including the Homeless Program, the Mortgage Assistance Program, the Economic Development Programs and Property Development and Management.

Rieckers is proud to have participated in the development of housing that is both sustainable and affordable, to help people become and remain homeowners, to be involved as people are able to gain control of their own economic future and to help reduce the pain and trauma of homelessness.

Rieckers is involved in a number of community activities on the local and state levels including:

Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium
Washington State Low Income Housing Alliance

He also works part-time as adjunct to the faculty at Eastern Washington University.

Rieckers received an Associate of Arts degree from Spokane Falls Community College, a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Social Work from Eastern Washington University.