Our Team – Maddie's Place

Board of Directors

Mark Patrick (Chair)

Shaun Cross

Russell Branham

Renee Siers

Leadership Team

Shaun Cross | President/CEO

Shaun Cross is a 4th generation Eastern Washington native, with deep roots in the region and a rich family history of over 130 years in law. A proven leader in both the legal and nonprofit sectors, Shaun has spent more than 45 years helping to shape the Spokane Region through his career as a corporate lawyer and his service on numerous boards.

Shaun held the position of Managing Partner at Paine Hamblen, LLP from 1997 to 2003 before joining Lee & Hayes, PC in 2008, where he was appointed as its first CEO from 2008 to 2015. Shaun is currently a Partner at Lee & Hayes and serves as its General Counsel. His passion for community improvement in serving on different boards also extended to his political interests, resulting in a run for Congress in 2004.

In 2018, Shaun’s leadership took on a new dimension when he incorporated Maddie’s Place. Shaun served as the founding Chairman of Maddie’s Place from 2018 until 2022 when he stepped down to become the organization’s first President and CEO, a position which he currently holds.

Shaun currently sits on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Excelsior Wellness, an innovative, alternative healthcare system that provides youth-centered, community-based, and culturally sensitive care to thousands of families in Eastern Washington each year.

Shaun and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 49 years, and are the proud parents of four grown children: Kelly, Trevor, Emily, and Natalie.

Kim Dunham | Director of Family Advocacy

Kim was born and raised in Long Beach, WA, a tiny town on the coast of Washington. She graduated from Western Washington University and moved to Spokane in 2001. Kim began her career working in the public school system. She later worked for Spokane County Juvenile Courts as a corrections office and then as a Guardian Ad Litem, advocating for children involved in the dependency system. Her passion for helping children and families brought her to the Department of Children Youth and Families, where she served for 10 years as a social worker and program consultant. Over the years, Kim has volunteered in various homeless outreach ministries.

Kim has been involved with Maddie’s Place since the very first meeting in 2017. As the Director of Family Advocacy, Kim’s team supports the moms by helping them reach their goals, so that they are set up for success outside of Maddie’s Place to be healthy and happy moms to their babies

Kim has been married to her husband, Nate, for 20 years and has two teenage kids at home. In her spare time, you can find her in the gym cheering on her kids in their respective sports, working on home projects, traveling, or loving on her golden retriever pups.

Katie Tolley | Director of Advancement & Marketing

Katie, a native of Spokane, has spent much of her life giving back to the community, even receiving a Peirone Prize for outstanding philanthropy work in 2019. She is a collaborative leader who brings extensive fund development, community engagement, event production, volunteer management, and communications experience to Maddie’s Place. Katie currently serves as president of the Inland Northwest Development Council and worked for nearly 8 years with another local nonprofit that provides trauma recovery services for children and victims of crime. Now, she is thrilled to utilize those skills to support the babies and families staying at Maddie’s Place in creating happy, healthy futures.

Katie is dedicated to creating a supportive and collaborative community where everyone has the resources they need to thrive. Her work at Lutheran Community Services Northwest, a nonprofit focused on trauma recovery, deepened her understanding of trauma’s profound and lasting effects, particularly Adverse Childhood Experiences. Now, as Director of Advancement and Marketing at Maddie’s Place, she plays a key role in providing nurturing care and loving wraparound support to substance-exposed infants and their caregivers, fostering healing and helping to break generational cycles of trauma. Katie believes that offering early intervention and ongoing engagement is essential to creating happy, healthy, and connected communities full of opportunity.

Jeffrey Schilt, DNP, ARNP, PMHS | Medical Director

Dr. Schilt received both his master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing from Washington State University’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing. With extensive experience in providing pediatric primary care across urban and rural communities, Dr. Schilt has also worked in urgent care and emergency medicine at Sacred Heart Pediatric ER. His commitment to pediatrics is evident in his years of practice, and he is especially known for his expertise in pediatric mental health.

After gaining several years of invaluable experience, Dr. Schilt furthered his specialization by obtaining certification as a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist (PMHS). His certification underscores his skill in identifying, intervening, and treating mental health and behavioral health concerns in children and adolescents. From managing conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD, Dr. Schilt’s comprehensive approach to mental health care strengthens our shared mission of holistic, patient-centered care.

Misty Queen, Director of Nursing and Clinical Operations

Our Director of Nursing is a dynamic and innovative healthcare leader with more than two decades of experience in clinical operations, care management, nursing education, and executive healthcare strategy. She brings extensive expertise in Medicaid, population health, and underserved populations

Prior to joining Maddie’s Place, she served in executive leadership roles in a managed health organization.

Her leadership background also includes serving as Department Chair and Faculty at Spokane Community College, where she advanced nursing education through curriculum development, accreditation success, and mentorship of future nursing professionals. Earlier in her career, she practiced in hospital, rehabilitation, and long-term care settings, bringing hands-on clinical insight to every leadership role.

She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Gonzaga University, a Master of Healthcare Leadership from Western Governors University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Washington State University.

With a passion for mentorship, health equity, and community-centered care, she is committed to ensuring that individuals and families served by Maddie’s Place receive compassionate, high-quality, and evidence-based nursing care. When not at Maddie’s Place you will find her at home with one of her many special needs pets.

Blake Roscoe | HR & Administrative Manager

Blake, originally from Puyallup, Washington, moved to Eastern Washington in 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Human Resource Management and minors in Economics and Communication Studies from Eastern Washington University. Before joining Maddie’s Place, he worked in HR, customer service, and operations roles with organizations such as Aetna, Spokane Transit Authority, and Family First.

Blake currently leads our people and culture operations at Maddie’s Place with a calm, service-oriented approach. He builds the systems that help our teams do their best work, from recruiting and onboarding to scheduling, benefits, and day-to-day employee support. Blake partners closely with Nursing and Clinical Operations to align policies and training with state and federal requirements, and he oversees HR compliance to ensure staff and families are supported and safe.

He also helps guide our culture and engagement initiatives, grounded in his belief that a healthy, connected workplace is key to delivering excellent care for infants and families. Outside of work, Blake enjoys learning new things, building better processes, and celebrating teammates who make a difference every day.