Our Staff

Rachel Sottile | President & CEO
Rachel serves our communities, our state, and the nation in empowering children and youth, stabilizing families, and strengthening communities through meaningful and lasting justice reform. With over twenty years of executive leadership experience in the non-profit sector and state government, she catalyzes stakeholders, partners, and the voices of those impacted by injustice and inequity to discover what’s possible, develop innovative solutions, and create real and lasting change. She is relentlessly committed to the heart of CCYJ – the staff – centering learning, listening, and reflection in discovering ways to support and empower a diverse team representative of the communities in which we serve. CCYJ’s strong foundation, mission-driven intentionality, and fiercely committed staff provided the distinctive elements for CCYJ’s work to thrive, over tripling the organization’s budget under Rachel’s leadership. Rachel grew up in Seattle, is an avid sports fan, and a mom to three adult children & an English Springer Spaniel named Harley.

Gina Cumbo │ Chief Program Officer & General Counsel 
The center of Gina’s work is her commitment to breaking generational cycles of poverty to make a positive impact in the lives of children and youth. As Vice President of Innovation & Impact, she oversees CCYJ’s programmatic and policy work. With CCYJ since 2008, Gina previously represented adults and children as an attorney for the Snohomish County Public Defender Association and in private Social Security disability practice. She also clerked for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington and lectured at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Gina holds an interdisciplinary BA from Fairhaven College of Western Washington University and a JD and MSW from the University of Michigan.

Scott Kramer | Chief Finance & Administration Officer