UW School of Social Work Research Commons

4101 15th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105-6299

Main Phone: 206-685-2180
Fax: 206-685-7647

Larry Wright

Larry Wright


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Dr. Larry Wright is the Chief Operating Officer for Forefront Suicide Prevention. His career has focused on helping others lead full and healthy lives. As CEO of MENTOR/the National Mentoring Partnership, he worked with a network of state partnerships to close America’s mentoring gap. As COO of the state’s largest private scholarship provider, the College Success Foundation, he helped first generation college students in Washington State and in Washington, DC find success in and out of the classroom.

Brett Bass

Brett Bass


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Brett Bass is the Safer Homes, Suicide Aware Program Coordinator.  He joins Forefront after years of volunteering on the Firearms Subcommittee of the Safer Homes task force.  Brett enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 2006, completing Military Police School in 2007 as the Honor Graduate of his class.  He reported to MWSS-473, Det. A in Fresno, CA shortly thereafter and was mobilized to active duty.  Upon moving to Washington, Brett transferred to H&S Co. 4th LSB out of Ft.

Aidan Ramos

Aidan Ramos


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Aidan began working as a public servant at the Department of Social and Health Services – Children’s Administration in 1998, as a temp after working for a Swedish Import Export Company for nine years. He worked in Children’s for 18 years in many positions, including Office Assistant Senior, Administrative Secretary, Human Resources Consultant 1, Office Manager, Regional Office Manager, Disclosure Coordinator and finally as a Admin 3 at Headquarters.

Annabelle Primitivo

Annabelle Primitivo


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Annabelle assists with budget reconciliation and many other finance-related projects.

She worked for 28 years in different financial institutions including Bank of America, Seafirst Bank, US Bank, Peoples Bank and more. She began working for the University of Washington Human Resources Operations as office assistant, Health Science Admin Payroll/Fiscal Specialist, and other departments as a temp.

In her free time, Annabelle likes to spend with her family.

Jean Brownell

Jean Brownell


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Jean Brownell is the Program Manager for the Caregiver Retention, Education, and Support Program (CaRES) at the Alliance.  She leads the team that supports foster, adoptive, and kin caregivers across Washington State.  The CaRES team is dedicated to helping foster parents thrive so they can focus on caring for the children in their homes.