Vision: Snohomish County GLBTQ youth and their allies are able to live & thrive in a safe, educated, and integrated community that supports healthy development of their emotional, spiritual, physical, sexual, and gender identites.

Mission: The Assets Team mission is to make Snohomish County a safe and nurturing community for GLBTQ youth by enhancing the physical, emotional, sexual, and spiritual well-being of youth, providing positive interaction with adult role models, providing community education, and developing resources for and about GLBTQ youth.

The ASSETS Team:
An adult volunteer group based on the Development Assets Model.  The Assets Team and the staff Serve a critical role in providing adult role models and mentors to GLBTQ youth.  For many of the youth, GLOBE is the first opportunity to meet other GLBT individuals.

The Assets Team is an adult volunteer group based on the Development Assets Model. The Assets Team and the staff serve a critical role in providing adult role models and mentors to GLBTQ youth.  For many of the youth, GLOBE is the first opportunity to meet other GLBT individuals and to learn that they are not alone in who they are and how they identify.   GLOBE is also frequently the first opportunity that GLBTQ youth have to meet GLBTQ adults and to participate in conversations about how to create healthy relationships and healthy lives with those who can role model such experiences for them.  The Assets Team is a group of 12-15 volunteers who have passed background checks, been interviewed and trained.  This team offers support during the weekly group meetings, coordinates fund raisers, organizes safe and substance free social events such as Pink Prom, and provides community education on GLBTQ youth.  The staff and volunteers create sustainability for GLOBE by creating fundraisers, writing grants and continuing to strengthen the current in-kind support that comes from individuals and organizations throughout Snohomish County and the state of Washington.

The Staff:
The staff members who facilitate GLOBE and coordinate the Assets Team volunteers are professionals who have a long history working with GLBTQ youth and specifically with GLOBE.

Brenda Newell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Children’s Mental Health Specialist.  Brenda has been a facilitator with GLOBE since 1997. She has been serving on diversity committees and providing community education and awareness since 1997.  Brenda has worked with the Snohomish Health District HIV/STD/HCV Program since 2000 and as the Program Manager since 2005.

David Bayless has a Bachelors Degree in International Studies & Spanish.  David worked as a Resident Director at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he provided education, guidance and support to college students.  David also provided HIV prevention education at Willamette University.  In 1999 David began working with GLOBE as an Assets Team volunteer and in 2004 he was hired as an HIV/STD/HCV Prevention Health Educator with the Snohomish Health District.  David has been a staff facilitator with GLOBE since that time.


Nancy Fairbanks joined the staff in January 2007.  Nancy has worked with youth and families in Snohomish County for over fourteen years and is the Director of Prevention Services for Cocoon House, in Everett, Washington.  Nancy is facilitating a curriculum at GLOBE that empowers youth to make healthy choices in their life.

Brandon Taylor is our first Intern for GLOBE. As a former GLOBEE and then an Asset Team Member, Brandon brings a unique perspective to GLOBE.  He is currently working towards getting his AS/BS degree from Seattle Central CC.