Laura Perez Hamilton joins Treehouse as Chief Development Officer

Laura Perez Hamilton has been placed by Pearl Street as the new Chief Development Officer at Treehouse, the only nonprofit in Washington State focused on the specific educational needs of youth in foster care.

Laura brings over twenty years of advancement and development leadership including major gift fundraising experience to her new role. She will serve as a member of the Treehouse executive team and play an integral role in setting agency direction, culture, and policy. Laura will primarily be responsible for directing a growing development program that ensures that the organization meets its strategic and financial goals through philanthropy and communications, and for working intentionally with the team to lead all engagement relationships through an equity lens, utilizing the principles of Community-Centric Fundraising.

Most recently, Laura was the Chief Advancement Officer for Northwest Harvest where she led a 20+ person team focused on philanthropy, community engagement, communications, and volunteer management. She successfully completed a $14M capital campaign during the pandemic and led the organization to multiple years of record revenue growth.

Her early career began in arts and culture with development roles at organizations that included SF Jazz and the San Francisco Symphony. She transitioned to the Alameda County Community Food Bank as their Director of Leadership Gifts before assuming the leadership role at Northwest Harvest. Laura holds a BA, Dance from the University of Minnesota and earned her MFA, Performing Arts Administration from City University of New York, Brooklyn College.