Marty Kooistra

About Marty Kooistra

Marty Kooistra is the network weaver with Civic Commons currently directing the Comprehensive and Scalable Starter Home Production Implementation for WA state and the Black Home Initiative. He is a champion of coalition-based work at the intersection of community development, equity, and affordable housing. An avid practitioner of network leadership, his efforts have advanced homebuyer financial readiness, subsidy & financial sustainability policies, the rehabilitation and preservation of foreclosed and distressed properties, and the design & development of affordable high-performance housing. Marty was honored to serve as executive director and board president of the Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County where he formed several coalitions and networks including Seattle for Everyone. He held several leadership roles with Habitat for Humanity locally, nationally, and globally including CEO of the Seattle-King County affiliate. He co-chairs the University of Washington’s West Coast Poverty Center Housing Roundtable and served as a board member of Global Washington. Previous appointments include King County’s All Home coordinating board, PSRC\'s Growth Management Policy Board, NACEDA Board of Directors, the City of Seattle’s HALA committee, the Washington State Department of Commerce’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the Federal Home Loan Bank’s advisory council, and Global Green’s new market tax credit advisory committee. Marty has a BS in Social Work & Political Science and was awarded a Bush Foundation fellowship for study at the Joint Center for Housing at Harvard University.

Experience

1. Network Weaver

   Civic Commons

   Jan 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Serving as network design and implementing advisor for a Core Team of community leaders focused on increasing intergenerational wealth of Black Households through homeownership.

Education

• Dordt College

  BSW, Social Work and Sociology

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Nonprofit Organizations
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Non-Profits
• Workshop Facilitation
• Philanthropy
• Board Development
• Organizational Development
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Strategic Planning
• Program Development
• Team Building
• Proposal Writing
• Policy
• Program Management
• Public Policy
• Strategy
• Leadership Development
• Grants
• Fundraising
• Program Evaluation
• Capacity Building
• Non-Profit Administration
• Resource Development
• Nonprofits
• Public Speaking
• Volunteer Management