Tyler Dittman, a Ballard resident has been elected as one of three new members who will serve a three-year term on the board of the American Red Cross serving King and Kitsap counties.
Ballard resident, Tyler Dittman has been elected one of three new members who will serve on the American Red Cross’ Board of Directors. He will be serving a three-year term alongside Laura Rehrmann, Mark Hendricks and re-elected Dave Collier, who will serve as chairman of the board.
Dittman, a University of Washington alumni who received an undergraduate degree in biology and received his law degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, is now an attorney for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He manages drafting, negotiation and compliance aspects of contracts for the foundation’s operation departments.
His personal interest in regional and national preparedness was inspired by the Red Cross’ response to Hurricane Katrina, leading him to find a way to engage communities to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Involving himself in the Red Cross Professionals in Action (PiA) program, Dittman became very active in the program since it’s inception in 2006. He served as chair in 2008.
Recently, he completed the Bridge class through Seattle works, which trains non-profit board members, and he has been volunteering at the Greenwood Legal Clinic for the past eight years.
The American Red Cross is a non-profit, humanitarian agency dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world.
