Willie Pugh

Willie Pugh brings nearly thirty years of direct marketing experience to his position with Raven Chronicles. He is a forty-year veteran of the US Postal Service from which he retired in 2017 as Senior Sales Executive-Mailing. While in that position he assisted many companies in the State of Washington achieve their direct marketing goals, including numerous small and mid-sized businesses. He was also instrumental in helping Washington State Elections create and move to its current Vote By Mail system. A graduate of the Leadership Tomorrow Class of 1993, Willie devoted scores of volunteer hours working with arts and non-profit organizations in the Northwest. This included working as a board member for DanceWorks N.W., and in various capacities with Discover Dance, Langston Hughes, Festival Sundiata, Intiman Theater, Group Theater, and the Seattle Rep. Aside from working with arts organizations, Willie is also an artist himself: a long time Seattle photographer. An Alabama native, Willie attended an all-Black high school in Selma, Alabama, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

Photo Credit: Anna Balint