Learn about the RICS team, the languages we speak, and a fun fact about us! 

Alexandra Shishova, Prime Case Manager
Phone: (509) 723-6267 Email: [email protected]  
Ukrainian & Russian 

Atia Iqbal, Lead Prime Case Manager
Phone: (509) 319-1789  Email: [email protected] 
Dari, Pashto, Persian/Farsi, Urdu  
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Azad Salem, Driver & Program Assistant 
Email: [email protected] 
​Kurdish, Persian/Farsi, Turkish, Arabic 

Brimo Nyinkuany, Assistant Director 
Phone: (509) 319-1766  Email: [email protected]  
Arabic, Swahili, Dinka, Nuer  

Bushra Alshalah, Refugee Elders Services Program Coordinator
Phone: (509) 530-9025  Email: [email protected] 
​Arabic 

Emily Irwin, Refugee Wellness Program Director 
Phone: (509) 564-0055  Email: [email protected] 

Faustin Ngirwa, Refugee Elders Cross-Cultural Navigator 
​Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French

Kathryn Garras, Executive Director 
Phone: (509) 601-4311 Email: [email protected]  

Luis Castillo, Welcome to Spokane Program Coordinator
Phone: (509) 276-0167  Email: [email protected]  
Spanish & Portuguese   

Margot Mejia, Early Childhood Engagement Specialist
Phone: (509) 564-9549  Email: [email protected]  
​Spanish

Marina Avdeyeva, Refugee Elders Cross-Cultural Navigator
​Russian

Nelab Amiri, Wellness Program Community Coordinator
Dari, Persian/Farsi  ​

Renee Kenney, Marketing & Development Director
Phone: (509) 319-5958  Email: [email protected]  
​Spanish  

September Htoo, Refugee Kids Connect Program Coordinator & Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: (509) 481-0387  Email: [email protected] 
​Karen, English, Burmese, German  

Shagofa Zahiry, Refugee Elders Cross-Cultural Navigator & Interpreter 
Pashto & Dari

Susan Tyson-Flyn, Office Assistant
Email: [email protected]  ​

Thuy Ries, Refugee Elders Cross-Cultural Navigator
​Vietnamese

Vincent Siragusa, Wellness Program Intern