Paula Rimmer is Director of Development at Martha & Mary in Poulsbo, WA, a position she's held since 2011. A Bainbridge Island resident since 2004, she's lived in the Seattle area since 1986, and previously lived in Chicago. She's a native Iowan, but after almost 30 years in the Northwest, this is home. Her career in fundraising has allowed her to work with many different nonprofits, and she’s served in major gifts and planned giving roles with Seattle Opera, Seattle Art Museum, and the Henry Art Gallery, among others (or you could say major cultural organizations in Seattle.) Music and singing are life-long passions, and she performs with the Bainbridge Chorale as well as serving on their Board, and she is a member of the Seattle Opera Guild Board. Gardening, her Australian Shepherd Izzy, travel, anything cultural, and time with friends are all important pastimes.