Cocoon House
Cassie Franklin has an extensive work experience in various roles and organizations. Cassie started their career as Assistant to the Director at Lewis and Clark College in Munich from 1993 to 1998. Cassie then worked as a Program Specialist at Northwest Network for Youth from 2000 to 2002. After that, Cassie served as the Development Director at Northwest Organization for Animal Help from 2002 to 2004, and as the Development Manager at PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society from 2004 to 2005. Cassie then joined Cocoon House as the Director of Development and Community Relations from 2005 to 2009. Cassie also worked at Wonderland Developmental Center as the Development Director from 2010 to 2011. Cassie then became the Deputy Director at Cocoon House for a few months in 2011 before being promoted to the position of CEO, which they held until 2016. Finally, Cassie Franklin joined the City of Everett, WA, where they initially served as a City Council Member from 2016 to 2018 before being appointed as Mayor in 2018.
Cassie Franklin completed their Bachelor's degree in Psychology and German Studies at Lewis & Clark College from 1989 to 1993. Cassie then pursued their Master's Studies in Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 1993 to 1999.
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Cocoon House
Cocoon House has been Snohomish County's only resource exclusively serving homeless and at-risk youth ages 12-24 for over 25 years. We believe that every child deserves a home and the opportunity to achieve his or her fullest potential. We serve teens through housing services, street outreach, and teen homelessness prevention. From our grassroots beginnings, we have responded to the changing needs of our community. Since inception, in 1991, we have increased shelter space by 350% and now house more than 230 youth each year. In addition, through street outreach, prevention, education and a youth drop-in resource center, we reached over 2,500 youth, parents, and community members annually. Our mission is to empower young people, families and the community to break the cycle of homelessness through outreach, housing and prevention. We're strongly committed to removing barriers and supporting inclusion and diversity in all its forms. We strive to create a safe and open atmosphere for young people, families, staff, board members, community partners and funders. We learn from the diverse individuals we work with and embrace their unique attributes to ensure we fulfill our agency mission and core values. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek to provide equal opportunity for all persons without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under the law. We are dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic workforce, committed to working in a multicultural environment and we strongly encourage applications from veterans, and marginalized populations; including people of color, women and those in the LGBTQ community.