Erin Williams Hueter

Executive Director

Erin Williams Hueter joined Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County in January 2023 as Executive Director. She discovered her passion for service at an early age and has been working in human services, public health, and violence prevention for thirty years. While completing an internship serving victims of domestic violence, she developed deep compassion for this population and devoted much of her career to it. She served for over twenty years at Lutheran Community Services Northwest in several leadership roles in trauma recovery programs providing crime victim advocacy, behavioral health and refugee foster care. She proudly concluded her service with nearly five years as the Inland Northwest District Director.

Erin is a graduate of Pacific University and Leadership Spokane, has served on numerous Boards, Commissions and Task Forces including the Transitions Board of Directors, the Spo-Can Council/Our Kids: Our Business, the Washington State Task Force Against the Trafficking of Persons, the Community of Montessori Parents Board of Directors, the Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council, Spokane Police Advisory Committee and Washington State Attorney General's Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Statewide Coordinating Committee among others. Erin is the grateful recipient of the Arc of Spokane's Partnership 4 Safety Community Service Award, the Spo-Can Council Award for work with survivors of sexual abuse, a Catholic Charities Volunteer Service Award and a Spokane Community Oriented Policing Services Partnership Award. Erin has been interviewed by numerous reporters and moderated and spoken at several events and conferences regarding behavioral health, crime and victimization in many forms, as well as self-care, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. Erin loves her community and working to see everyone in it thrive together. Erin and her husband raised their three children in Spokane and live in a renovated former bait shop on a small lake in the west plains. She is thrilled to share her skill and passion for community and economic development with the life sciences community in our region.