Margaret Griffiths

Margaret Griffiths joined the Washington Water Trust Board in January 2025. She has had a wide-ranging career for the past 45+ years, as a CPA and a Chief Financial Officer for a number of organizations across the Puget Sound region. The first half of her career was spent mainly with large national firms: PriceWaterhouse Coopers for 8 years, then a large financial services firm (part of Weyerhaeuser and eventually a division of GE Capital). Tasks included overseeing a staff of over 25 accountants, administering a $13B investment portfolio and a $30M registered investment company. After leaving GE, Margaret wanted to find and work with smaller, mission-driven organizations, and to this end became the CFO of a niche cancer lab that was purpose-driven, instead of profit-driven. This work set the stage for almost 25 years of work with mission-oriented organizations, including medical consulting (non-profit, aimed at providing gold standard health care to Medicare and Medicaid patients); the Frye Art Museum, a free to the public museum with a growing art collection and a commercial real estate portfolio that paid the way; and a land-trust conservancy that seeks to reduce urban sprawl as it safeguards forested and farmed lands.

Margaret’s board experience is likewise extensive, and diverse. Over the years, she has worked with art organizations including the (original) Seattle Fringe Theatre Festival, and Music of Remembrance, a non-profit that seeks to recognize and honor musicians who were murdered in the Holocaust. She recently served as Treasurer and Board Chair for VillageReach, a $40M non-profit that works to ensure healthcare access, availability, and excellence at the last mile (and a recent winner of $20M Mackenzie Scott grant).

Margaret has also taught for a number of years in the Seattle University Arts Leadership program, expanding the financial education of future arts leaders.