Margaret Griffiths

Margaret Griffiths joined the Board of Washington Water Trust in January 2025. Margaret has over forty years of experience in working with, consulting to, and serving on the staffs and boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including arts organizations, global and clinical health groups, environmental education centers, and other organizations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. She has been responsible for the financial and administrative operations and management of a number of organizations, focusing principally on the optimization of financial performance and long-term sustainability. Margaret served as CFO for Forterra Northwest (a land conservancy), an art museum, a national medical consulting firm (Quality Improvement Organization), and a medical reference and research laboratory specializing in the diagnosis of cancer. In addition, she has held management positions at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and for a GE Capital financial subsidiary. Past clients have included arts and cultural organizations, financial institutions, health organizations, and governmental entities.

Margaret’s board experience encompasses 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 has 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 served as a lecturer in accounting and investments at several area universities, including the Arts Leadership and MBA programs at Seattle University, and previously at Pacific Lutheran University, and the University of Washington Extension School. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants.