Ruby Kim joins ATDps with a background in Education. While teaching in South Korea a random Google search one day led her to the field of Learning & Development/Training. Since then she's completed her M.S. in Business Psychology from the University of Manchester in the U.K. and has been enthusiastically learning about L&D and the talent development professionals here in the Puget Sound.
She is deeply interested in people's life journeys and learning (or relearning) new things.
Jeffrey Moffit is a newcomer to Washington state, and is looking forward to contributing to the ATD Puget Sound community! He brings experience from working at organizations in tourism, local government, and the nonprofit sector. Starting out as a facilitator, Jeffrey learned about instructional design and has been intrigued by the multitude of ways to empower others to perform at their best.
Jordan Betcher loves learning and has spent the past few years fine-tuning his communication skills. Jordan is a software developer. His most recent project was the Siviso app, an app that silences your phone based on a location you set. As a new volunteer with ATD Puget Sound, Jordan looks forward to tackling problems logically and up-leveling ATD’s social media presence. His current goals include elevating others to ultimately walk alongside him and saving the brainpower of users through code. In his free time, Jordan enjoys hearing how you are doing and PC gaming. He would love to hear from you via LinkedIn.
With almost a decade of experience in talent development (human resources, career development, and learning & development), Helen has coached people in workplaces and higher education in reaching their professional goals. As an Instructional Designer for a workforce analytics software company, she enables her clients to use award-winning technology to gain valuable insights into their people.
After passing the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) exam in 2021, Helen established a supportive certification candidate community through ATDps. She manages the chapter's exam prep program as well as recertification initiatives.
Azure Kraxberger-Unger, PsyD., originally from Alaska, currently works as a Clinical Research Education Specialist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Her educational background includes a BS in Psychology, MA in Organizational Psychology and Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) in Organizational Consulting.
Her professional experience includes adult distance learning, ELearning development, recruitment, training coordination, Learning Management System (LMS) management, and program management. Other professional areas of interest include learning and development, onboarding, employee engagement, organizational development, corporate volunteering. She enjoys traveling, cooking, SCUBA diving and volunteering for various causes in the Seattle community.
Noelle is currently the Instructional Designer for apree health, specializing in program design and eLearning. She has a BS in Education from the University of Iowa and an ATD Instructional Design certificate. She loves the role of Need Analysis Nerd, investigating every avenue to answer the question, “Is training really the problem here?” Weaving humor and storytelling along with some adult learning theory into everything she creates, Noelle’s goal is to engage, educate, and entertain her audiences.
As a global volunteer, Noelle has worked with women, girls, and families in Guatemala, South Africa, and Kenya. After twenty years in Seattle, she now calls Bellingham home, where she writes, gardens, and gets out into nature every chance she can get.
Membership Team
Azure Kraxberger-Unger, PsyD., originally from Alaska, currently works as a Clinical Research Education Specialist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Her educational background includes a BS in Psychology, MA in Organizational Psychology and Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) in Organizational Consulting.
Her professional experience includes adult distance learning, ELearning development, recruitment, training coordination, Learning Management System (LMS) management, and program management. Other professional areas of interest include learning and development, onboarding, employee engagement, organizational development, corporate volunteering. She enjoys traveling, cooking, SCUBA diving and volunteering for various causes in the Seattle community.
Emma Badner is a newcomer to Washington state coming from New York, and is looking forward to contributing to the ATD Puget Sound community! She has previously experience as a teacher and mental health provider and has made the recent pivot into learning and development sector. Emma finds so much joy in connecting with others and getting to know their own professional journey and is excited to begin building relationships with the members of ATD Puget Sound.
Jordan is currently a Sr. Instructional Designer at T-Mobile in the Consumer Group Training Design, Experience and Operations organization. He has built training programs to support frontline leader onboarding and development, onboarding to support new roles that meet the growing needs of the business, and new in-store customer experiences.
He has a MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and passed the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) exam in 2020. When he is not creating engaging learning experiences, he is spending time with his wife and three kiddos, exploring the outdoors, reading a book, or feeding his nerd heart with the latest Marvel or Star Wars series.
Now a full-time partner of Vetter Solutions since 2021, Jonathan is involved with all aspects of his e-Learning business: He works with clients to plan the macro-design and script content. He leverages ten years’ experience in e-Learning to scout and then coach new, talented team members on the company’s process, and to oversee development. He also spends time in marketing and outreach.
From a young age, Jonathan’s dedication to music shaped his hard work ethic and natural attention to detail; and he went on to attain Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Cello Performance. But he feels music aided him more in being able to step back and see the big picture—and perhaps most of all, to be able to work through difficulties, in partnership with opinionated, sometimes obstinate collaborators, to create masterful, cohesive, and moving performances. Jonathan speaks fluent German, conversational Mandarin, and has lived, studied, and worked abroad for a total of five years. Being highly adaptable, he strives to honor the best (or most propitious) elements of the cultures he absorbs—applying them to improve his work and positively influence others.
When not designing engaging e-Learning, you’ll find him with his wife and daughter in the garden, working on home projects, or enjoying the amazing Puget Sound ecosystem.
Research Team
Amy Casebolt is currently Learning and Development Partner at the Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW's), where she runs the onboarding program. She also creates and implements resources for employee development.
Amy is passionate about providing quality and engaging learning opportunities that enable individuals to excel at work and in life. She is active in ATD's Puget Sound chapter as well as the Pacific Northwest Organizational Development Network, where she is a speaker and presenter.
Some fun facts about Amy include her interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion, she grew up in Wisconsin, adores her 3 nephews, enjoys yoga, loves animals and would like to travel someday.
My background is in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Since I was a kid, I've been deeply interested in understanding people, particularly how they form relationships with others and what internal processes influence their decisions.
My current focus at my company is helping leaders in our organization develop their skillset in people management.
I am particularly passionate about crafting highly effective team cultures that foster creativity, collaboration, flow and innovation. I believe the future of work and our collective livelihood depend on it.