Hopelink, a nonprofit organization serving people in need in north and east King County, has hired Lauren Thomas as its new Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer.

Thomas has 25 years of experience in not-for-profit financial management. Prior to Hopelink, she was chief operating officer for eight years at Wellspring Family Services, a Seattle agency addressing homelessness and offering domestic violence intervention, counseling and children’s emotional development services.

Thomas started her management career at the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is a certified public accountant and a professional in human resources with a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Montana. Thomas was named a CFO of the Year finalist by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2007, and received the Not-for-Profit Conference Chair Award in 2005 and President’s Award in 2003 from the Washington Society of CPAs.

Thomas resides in Bothell with her husband Lance and two teenage sons.