Sabrina Swope, LMSW CEO/President Affinity Inc.
Sabrina received her bachelors degree in social work at Boise State University in 1992 and her masters degree in social work at Walla Walla University in 1998. She is currently finishing up a PhD program in Organizational Psychology at Walden University by 2010.She has been working in the field of human service for over 20 years and has lived in the Boise and Meridian area that long. Growing up as a military brat, her father was in the Air Force so she was blessed with the opportunity to travel all over the United States and Europe and attended a DODDS High School at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. She is the single mother of four beautiful children. Having worked in the Treasure Valley for various private and public agencies, she was inspired to begin the Affinity agency where the focus was not only on quality care for the clients, but also for the staff providing the services. The work that is done in the human service arena is sometimes physically taxing but most often emotionally draining. So Affinity was incorporated in February 2000 and opened its doors and began serving clients in March of 2000. In the beginning we had two locations one in Caldwell and one in Boise, each office had approximately 3000 square feet, now we are expanded in both locations and have a beautiful office in McCall Idaho as well.
The philosophy that has driven the growth and success of Affinity has been my primary desire to provide a place/organization where people want to come to and where staff feels like they are heard and in fact do matter. Being a service oriented organization it is so important to take care of the people that spend their energy and expertise helping the individuals that come to the Affinity doors for assistance and guidance. While we can’t lose sight of our clients it is important that as professionals we are ensuring that we are taken care of as well, otherwise the standard of care for our clients becomes low and our enthusiasm and creativity dampened. In our 10th year of operation Affinity has become very well known in the local communities that are served. We have expanded programs and outreach work beyond the actual Affinity facilities.
For more information please visit our websites: www.e-affinityinc.com ; www.foundationstorecovery.com and www.nwalternatives.com .
Rick Katucki, MBA, CFO
Rick Katucki joined Affinity in May of 2002 as its Chief Financial Officer. He began working with Affinity in the summer 2001 as a consultant hired to bring the accounting function in-house.
Professional
As the Chief Financial Officer, Rick is responsible for all financial aspects of the company from billing for services performed to making sure that paychecks cash at the bank. Support for management and input into strategic and tactical decisions are a key part of his job.
Prior to coming to Affinity he was a partner in a management consulting firm. The experience of dealing with many types of businesses under varying circumstances provides him with invaluable resources and knowledge that can be applied to his current position.
Rick moved to Boise in 1981 and worked with a private mortgage company structuring owner carried mortgages that were sold to private investors. Mortgage rates were in the 15% range at the time and houses could not be purchased with conventional financing.
In 1982 he opened an Imported Auto Parts and Service Facility on the fringe of downtown Boise. The business quickly became recognized and financially successful. He sold that business in 1997 after completing his graduate studies in Business.
Education
Rick is a graduate of Devon Preparatory School and earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He earned a Masters of Business Administration from Boise State University, maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA and was Marshall for the School of Business and Economics at the graduation ceremony. While attending graduate school, he interned at the Idaho Small Business Development Center, assisting small businesses with growth issues. He was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the business student honor society and served as the BSU Chapter’s vice president and president.
Personal
Rick enjoys the outdoors and actively participates in water and snow activities: whitewater canoeing, skiing, and snowboarding. His most passionate pursuit is sled dogs. He maintains a small kennel of Alaskan Huskies and spends most of his winter time on the trail with them. He is married to a very tolerant woman who is passionate in her own right.
James L. Cox, Officer
2001 invited to work at Affinity Inc by the Chief Executive Officer. Performs duties as Director of Administration, facility manager, construction worker, IT manager and technician, office equipment repairman, telephone equipment installer and programmer, and perform numerous duties within procurement.
Jim was born 17 June 1948, in Elkhart, Kansas. He graduated from Elkhart Senior High School. After attending Boise State College, he received his Associates Degree from the Community College of the Air Force.
He enlisted in the Air Force in 1967 and upon completion of basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, he was assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California for on-the-job training as an air passenger specialist.
In 1968, he was assigned to 8th Aerial Port Squadron at Tan Son Knut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. In 1969, he was assigned to Oklahoma Air Force Station, Oklahoma as an administrative specialist and was later assigned to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
He retrained to be an Air Traffic Controller in 1970, and was assigned to George Air Force Base, California. In 1972, he was assigned to Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, and then assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Arizona in 1975.
In 1977, Chief Cox retrained into legal services career field while assigned at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and completed the three-level services school in 1978 as an honors graduate. He was assigned to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho in 1978, and then moved to Sembach Air Base, Germany, in 1981.
He held the position of law office manager at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Coming from Germany in 1984, he was assigned as Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge, Command Legal Office at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, until December 1984. He then returned to Clark Air Base, Philippines, until 1988, then he was assigned to Headquarters Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, as the Executive to the Command Staff Judge Advocate and Command Paralegal Manager. In 1992, he was promoted to Chief Master Sergeant. In 1993, he was assigned to his last active duty position at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, as the Executive to the Command Staff Judge Advocate and Command Paralegal Manager for Pacific Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
Retired from the Unites States Air Force in 1996.
1996 worked at Holland Reality as a real estate salesman.
In 1997 began working at Micron Technology in the facility maintenance branch until leaving for Affinity employment.
Chief Cox is married to the former Aurora P. Flor of Matnog, Republic of the Philippines. They have two daughters, Sabrina and Aurora, and a son, Brian.
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