Our Team
Alden Lee
Front Team
They jumped the dimensional divide to join our cause. Keeper of the third ritual, glows under blacklight.
Amanda Harryman Email
Outreach Coordinator
Amanda’s heart melts for reuse, fuzzy creatures & all things handmade.
Boet Waldbjorn
Tech Wizard
With a history in theater, software development, and more, Boet now uses his talents to advance the world of salvage!
Brad Clagg Email
Lead Estimator
Spends most of his days scoping salvage in the Second Use Prius. Yell “Hey Brad!” next time you see it in traffic.
Brian Roberson
Field + Yard Crew
Migrated from Michigan. Brings his midwestern sensibilities to every transaction. Keeps calm, cool, and collected so we can carry on.
Calyn Hostetler Email
Co-Owner + General Manager
We call her our general manager, but we mean the general glue that holds this whole thing together.
Chris Avino Email
Store Manager
After a career slinging records, he’s now shattering them by helping us increase the amount of waste we keep out of the landfill as our Tacoma Store Manager.
Dave Lacey Email
Store Manager
Our friendliest giant. Holds the Second Use Fall Fest record for preparing 1100 hot dogs in 6 hours.
Flynn Bickley Email
Store Manager
Superhuman levels of strength and positive energy. Also, the creative force behind our iconic “grill” and “man eats house” tee shirts.
Graham Leon Email
Salvage Services Manager
Cray Cray for replay, this guy wants your salvage on his truck. Always hungry to strip-out, pick-up, curate, recreate, repurpose, revamp & reload.
Grant Simpson
Yard Crew
Day walking salvage vampire with a thirst for reuse.
Greg Balducci
Yard + Field Crew
Resident class clown with a creative streak. Known to binge-watch Sanford and Sons.
Ian Davis
Store Manager
Artist & junk enthusiast with a passion for re-porpoise.
Jack
Yard Dog
Jack works tirelessly to ensure that this scrappy salvage crew stays upbeat and on task!
Jay Zamoyski
Receiving Crew
Real life wizard working their magic in our receiving crew.
Jeremy Howell
Yard Crew
Jeremy likes long walks on the beach, red wine, and salvaged yard decorations.
Jon Little
Receiving + Yard Crew
This cheery metalhead and Seattle/Tacoma native came to rock the salvage world. Ask about his secret combo move!
Jonathon Eaton Email
Receiving Manager
Has worked at 2/3’s of Seattle’s finest salvage yards. Hands off, Earthwise.
Katie Markert
Front Team
Katie keeps the store (and her expansive hat collection) fresh and exciting at all times.
Louis Hamlin
Yard + Customer Service
Known around here as Minnesota Lou. Used to salvage food before joining the big leagues of building materials reuse.
Manuel Mendoza
Yard Crew
11 year veteran of the salvage game. A lean, mean master of merchandise.
Mary Anne Carter
Outreach Team
Artist, designer, and proud mom of 7 salvaged mannequins.
Michael Armstrong
Co-Owner
Most frequently found in Receiving. Member of the salvage lifestyle since 1975. Lover of composting.
Nic Butera
Yard Crew
Nic is a man of many achievements, but most significant to Second Use is his role as the first-ever employee hired at our Tacoma store. Just like that, a legend is born!
Nicole Schell
Receiving Crew
This isn’t Nicole’s first sustainable building material rodeo. Before she joined our Receiving Team, she worked at Green Depot and is our resident expert on materials new and old.
Nils Rye Email
Receiving Crew/Wood Specialist
This self proclaimed “Wood geek” loves building custom furniture, restoring vintage carpentry tools & dad jokes.
Olivia Stambor
Front Team
This stylish salvageer is a font of arcane knowledge and a self-described “glass nerd.”
Otelia Lundberg
Field Crew
Able to squeeze a flatbed through the eye of a needle…without losing her smile!
Patrick Burningham Email
Co-Owner + Vice President
Spent his formative years in theater. Now uses his powers to extract material with gusto and drama.
Paul Lyon
Yard Crew
Paul L. is a type of futurist architecture characterized by space age themes and non-utilitarian design.
Rachel Sangsland Email
Receiving + Yard Crew
Has dabbled in conservative work and deconstruction. She has a big love for the Tacoma sustainability community. Always on the look out for customers with cute pups.
Richard Springer
Receiving Crew
An assemblage artist by night, a Richard works with our Receiving Crew to assemble the buffet of found objects and salvaged items that makes our inventory pop.
Sara Travis Email
Receiving Lead
When she’s not at work in our receiving department, Sara can be found glorifying garbage or fearlessly scaling mountains.
Ted Siebert Email
Co-Owner + Tech Wizard
The nocturnal force that keeps our database running and your online browsing potential maximized.
Tim Anderson
Yard Manager
Has kept Second Use employees hustling for nearly two decades. Do not step between this man and his work ethic.
Vik DeMarco
Field Lead
This Midwesterner is the only person in our warehouse who doesn’t get cold in the winter. They also build really cool things.
Zoë Parsons Email
Store Manager
With a degree in math and a job history of marine engineering and grave digging, Zoë can accomplish just about anything except coming up with a bio on the spot.