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Board Member, JR. Nobles, Executive Director of Friends Of The Children – Tacoma. JR. Nobles is a passionate leader in youth development and advocacy with a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion. To that end, JR. serves as the Executive Director of Friends of The Children – Tacoma, where he has worked since 2019.

Prior to joining Friends—Tacoma, Nobles was the Director of the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA (Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement) program for seven years where he became a well-known voice in numerous arenas, including higher education, K-12 education, diversity, equity and inclusion, policy and advocacy, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

As a Tacoma native, Nobles is a product of Tacoma Public Schools and graduated from Wilson High School. He also received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Washington and a Master of Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University.

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