Act Six National Office

The Act Six National Office is an initiative of the Northwest Leadership Foundation (NLF) in Tacoma, Washington, and supports Act Six affiliates in a growing number of cities across the country.

The National Office provides assistance to affiliate programs through consultation, encouragement, training, provision of materials and sharing of best practices. In addition, the National Office works with affiliates to improve the effectiveness of their programs through an accreditation and performance assessment process.

General Act Six inquiries and correspondence should be directed to:

National Director

Act Six was developed by Tim Herron, a National Board Certified teacher who spent the last seven years advocating for his students at Tacoma's Lincoln High School as they made the journey to college. Act Six grew out of this work and Tim's passion to see students from urban areas thrive in college, help colleges experience more of the rich cultural and economic diversity that is a trademark of urban life, and invest in new generations of transformational leadership for the city.

Deeply committed to the Hilltop Tacoma neighborhood where they have lived for 12 years, Tim and his wife Anna worked with NLF and their church to develop a neighborhood learning center behind their home that has been providing innovative no-cost educational support for neighborhood kids for the last eight years. 

After ten years of teaching mathematics in Tacoma Public Schools, Tim currently works full time at NLF as Act Six National Director.

Northwest Leadership Foundation

Since 1989, the mission of NLF has been to encourage, develop and strengthen leadership for the spiritual and social renewal of the city. NLF uses its unique insight, relationships, access and know-how to move individuals and organizations from good intentions to effective outcomes.

In addition to Act Six, NLF is engaged in a wide range of education, leadership development and organizational capacity building programs across the urban centers of the Pacific Northwest. You can learn more about NLF at www.northwestleadership.org.

Leadership Foundations of America

NLF is an accredited member of the Leadership Foundations of America (LFA), a national network of local faith-based organizations that mobilize leaders from all walks of life to tackle our cities’ biggest problems. LFA has member organizations in 29 cities across the country and has endorsed Act Six as one of its multi-city initiatives. Learn more about LFA at www.leadershipfoundations.org.